Unifi Inc. published its latest sustainability report showing the fiber producer’s progress.

“Unifi’s commitment to environmental, social and governance responsibility is at the forefront of everything we do,” said Meredith Boyd, senior vice president, Technology, Innovation & Sustainability. “This latest sustainability report highlights the hard work our organization has put into the last year, making it one of our most impactful years since our founding a half-century ago. We invested in technology and product development that prioritized reducing our environmental impact and took even further steps toward sustainability through enhanced transparency.”

Key highlights include:

  • Unifi is prioritizing new, innovative products and processes to reduce total energy and water impacts through the life cycle of its products and those of its customers.
  • Unifi pledges to continue using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) on its products to provide the company a pathway to further reducing the environmental impact for customers, brands and end-consumers.
  • Sales of Unifi’s flagship recycled brand continue to grow quarter-over-quarter, emphasizing the promise to lower-impact materials.
  • Six of Unifi’s seven owned and operated facilities achieved zero waste to landfill.
  • Unifi’s Total Recordable Incident Rate continues to remain below 1.0.
  • Unifi provides in-progress Global Reporting Initiative and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board disclosure grid in the Appendix of its Sustainability Report.

“As a global leader in textile solutions, we have a responsibility to be a vocal and engaged participant in the pursuit of a better future for people and our planet,” said Eddie Ingle, CEO. “I’m proud of the significant progress we have made over the last year, including taking further steps towards our goal of recycling 30 billion bottles from landfills in 2022. Through strategic innovation in our processes and the inherent ingenuity of our people, we’ll continue making progress towards our vision of working today for the good of tomorrow.”

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