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Status and goals for strategic focus areas
CUSTOMER COOPERATION
Cooperation on
solutions
Status 2022/23
Goals towards 2024/25
Gabriel cooperates closely with customers to create solutions
for the market that are free from harmful chemicals and can
enter into a circular economy.
Produce new products and services.
We communicate closely with customers about activities for
a sustainable development, including current and future legal
requirements, trends, possibilities, and reducing risks.
During the past year, we have introduced the Loop concept
which offers customers the opportunity to become part of a
circular business model as either supplier of textile material,
buyer of recycled textile material, or both in cooperation with
Gabriel.
Product information
Information about Gabriel products is easily accessible on our
website.
Continuously assess environmental labelling and
our customers’ need for new product labels and
certifications.
Expand take-back systems that ensure correct
recycling of materials and meet quality demands.
Conduct training on sustainability.
Make more information available on our website
when needed.
Development of solutions relating to digital product passports.
CO2e neutral
products
Gabriel offers CO2e neutral products to customers on demand.
The possibility of offering selected CO2e neutral
designs is being evaluated.
DESIGN AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Cooperation for a
circular transition
Status 2022/23
Goals towards 2024/25
Gabriel cooperates with customers to create solutions that
drive the circular transition forward. Cooperation with suppliers and external partners are also of great value as it enables us to contribute with knowledge, to learn, and to find
new solutions.
Retain long product lifetimes.
This year, Gabriel participates in projects together with organisations, universities, and authorities such as Circular Textiles
Chain, Voluntary sector cooperation on textiles, Circular business models, and has become a member of Danish Fashion
and Textile’s CSR board.
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Increase information to end users about maintenance, repair, and recycling.
Optimise solutions and business models for recycling.
Increase recycling and reduce waste in the production and in products.
Circular designs
The principles of the circular economy are integrated into
Gabriel’s design criteria, which were updated last year, to ensure that every Gabriel fabric design considers all life cycle
phases.
Implement life cycle assessments of new and existing products.
Recycling
Our use of recycled and/or renewable materials is increased
continuously, and we work proactively to ensure better opportunities for textile-to-textile recycling.
Increase the share of recycled fibres in the product
programme.
