At this year’s Performance Days, ingredient brand Pertex will announce its sustainability aims and targets following the completion of the brand’s first Sustainability Report.
Among the ambition targets, by 2022 Pertex plans for 80% of fabrics produced to contain a minimum of 50% recycled content, 100% of fabrics produced to use non-fluorinated DWR finishes and to introduce solution dyed products.
So far, between 2016 and 2019 the brand has diverted 29 million PET bottles and 400 tons of nylon waste from landfill. The Pertex Eco range of fabrics contain between 50% to 100% recycled content with polyester fabrics deriving from post-consumer and post-industrial nylon recycled content. The brand has been developing high performing, non-fluorinated DWR finishing technology since 2010. Conventional bath dying, meanwhile, is one of the most polluting, energy and water intensive processes of fabric production. Solution dying uses up to 60% less water and reduces CO2 emissions by up to 50%.
Pertex’s sustainability initiatives will not dilute its focus on pushing the boundaries of performance fabrics and innovation. An example of this is the launch of the superlight 10 denier Pertexâ Quantum made from 100% recycled Nylon and YFuse fabrics made from 100% recycled polyester and 100% recycled nylon.
