Applications for the textile industry

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The bluesign® standard: pure materials, pure benefit

“If you don‘t know, you don‘t care.”Peter Waeber, CEO, bluesign technologies agbluesign technologies is a team of science experts based in Switzerland. The company uses its expertise to enhance the manufacturing processes of its customers while cultivating a positive movement towards sustainability in the industry.

The independent industry textile standard for sustainability.

The independent bluesign® standard is the response to the dramatically increasing demand for textiles that are more sustainable and better for people, business, and the planet.

The bluesign® standard tackles the problem at its roots. Rather than only testing the finished product, all inputs from raw materials, water, energy resources, and any additional chemicals are analysed with a sophisticated «Input Stream Management» system.

The bluesign® standard is the most efficient way to guarantee compliance with the newest EHS (Environment, Health, and Safety) standards, without compromising functionality, quality, or design of your products.

Our goal is to link suppliers, manufacturers, retailers, and brands together to foster a healthy, responsible, and profitable textile industry.

The bluesign® standard is built around five principles: resource productivity, consumer safety, air emission, water emission, and occupational health and safety.

bluesign technologies offers three premium applications: the bluesign® bluetool, the bluesign® bluefinder, and the bluesign® blueguide.

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For chemical suppliers: the bluesign® bluetoolScience gateway to homologate chemical products.

For textile manufacturers: the bluesign® bluefinderAdvanced search engine for bluesign® approved chemical products.

For brands and retailers: the bluesign® blueguideComprehensive database for bluesign® certified textiles.

The bluesign® applications: enhancement through transparency

“The bluesign® standard is the best insurance for tomorrow’s products.”Detlef Fischer, Vice President, bluesign technologies agThe applications are web based and can be accessed worldwide. The sensitive data is hosted according to newest, international security standards, and access is only granted to authorised users.

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The bluesign® bluetool: application for chemical suppliers

The bluesign® bluetool is a unique, web-based software application for chemical suppliers. It guides the supplier effortlessly through the bluesign® homologation process and provides all the necessary information.

Chemical products must be homologated with the bluesign® bluetool to be bluesign® approved. The successfully rated products can then be pub-lished in the bluesign® bluefinder.

bluesign® bluetool users can enjoy the easy-to-use interface to submit information and evaluate their products with the professional support of bluesign technologies.

Benefits:

Access an independent, expert third party to evaluate and improve your chemical products.

bluesign® approved chemical products comply with global RSLs, eco labels, and legislations.

get your bluesign® approved chemical products published on the bluesign® bluefinder (linking you to your customer).

“We have to re-learn that quality is more important than quantity.”Peter Johnson, Product EHS Dept. Product Steward, Huntsman

The science gateway to homologate chemical products.

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“With the help of bluesign technologies, we were able to reduce the cost for electric energy by 1.44 million USD per year!”Roger Yeh, President, Everest Textile Taiwan

The bluesign® bluefinder: application for textile manufacturers

Advanced search engine for bluesign® approved chemical products.

The bluesign® bluefinder is an advanced, web-based search engine to help textile manufactur-ers find bluesign® approved chemical products.

The service also provides all relevant and up-to-date EHS information; easy-to-follow guidelines to incorporate bluesign® approved chemical products into your manufacturing process in addition to complimentary information on current environment, health, and safety issues.

Benefits:

Optimise chemical sourcing regarding consumer safety using the bluesign® bluefinder.

The bluesign® bluefinder provides comprehensive information about sustainable production.

Get extensive access to manufacturers of bluesign® approved chemicals, dyestuffs, and auxiliaries.

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“Bring more transparency into the supply chain.”Jill Dumain, Director of Environmental Analysis, Patagonia

The bluesign® blueguide: application for brands and retailers

Comprehensive database for bluesign® certified textiles.

The bluesign® blueguide is a comprehensive, web-based database for brands and retailers to find bluesign® approved fabrics. bluesign® blueguide users know that bluesign® approved fabrics meet the most resource efficient and environmentally friendly standard in the world.

The service also provides all relevant, up-to-date EHS information in addition to complimentary know-how on current environment, health, and safety issues.

Benefits:

Access a comprehensive sourcing instrument for sustainable textiles, accessories, and trims.

Get extensive information about environmental, health and safety issues.

Access manufacturers of bluesign® approved fabrics.

Global bluesign® knowledge base

Textile Manufacturers: bluesign® bluefinder Advanced search engine for bluesign® approved chemical products

Chemical Suppliers: bluesign® bluetool Science gateway to homologate chemical products

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Global bluesign® knowledge base

Brands and Retailers: bluesign® blueguide Comprehensive database for bluesign® certified textiles

“We have teamed up with bluesigntechnologies to support their standard with our global network.”Charles Ly-Wa-Hoi, Global Sustainability Services Director, SGS

Networking processThe 3 applications bluesign® bluetool, bluesign® bluefinder, and bluesign® blueguide work closely together to ensure that textiles are manufactured using the least but most environmentally friendly resources available.

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“The bluesign® standard is the gold standard.”Kevin Myette, Director of Product Integrity, REI

The bluesign® community: sustainability is a team sport*

Inspire textile suppliers, manufacturers, brands, and retailers to work today for a better tomorrow.Peter Waeber, CEO of bluesign technologies, points out the obvious but clear trend of growing consumer awareness. Customers are increasingly demanding real transparency from businesses around the world.

* Sally Jewell, CEO, REI

The textile community can use this as an opportunity to jointly improve the resource productivity in the supply chain and hence to create value for customers and the entire industry.

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