1. EN 17353 2. RECYCLED POLYESTER
3. ORGANIC COTTON
Certification for enhanced visibility equipment for medium risk situations. This standard specifies requirements for enhanced visibility equipment in the form of garments, which can signal the user’ s presence. The enhanced visibility equipment is intended to provide more conspicuous visibility of the wearer in medium risk situations under any daylight conditions and / or under illumination by vehicles headlights or searchlights in the dark.
All polyester fabric we use in PROGRESSI- ON collection is recycled from PET bottles. Recycled polyester significantly reduces the carbon footprint and energy consumption compared to virgin polyester. It also diverts plastic waste from landfills and oceans. rPET maintains the same properties as virgin polyester, such as durability, flexibility, and resistance to wrinkles and shrinkage.
All cotton fabric we use in PROGRESSION collection is organic. Organic cotton is grown without the use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or genetically modified organisms( GMOs). The farming practices used to produce organic cotton aim to promote soil health, reduce environmental impact, and support biodiversity.
Organic cotton farming typically uses less water and energy compared to conventional cotton farming. It also avoids harmful chemicals, reducing pollution in soil and water and benefiting local ecosystems.
4. LIFECYCLE ANALYSIS
Life-cycle assessment( LCA) is a process of evaluating the effects that a product has on the environment over the entire period of its life thereby increasing resource-use efficiency and decreasing liabilities. It can be used to study the environmental impact of either a product or the function the product is designed to perform.
5. ISO 15797
Specifies test procedures and equipment which can be used in the evaluation of workwear intended to be industrially laundered. They serve as a basis for testing relevant properties such as dimensional stability, color characteristics, creasing, seam puckering, pilling and visual aspects in general.
6. DECOMPOSTABLE PACKING
All garments in the PROGRESSION series are delivered in packing made of PLA material, a biodegradable polymer produced from renewable plant resources. By choosing PLA materials, we reduce the amount of plastic waste and the problems associated with the long degradation time of traditional plastics normally used in polybags.
LCA is commonly referred to as a” cradle-to-grave” analysis. LCA’ s key elements are:( 1) identify and quantify the environmental loads involved; e. g. the energy and raw materials consumed, the emissions and wastes generated;( 2) evaluate the potential environmental impacts of these loads; and( 3) assess the options available for reducing these environmental impacts.
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