Bolton, UK-headquartered Nonwovenn is setting new industry benchmarks for sustainability by integrating market-leading eco-friendly policies across its operations. The business is now seeing impressive results after two years of implementation.

Nonwovenn reports that it has sent zero waste to landfill for a second year running, instead converting it to ‘Refuse Derived Fuel’ through a service partner, which generates half a million kWh of renewable energy for use by highly energy-intensive industries. The business also avoids 1,020 tons of CO2 emissions annually by recycling its waste in this way.

Following this achievement, Nonwovenn has created a detailed sustainability strategy that will see the business adopting science-based targets in 2025, with the aim of meeting the criteria for Environmental Product Declaration Certification which is central to the goal of reaching net zero by 2035.

In addition, sustainability director Prabhat Mishra was recently commended by the International Green Apple Environment Awards for driving sustainable waste management in the manufacture of specialist fabrics, and presented Nonwovenn’s sustainability agenda to nonwovens association EDANA, receiving an overwhelmingly positive response.

“Our business purpose is doing good to do well,” he said. “We believe that while we continue growing as a business, we need to ensure that we do so sustainably, with a focus on exceeding the targets set – not just meeting them.

“To have our efforts recognised by the International Green Apple Environment Awards was fantastic, as it helps push us to work towards the next level of sustainability. We hope businesses across the industry see the work we are doing and look to improve their own processes to boost sustainability across the entire nonwoven sector.”

“When Prabhat first joined the team in 2020, we knew he was going to bring some amazing practices to the business, but he has far exceeded our expectations,” added company chairman David Lamb. “We have some big plans for the coming years to ensure we stay at the forefront of sustainability.”

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