ZDHC Foundation

ZDHC Foundation’s Roadmap to Zero Programme has urged suppliers and brands working across the fashion landscape to assess chemical management practices, including chemical recovery, wastewater management and air emissions for the MMCF Module.

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.

ZDHC has released the first edition of its Air Emissions Guidelines which will aim to sensitise the industry, allowing suppliers to establish their baselines and understand air emission requirements as of now rather than testing.

The ZDHC Foundation has come up with a Commodity Chemicals Guide V1.0 and expects brands to urge their suppliers to embed these best practices to ensure a holistic approach to sustainable commodity chemical management within their facilities.

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.

The updated Higg Brand & Retail Module is now available for brands and retailers to measure and report on their ESG impacts to understand their progress and identify areas for improvement with clarity and transparency.

The new ZDHC Man-Made Cellulosic Fibres (MMCF) Guidelines V2.0 provide an aligned approach for fibres, including defined chemical recovery, wastewater and sludge discharge, and air emission discharge. The updated version was released Tuesday.

Each stakeholder in the leather industry, be it the tanner, trader, supplier or customer must get involved to get leather to a safe place in the mind of new younger consumers, and throughout the supply network involved. There are no impossible hurdles for a determined leather industry to make great strides quickly and set an achievable target date with milestones.

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.

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.