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Blue Lenz Awards: Mohsin Sajid’s Brief History of Denim
This year, TENCEL™ held our first Blue Lenz Denim Video Awards during Bluezone, celebrating the best of the best from our Blue Lenz YouTube channel. One of the winners was Mohsin Sajid for his Brief History of Denim with Fashion Revolution, Fashion Open Studio, and Isko. The Honorable Mention recipient film was a recorded presentation during Fashion Revolution Week on denim history. To dive into the story behind the video, Carved in Blue chatted with Mohsin about the content…
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Scientific Study Backs Up TENCEL™’s Biodegradability
Polymer-based synthetics have become a prime fabric choice, particularly for fast fashion. They currently represent 62 percent of all textile fibers. But the care and disposal of these fibers leaves a lasting impact on the planet…Compared to fossil fuel-derived fibers like polyester, TENCEL™ Lyocell is made of wood from FSC certified forests. This botanical origin has an impact on the environmental footprint of production, but it also has implications for the fibers’ end of life. TENCEL™ is 100 percent biodegradable in salt water, fresh water and soil…
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Discover TENCEL™ Denim’s Sustainable Innovations in Bossa Magazine
For the latest issue of Bossa Magazine, Michael Kininmonth from the TENCEL™ Denim Team, shared some of the fiber producer’s latest developments, including carbon zero TENCEL™ and TENCEL™ Modal with Indigo Color technology, which are making denim production less environmentally impactful. He also discussed how Lenzing is working to overcome the difficulties of circularity and where sustainability is heading…
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Blue Cast: Giusy Bettoni on Sustainable Storytelling & Education
Sustainability has grown to become an industry-wide focus, but some frontrunners had low-impact fashion on their agendas even earlier. For our latest Blue Cast podcast episode, sustainability pioneer Giusy Bettoni joined Lenzing’s Michael Kininmonth for a chat about building a more responsible fashion industry. Giusy is a consultant with Premiere Vision and an advisor to Eco-Age, with a long history working with TENCEL™.
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Going Green with THE GOOD LOOP
One of the best ways to lower fashion’s impact is by getting the greatest possible use out of materials. Our TENCEL™ Lyocell with REFIBRA™ technology accomplishes this by turning cotton textile waste into feedstock for new fiber. By replacing some of the wood pulp with fabric scraps, we’re able to cut down on the amount of virgin resources needed while also saving cotton from landfills. TENCEL™ x REFIBRA™ technology is part of a broader motto within Lenzing to accomplish THE GOOD LOOP…