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tion during raining seasons. In addition to its
increased use of rainwater, Square Fashion
implemented other water saving projects.
Hot water from the deying process and condensate
from steam pipes is captured and
reused as process water. This method of
water recycling not only saves on water consumption
but also uses energy contained in
the process water as such, thus saving the
energy required for heating the water.
With these activities, Square Fashion in
2012 continuously decreased its water consumption
by 6 liter per piece, which equals
10 percent of the total water consumption
per piece within the vertical set-up. In addition,
the factory installed water counters for
improved data accuracy and breaking down
consumption by consuming units.
Square Fashion not only has done a lot in
terms of energy and water savings but it
also invests in improving its waste management
system. To reduce waste to landfill,
Square Fashion invested in an on-site compost
plant that converts organic waste into
4000kg of fertilizer per month. Most of that
homemade fertilizer is used at the company-owned
tea plantation. On the chemical
side, Square Fashion set up a caustic soda
recovery plant to recycle 96.3 percent of
soda for the mercerization of fabrics within
a closed-loop system. On-site wastewater
treatment facilities clean up process water
at a capacity of 4200 cubic meters. For a
further reduction of water consumption, it
is planned for recovered water to be used
in the toilet flush system of on-site dormitories.
In addition, Square Fashion explores
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wasTe and recycling
Paper and cardboard are the main
input materials that turn into
waste at PUMA offices, PUMA
stores and PUMA warehouses.
PUMA aims at using recycled
paper and cardboard whenever
feasible. As a result, the amount of recycled
paper for office use has increased from
31 percent in 2010 to 37 % percent in 2012.
(In addition, 21 % of the paper used is from
certified paper sources, so that overall more
than 50 % of all office paper has certified or
2010.
32 %.
2011.
37 %.
2012.
50 %.
recycled origin). To close the recycling circle,
most of our paper and cardboard waste
is collected separately for recycling.
For the year 2012 PUMAs owned and operated
entities reported a significant reduction
of total waste creation (minus 21 %). At
the same time, the amount of waste which is
recycled increased to 50 % from 37 % in 2011
and 32 % in 2010.
improving our
suppliers’ wasTe managemenT
Our suppliers are encouraged to run their
own waste reduction and recycling initiatives.
Supported by the PUMA.Safe team,
their efforts cover the purchase of CAD cutting
machines that avoid excessive fabric off-
Fabric offcuts at a PUMA supplier
factory in Vietnam.
Total waste
creation is
down by 20 %
compared
to 2010.
cuts, to the recycling of fabric waste into new
products. The results of these efforts were
visible for the footwear and accessories
suppliers, who reported a decrease of 16 %
and 14 % on a per pair or piece basis compared
to 2011. In contrast our key apparel
suppliers on average reported a sharp
increase of waste creation, as it became
apparent that some suppliers had underreported
last years values due to a lack of
proper data collection procedures.
The introduction of our Clever Little Bag
shoe packaging in 2010 and the half-size
Clever Apparel Pack in 2012 reduced significantly
the amount of cardboard required
for shoe packaging and the amount of polyethylene
required for apparel packaging. As