SCS Global Services (SCS), Emeryville, Calif., recently announced that Unifi Manufacturing Inc., Greensboro, N.C., has earned Responsible Source certification.
Certification was issued for Unifi’s REPREVE products manufactured in the REPREVE Recycling Center in Yadkinville, N.C. The products are made from pre- and post-consumer recycled polyethylene terephthalate (RPET), and have been certified for recycled content by SCS since 2007.
“Responsible Source certification gives apparel and textile companies confidence that REPREVE polyester inputs are both environmentally and socially responsible, providing a new level of transparency about raw material inputs for recycled products,” says Stowe Hartridge-Beam, managing director of environmental certification services for SCS.
Unifi is the first yarn manufacturer to achieve Responsible Source certification, and has demonstrated that its REPREVE yarns and resins are manufactured in a manner that supports environmental and ethical responsibility.
Unifi tracks energy and water consumption, water discharges, air emissions and hazardous waste disposal. As a part of the certification process, Unifi’s environmental performance was measured in eight key impact categories and the company established a supplier screening supply chain risk-assessment framework.
For more information, visit unifi.com. — L.M.
