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Stahl Receives Bluesign® System Partner Status From Bluesign Technologies AG

• By  Henry Dsouza
• October 26, 2017

Netherlands-based chemical company Stahl Holdings B.V. received the bluesign® system partner status recently from Switzerland-based Bluesign Technologies AG, it has been officially announced.

This formalisation underlines the market leaders’ commitment to produce textile products in the most sustainable way by working together with partners. The system unites players throughout the supply chain to jointly reduce their impact on people and the environment. With its holistic approach based on Input Stream Management, the bluesign® system also ensures responsible use of resources and guarantees the highest level of consumer safety.

“I am proud to say that we are a bluesign® system partner as of July 2017,” Stahl’s Chief Executive Officer Huub van Beijeren said.

“The bluesign® system is based on powerful partnerships, which fits Stahl like a glove. We are convinced that the best way for the industry to achieve a sustainable future is via transparency and co-operation. By stimulating co-operation in the supply chain and via intense co-operation with our partners, sustainability will evolve as a positive consequence. Sustainability as a result of initiating transparency—this is Stahl’s ultimate goal and our business strategy is built around it. The bluesign® system partnership complements our portfolio of activities aligned to achieving a more transparent supply chain and eliminating hazardous substances,” he said.

Stahl Group Director for Performance Coatings & Polymers Uwe Siebgens said, “With the bluesign® system partner status, we formalise our commitment to optimise management systems for environmental performance in the five key areas: resource productivity, consumer safety, water emissions, air emissions, and occupational health and safety. Being a bluesign® system partner, we regularly report our progress in these five areas, based on on-site audits.”

The bluesign® system is based on an applied practice called Input Stream Management. Bluesign® helps its partners to properly manage chemicals and to replace hazardous chemicals with safer alternatives. Partners include globally acting stakeholders in the apparel and footwear market, ranging from chemical suppliers to manufacturers and brands. The bluesign® system involves the complete textile production process.

Bluesign Technologies AG Chief Executive Officer Jill Dumain said, “We thoroughly audit the applied components and processes to ensure their compliance to strict limits regarding ecological and toxicological properties and risks. We are pleased to welcome Stahl as bluesign® system partner. Stahl offers high-quality solutions that are produced in an environmentally cautious and resource-efficient way, combining both economic and ecological advantages to the benefit of everyone involved. They are an example to many chemical companies in the industry.”

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