They are:<\/p>\n
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- Product Sustainability Services (PSS)<\/li>\n
- Manufacturing Sustainability Services (MSS)<\/li>\n
- Recycling Verification Services (RVS)<\/li>\n
- Green Claim Services (GCS)<\/li>\n
- Sustainable Textiles Academy (STA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The services span textiles’ life-cycle, and so you’re able to assure sustainability from the sourcing of raw materials right through to disposal and recycling of old clothing:<\/p>\n
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Let’s take a look at these services in a little more detail.<\/p>\n
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Product Sustainability Services (PSS)<\/h3>\n
When selecting the product sustainability service, we carry out the following for our clients:<\/p>\n
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) (ISO 14040\/14044)<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Screening LCA for the selection of better choice of raw materials, chemicals, etc<\/li>\n
- Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) (ISO 14067)<\/li>\n
- Water, Energy and Ecological Footprints based on LCA method<\/li>\n
- Green Claims and Validation of Green Claims<\/li>\n
- Critical review of LCA Studies<\/li>\n
- Verification and Validation of low impact products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Manufacturing Sustainability Services (MSS)<\/h3>\n
These three elements make up the MSS service:<\/p>\n
1. Environmental Assessments & Solutions (EAS)<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Environmental Audits based on any checklist\/SgT\u2019s customized checklist<\/li>\n
- Capacity building<\/li>\n
- Coaching for performance improvement after audits<\/li>\n
- Consulting services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2. Chemical Assessments & Solutions (CAS)<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Chemical Management Audits based on any checklist\/SgT\u2019s customized checklist<\/li>\n
- Capacity building<\/li>\n
- Coaching for performance improvement after audits<\/li>\n
- Consulting services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
3. Verification of low impact or sustainable processes<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Detailed verification of processes that are claimed to have low impact in relation to regular processes and the quantification of such low impacts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Recycling Verification Services (RVS)<\/h3>\n
The RVS service includes:<\/p>\n
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- Verification and Validation of recycled products and the authenticity of the raw material sources<\/li>\n
- Quantification of environmental footprints of recycled products with regard to virgin products<\/li>\n
- Preparation and validation of recycled content in the recycled products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Green Claim Services (GCS)<\/span><\/p>\n
The GCS service includes:<\/p>\n
Verification and validation of green claims such as:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Low impact products\/processes<\/li>\n
- Renewable materials\/resources<\/li>\n
- Energy efficient materials\/processes<\/li>\n
- Water efficient materials\/processes<\/li>\n
- Lower carbon footprint materials\/processes<\/li>\n
- Lower water footprint materials\/processes<\/li>\n
- Lower waste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Quantify and help to prepare green claims<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Sustainable Textiles Academy (STA)<\/span><\/p>\n
The sustainable textiles academy is where our sustainability experts train your organisation to become more sustainable with a view to putting you in a position where sustainability issues will not occur in future.<\/p>\n
It has two key wings:<\/p>\n
- Detailed verification of processes that are claimed to have low impact in relation to regular processes and the quantification of such low impacts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n