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Fashion Value Chain
14-06-2025
- Business
- Fashion Value Chain
Chargeurs PCC Targets 46% CO₂ Cut with New ESG Strategy
Global textile leader Chargeurs PCC has announced a bold new Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) plan aimed at reducing CO₂ emissions by 46% by 2030. The strategy addresses every aspect of the company's operations—from product design to supplier relationships—positioning Chargeurs PCC as a trailblazer in sustainable transformation within the textile industry. CEO Gianluca Tanzi stated, 'We are committed to leading the industry's shift toward sustainability by innovating responsibly and integrating real, measurable action across the value chain.' Key Highlights of the ESG Plan: Carbon Reduction: 11% emissions cut achieved at its Lainière de Picardie site in 2024. Emission mapping started across the supply chain to reach 46% overall CO₂ reduction by 2030. 'Local for Local' Model: Focus on regional development, sourcing, and production to minimize environmental impact and boost local economies. Sustainable Products: Expanded Sustainable 360 line made from natural, recycled, and bio-based fibers . Innovations include Zero Dye Water interlinings and monomaterial polyester products for better recyclability. Water & Microplastic Management: Site-wide water risk assessments using WRI's Aqueduct tool . Ongoing efforts to reduce chemical use and microplastic release . Biodiversity Commitment: 75% of the Lainière de Picardie site preserved as natural habitat. 2024 saw 1,500 trees planted in Brazil through a partnership with WeForest . Participation in COP16 Biodiversity and ecosystem restoration projects worldwide. Social Responsibility & Transparency: 80% of suppliers SMETA-audited; full audit coverage underway. Use of Transaction Certificates for traceability. Developing an internal Restricted Substances List (RSL) —60% of products and 90% of substances already compliant. With this comprehensive ESG roadmap, Chargeurs PCC strengthens its role as a pioneer in ethical innovation, ensuring a climate-resilient, transparent, and regenerative textile ecosystem.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Chargeurs Updates ESG Efforts to Halve Carbon Footprint
Chargeurs PCC has dropped an updated ESG strategy. The French interlining firm shared plans to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 46 percent by 2030, as the nucleus of the plan centers around reducing the company's carbon footprint. More from Sourcing Journal EXCLUSIVE: Arvind, Fashion for Good's 'Near-Carbon-Neutral' Factory Initiative Seeks to Break Industry Paralysis Shein's Climate Ambitions Have Been Validated. Now What? Material World: Celebrate Biological Diversity Day With Carp Couture 'As a global company operating across five continents, we feel the responsibility to lead the transition to a more sustainable future,' said Gianluca Tanzi, chairman and CEO of Chargeurs PCC. 'Our mission is to act as pioneers and game changers, playing a leading role in the transformation of the textile industry.' The holistic effort includes designing with circularity, protecting biodiversity and enhancing social corporate governance through 'stringent supply chain oversight.' Chargeurs said this strategy is based on measurable data and integrated actions throughout the value chain. 'We want to continue innovating, providing our customers with solutions that merge excellence and awareness,' Tanzi said. 'This is why we are pursuing a series of real and concrete commitments that will impact not only within our company but also throughout our supply chain—addressing environmental concerns, product innovation and social responsibility.' Those concrete steps include operations already underway at the historic Lainière de Picardie plant in Péronne. Hot water replaced steam systems, and other advanced machinery has been installed, leading to an 11 percent emissions reduction in 2024 alone. In parallel, Chargeurs said, the company has engaged its suppliers to map emissions since December 2024. In pursuit of strengthening its supply chain transparency, 80 percent of its suppliers will have undergone SMETA audits by 2024, with plans in place to extend assessments across the remaining chain. Beyond modernizing infrastructure, Chargeurs is advancing sustainable product innovation, too, in pursuit of reduced energy consumption. Launched in 2023, Chargeurs' Zero-Water Dyeing is a range of interlinings characterized by low water consumption in the dyeing process. Available in 19 colors and made in France, the range can save up to 2,600 liters of water per 1,000 linear meters, according to the company's annual report. This range is part of Chargeurs' Sustainable 360 flagship collection, which uses lower-impact materials. Developed in 2019 and primarily designed using recycled yarn, the range expanded its material composition to cover a broader range of environmentally conscious inputs. Outside of the Zero-Water Dyeing range, this spans recycled, GRS-certified polyester, BCI and GOTS cotton, hemp, Ecovero responsibly-sourced viscose and bio-sourced polyamides, primarily from SMETA audited suppliers. The idea is to reduce microplastic dispersion, reduce water use and mitigate chemical treatments. Since 2021, the company's research and development efforts have focused on reducing chemical substances in formulations, seeing Chargeurs adopt stricter than-industry-average standards, even eliminating certain components when warranted. In 2024, the business line entered close partnerships with leading brands on the joint development of products aligned with their CSR requirements. Chargeurs' R&D laboratory in France has played a central role in providing solutions, developing an internal blacklist of unsustainable components; this voluntary measure clocked 60 percent of products and 90 percent of substances as compliant. Aware of the growing expectations of stakeholders and the group's dependence on raw materials like cotton and wood, biodiversity preservation is another pillar of Chargeurs' green path. To that end, Chargeurs' Lainière de Picardie factory maintains 75 percent of its grounds as a protected natural habitat. Last year, the group launched a reforestation initiative in Brazil, partnering with WeForest to plant 1,500 trees. The company also took part in COP16 Biodiversity in Cali, Colombia, and has entered other international 'ecosystem restoration collaborations' as well. A 'cornerstone' of Chargeurs' sustainability strategy is its staunch commitment to the 'Local for Local' model: an approach reflecting the company's long-term vision of responsible, regionally rooted growth.
