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CONTENTS // SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT // ENVIRONMENT – RESOURCE USE AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Targets
Gabriel continues to see opportunities for fostering responsible resource use and circular business models in the value chain.
To reduce these risks and pursue the improvement opportunities, Gabriel has set targets to be achieved by 2029/30.
The targets were set by Gabriel inhouse based on its strategic action areas and approved by the CEO.
Activity
Description
Scope
Target for 2029/30
Status for 2024/25 (base year)
Tracking method and effectiveness
Increase the share of
recycled materials.
Focus on circular economy and design
through increased use of recycled
materials in the fabric business.
Own operations,
value chain operations
Increase the amount of recycled fibres by at
least 25% to 711 tonnes from base year 2024/25.
569 tonnes (23%) of resource inflows in the
fabric business are recycled.
Data are calculated based on resource inflows
and assessed based on Gabriel’s systems.
The status is published annually.
≥98% of the designs in Gabriel’s
global standard collection carry
the OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 label.
98% OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 and
83% EU Ecolabel in Gabriel’s
global standard collection.
Calculated data are based on Gabriel’s
systems and published annually.
Layer of the waste hierarchy:
recycling.
Maintain the share of
ecolabelled fabrics.
Focus on maintaining the number of
ecolabels in Gabriel’s global standard
collection.
Own operations,
value chain operations
Layer of the waste hierarchy:
prevention.
Increase the share of EPDs.
Publish EPDs for fabrics in Gabriel’s
global collection to increase transparency
and accountability.
Own operations,
value chain operations
Layer of the waste hierarchy:
prevention.
The certification status is documented via
third-party certificates issued by approved
third parties like Ecolabelling Denmark.
≥83% of the designs in Gabriel’s
global standard collection carry
the EU Ecolabel or similar.
≥75% of designs in the standard collection have
EPDs published on Gabriel’s website.
16 designs have EPDs published on
the website, equivalent to 6% of
the standard collection.
Calculated data are based on Gabriel’s
systems and published annually.
EPDs are prepared by Gabriel and verified by
an independent verifier.
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