Lenzing Indonesian Unit’s Fibre Bags Ecolabel Certificate
The Lenzing Group has received certification from the internationally recognised EU Ecolabel for its cellulose fibres produced at the Indonesian site.
“This means that Lenzing fibres produced in the PT. South Pacific Viscose plant meets high environmental standards,” the Austrian company said in a press release.
This will enable the plant to produce Lenzing Ecovero brand fibres for textiles and Veocel brand fibres for nonwoven applications.
“By switching its previous production capacities to specialty viscose, Lenzing is in a better position to serve the strongly growing demand for environmentally friendly viscose fibres,” Lenzing added.
Lenzing has invested €100 million to modernise the Indonesian site, which will enable it to significantly reduce its specific emissions.
The site also recently began sourcing energy from renewable sources and is driving the conversion to biomass.
This is in line with Lenzing’s goals of reducing group-wide carbon emissions per ton of product sold by 50 percent by 2030 and achieving carbon-neutral production by 2050.
“We are working tirelessly to make the industries in which we operate more sustainable and to drive the transformation of the textile business model from linear to circular,” Lenzing CEO Stephan Sielaff said.
“I am therefore very pleased that we have now received the EU Ecolabel, which once again confirms our sustainability performance,” Sielaff added.
“Our investments in Indonesia, as well as in other Lenzing sites around the world, put us in an even better position to meet the demand for specialty fibres with low environmental impact,” he informed
