With great pride, bluesign® announces that SAITEX Mill is now a bluesign® System Partner. This partnership advances the goal of promoting sustainability in the global denim sector and represents a major turning point in Bluesign’s Denim Initiative. SAITEX Laundry, the first denim laundry globally to join bluesign as a system partner over a decade ago, has now been joined by SAITEX Mill, creating a powerful, end-to-end sustainable production solution under one roof.
SAITEX, a global pioneer in sustainable clothing manufacture founded by Sanjeev Bahl, is renowned for its creative strategy to lessen the environmental effect of textile production. The business was established in 2001 and is dedicated to social responsibility, sustainability, and circularity. SAITEX, which has facilities in Los Angeles and Vietnam, uses state-of-the-art technology including clean chemistry, energy-efficient procedures, and closed-loop water systems to reduce waste and carbon emissions. The clothing company’s commitment to ethical production techniques is demonstrated by its certification as a B Corp, LEED, Fair Trade, and Bluesign®.
SAITEX establishes a standard for the future of fashion by collaborating with top international companies to produce premium denim and clothing while consistently pushing the limits of ethical manufacturing.
Brands may now identify their denim clothing as bluesign® DENIM, which is made and processed wholly within SAITEX’s facilities, as the SAITEX Mill and Laundry are now partners in the bluesign® system. To be eligible for the bluesign® DENIM mark, a garment must be processed in a system partner laundry that complies with Bluesign’s stringent environmental standards and the denim fabric must be bluesign® APPROVED from a system partner mill. In order to provide customers with a clean denim production process from start to finish, this enables businesses to purchase bluesign® APPROVED denim fabrics straight from SAITEX Mill and have the clothing processed at SAITEX Laundry. With SAITEX as their one-stop shop for clean denim, manufacturers can effortlessly exceed sustainability criteria thanks to the use of bluesign® APPROVED chemicals in both fabric manufacturing and garment processing.
By guaranteeing that textiles are produced with responsible resource consumption and worker safety, our cooperation supports Bluesign’s commitment to lessening the environmental impact of the textile sector. SAITEX strengthens its dedication to environmentally responsible production methods by becoming a bluesign® System Partner, providing traceability and transparency across the clothing life cycle.
The future phase of sustainable manufacturing is embodied by SAITEX’s state-of-the-art fabric mill, which opened in 2022 close to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. With an emphasis on environmental sustainability, the mill unifies the spinning, weaving, dying, and finishing operations under one roof. By utilising cutting-edge technology, it minimises the use of hazardous chemicals, lowers energy usage, and is on pace to construct a closed-loop water system that will minimise freshwater input by the middle of 2025. This cutting-edge facility demonstrates SAITEX’s dedication to establishing new benchmarks for circularity and ethical production in the global textile sector.
- With its 3–4 MW solar panels, the mill lowers its carbon emissions by more than 2,000 tonnes a year.
- Because of its LEED Gold Certified design, the building has a low environmental effect because to its energy efficiency. In November 2024, LEED Gold certification is anticipated.
- For hydrosulfite-free dyeing, the mill uses Smart-IndigoTM technology, which reduces CO2 emissions by 90%, energy usage by 70%, and water use by 30%.
- SAITEX wants to use ongoing advancements in resource and energy efficiency to reach carbon neutrality by 2030.
- From spinning to clothing manufacture, the completely vertically integrated mill guarantees a reduced environmental effect on the fabric and laundry sides of the production process.
“Being a bluesign® System Partner is another step in reinforcing our mission of sustainability, transparency, and responsibility,” stated Sanjeev Bahl, CEO of SAITEX. In addition to establishing a new benchmark for ethical denim production, bluesign® is spearheading a larger push for clean chemistry. Putting the human aspect of production at the forefront of everything we do is about developing a system that is safe for both people and the environment. It is our duty to make sure that our procedures are both hygienic and effective.
“It is exciting for us to have SAITEX Mill join the system partnership as well,” continued Daniel Rüfenacht, CEO of bluesign®. “We were happy to welcome SAITEX Laundry into bluesign more than ten years ago as the first system partner denim laundry in the world. With SAITEX Mill and the laundry as system partners, brands can now acquire bluesign® APPROVED denim fabrics for their collections. They can also mark their denim clothing as bluesign® DENIM, guaranteeing a completely sustainable and compliant manufacturing process all under one roof. We are working together to reduce the negative environmental effects of denim production worldwide.