Is it really possible to reduce your impact on the planet as a textile company?

Is it really possible to reduce your impact on the planet as a textile company?

On World Environment Day, we reflect on our responsibility to the earth.

The sportswear industry is on a long journey towards more sustainable materials and processes. At UYN, we have chosen to move as far along that path as we can, one fibre, one technology, one decision at a time.

The materials we work with are drawn from a different vocabulary entirely. Kapok, the world's lightest natural fibre, is a plant so abundant it requires no cultivation, no irrigation, no intervention. Eucalyptus, whose cellulose yields a fibre of extraordinary breathability, is processed in a closed loop where water and enzymes are fully recovered and reused. Ariacel, derived from wood pulp filaments, is biodegradable within months of the end of its useful life. And then Biolight, Natex and Flexicorn. Materials that come from nature, not from a laboratory.