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Roadmap to Zero

Roadmap to Zero / Dissolved Pulp Guidelines

7 November 2024

2 minutes

Dissolved pulp (DP) is the primary feedstock for producing man-made cellulosic fibres like viscose staple fibres (VSF), modal, viscose filament yarn (VFY), lyocell and acetate with high cellulose content (alpha-cellulose). Its making includes processes to extract cellulose from wood or textile waste as raw material.

ZDHC Issues Guidelines for Dissolved Pulp Used for MMCF

A collaborative, multi-stakeholder initiative, Road Map to Zero, has come up with the ZDHC Dissolved Pulp Guidelines V1.0 that aims to drive positive change in the dissolved pulp industry toward sustainable chemical management. It addresses integrated expectations for feedstock sourcing, chemical recovery, discharged wastewater and air quality for manufacturing facilities producing dissolved pulp from wood as a feedstock.

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Leather Standards / Harmonisation

28 February 2024

2 minutes

Together, the Leather Working Group and ZDHC want to redefine business as usual and prove cooperation paves the path to a responsible, sustainable future.

Leather Working Group and ZDHC to Harmonise Standards for Leather Manufacturers

The Leather Working Group and ZDHC Foundation have announced a move to collaborate in order to advance sustainable chemical management in leather manufacturing by harminising their respective standards.

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Chemical Usage / ZDHC Transition

18 November 2022

2 minutes

The ZDHC Competence Centers will drive the content alignment interface to like-minded organisations to jointly work on the harmonisation of our factory-based tools and create a holistic factory journey.

ZDHC Reorganises Work, Starts Transition to 'Competence Centres'

In a bid to streamline its approach towards delivering, developing and implementing its programmes, ZDHC has identified key areas of impact which will be addressed through four competence centres.

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Toxic Fashion / ZDHC MRSL

1 November 2022

3 minutes

The ZDHC MRSL supports sustainable chemical management by helping to avoid the use of banned substances during production and manufacturing. This solution facilitates the creation of end products that meet the requirements for cleaner outputs.

ZDHC Ban on PFAS is Now Official, MRSL 3.0 Launched

Version 3.0 of the ZDHC Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (ZDHC MRSL) has been revised to further extend the list of harmful chemical substances to be restricted in their use, including PFAS treatments used for textiles, leather, and footwear.

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Toxic Fashion / ZDHC MRSL

17 September 2022

2 minutes

The ZDHC MRSL offers the industry a harmonised list of banned chemical substances and enables the ZDHC Gateway Chemical Module, the industry’s largest list of safer alternative chemical formulations meeting the ZDHC MRSL requirement.

ZDHC Evokes Scientific Concerns, Includes PFAS in Upgraded Restricted Substances List

Notable changes in the ZDHC MRSL Version 3.0, to be published this November, include restriction on all PFAS substances for textile, leather, and footwear finishing, a limit for aniline in dyestuffs and the inclusion of a number of organic solvents. texfash.com reports.

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Roadmap to Zero / 2021 Rankings

20 June 2022

2 minutes

ZDHC wants to be transparent in how fashion brands’ are making programme implementation progress needed for a sustainable future for fashion.

And the winners—you guessed it—are H&M, etc, etc, etc.

During its annual Impact Day event, this past Thursday 16 June, ZDHC launched the Detox Fashion Radar to benchmark brands that are on their Roadmap to Zero journey to detox fashion based on engagement level and implementation progress. From all of ZDHC’s Contributor Brands, five achieved the highest level of implementation performance in 2021.