Environment

Our environmental commitment

To more effectively reduce our environmental impact we must examine every stage of our linen’s life cycle to see where we can do better.

Environment Overview Statistics 2018/19

673.6K

Tonnes of CO2 emitted across all global supply*

73.6

Kilograms of CO2 emitted throughout the lifecycle of  a towel*

42K

Million litres of water used across all global supply*

4,595

Litres of water used throughout the lifecycle of  a towel*

16.9K

Tonnes of waste produced across all global supply*

1.85

Kilograms of waste produced throughout the lifecycle of a towel*

*Life cycle assessment (LCA) databases (predominantly ecoinvent) and available literature to obtain the necessary emissions, water and waste factors with assumptions to address data deficiencies and/or gaps.

To more effectively reduce our environmental impact we must examine every stage of our linen’s life cycle to see where we can do better.

We have recognised a need to embed ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) practices into the operation of our business. With this in mind, we want to better understand the environmental impact of our operations and supply chain (emissions, water and waste).

To better understand and measure our environmental impacts, we engaged EY to identify sources of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, water usage and waste generation within our operations and supply chain to establish a quantifiable environmental footprint.

As with all cradle to grave assessments, some assumptions have been made in assessing our own footprint. However, we are confident that the analysis provides an accurate snapshot of our current impact.