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CONTENTS // SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT // LEADERSHIP MESSAGE
Leadership message
Gabriel’s first sustainability statement prepared in
accordance with the EU Corporate Sustainability
Reporting Directive (CSRD)
Dear customers, shareholders, employees, business
partners and other interested stakeholders.
For the first time, Gabriel’s sustainability statement for
2024/25 has been prepared in accordance with the requirements for content, form and wording set out in the
EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
The following material areas of impact have been identified: climate and energy, water, resources and circular
economy, Gabriel's own workforce, and business conduct.
The CSRD sets a range of wording requirements which
to some degree define and limit how we as a company
can communicate our sustainability efforts. We therefore recommend that you also find the time to check
our website www.gabriel.dk to study information supplementing this statement. On the website you can read
about our products’ sustainability features, documented
trough the EU Ecolabel, OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 and
other labelling schemes.
Sustainability is a core skill, and we therefore give high
priority to possessing the necessary CSRD skills in-house
to enable us to independently live up to and further
develop in this area. The statement was prepared using
internal resources only, and the reporting places quite
high demands on the Group’s skills and effort. The company’s IT systems were further developed during the
process with a view to automation of the data processing.
Gabriel’s management system, Gabriel AZ, was updated
with new structures and areas of responsibility as a consequence of the CSRD implementation.
In 2022/23, Gabriel signed up to the Science Based
Targets initiative (SBTi), and 2024/25 is set as the base
year. The reduction targets for 2029/30 are 42% for scopes
1 and 2 (emissions from the Group’s own operations)
and 25% for scope 3 (emissions from operations in the
value chain).
Gabriel has been CO2e-neutral for scopes 1 and 2 since
2018/19 (the scopes are defined in the Greenhouse Gas
- GHG - Protocol), an effort that will continue in 2025/26.
This will be achieved by buying guarantees of origin for
electricity from renewable sources and buying carbon
credits to compensate for the use of fossil energy for
heating etc. Carbon credits are not offset against the
CO2e emissions in the sustainability statement, however,
and will not be considered a means to reach the defined
climate targets.
This year, the Lithuanian subsidiaries UAB Gabriel Textiles and UAB SampleMaster were ISO 9001- and ISO
14001-certified. The total number of ISO 9001 and ISO
14001 certifications in the Group is now 23. These certifications are considered critical to satisfactory quality
and environmental management, including sustainability reporting.
Circular economy contributes to waste minimisation,
reuse and recycling of materials and helps prevent destruction of, for example, discontinued products. This work
has been a priority to Gabriel for years and several products focusing on circular economy have been launched.
In 2024/25, Gabriel launched the fabric Cura Loop, based
on 100% textile-to-textile recycling.
The sustainability statement also contains information
on Gabriel’s work in areas such as working environment
and water consumption, where the targets are to halve
the number of workplace accidents and to reduce water
consumption at the Scandye dyeworks by 25% by 2029/30.
Gabriel’s sustainability strategy is assessed to be well
implemented and the strategy plan described in the
previous year’s sustainability report was satisfactorily
completed.
The company still judges that the current internal
resources and skills are adequate to maintain and
expand our position as market leader within quality
and sustainability.
Happy reading!
Scopes 1 and 2 emissions were 965 tonnes of CO2e
(market-based) in 2024/25 and the reduction target of
42% in 2029/30 is judged to be realistic.
Gabriel’s scope 3 climate impacts are documented for
the first time, i.e. impacts from the value chain which, for
Gabriel, result mainly from the purchase of raw materials, components and transportation. The total impact is
43,315 tonnes of CO2e, and Gabriel judges that the 25%
reduction target set for 2029/30 is realistic.
Gabriel’s own experts prepare life cycle assessments
(LCAs). Furthermore, in the year under review, 16 new
environmental product declarations (EPDs) were published and can be found on the company’s website. This
information is important to an increasing number of customers and used internally to develop new products and
processes promoting sustainable development.
Anders Hedegaard Petersen
CEO
Claus Møller
CCO
Kurt Nedergaard
Director of CSR & Quality
Rikke Lyhne Jensen
Sustainability Manager
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