Asia Pacific Rayon selects STeP by OEKO-TEX
“Sustainability is essential to APR. We firmly consider in the worth of continuous improvement and transparency in guiding our sustainability efforts and engagement with stakeholders as a result of open dialogues. APR strives to be a leading viscose rayon producer fully commited to the sustainability, transparency and effectiveness of our operations, serving the passions of communities and country, and delivering worth with renewable fibre to our buyers,” Poon said in an interview with TESTEX.
Talking on its reasons for starting to be Action accredited, he said that they are fully commited to starting to be the most responsible viscose producer working in line with leading international expectations. Talking about how does the OEKO-TEX certification plan can help them in sustainable production with stakeholders and concentrate on placing with potential buyers, Poon said, “It can help communicate our motivation to sustainability – responsible production, transparency, excellent chemical management etcetera. Including OEKO-TEX certification to our product or service portfolio presents an more amount of assurance to our buyers.”
Discussing about the ground breaking technologies mounted in APR facilities to enhance effectiveness, save assets, lower intake, stimulate circularity, and lower charges, Poon said, “We are a absolutely built-in plantation to Viscose fibre facility. Our power is developed from 100 per cent renewable assets. Our facility is outfitted with the most current CS2 restoration plant to be certain optimum chemical restoration and reuse prices. We have established targets for critical sustainability KPI’s with outlined timelines for accomplishment.”
“Each module has its exceptional challenges. We appointed a senior manager as the owner of every module to oversee and control the challenges. 1 of these challenges was owning to re-layout our entire shift schedule to be certain whole compliance with the common,” Poon extra.
Talking about the subsequent steps for sustainable production journey, Poon said, “We are in the course of action of adopting the ZDHC chemical management guideline for whole compliance with MRSL two.. We are also in the course of action of making use of for the EU EcoLabel certification.”
Commenting on the working experience working with TESTEX to get Action certification, he said, “The auditors from TESTEX had been diligent, skilled and attentive. Their expertise of the Action common was impeccable and they had been equipped to help us with all our enquiries.”
Fibre2Fashion Information Desk (GK)
Asia Pacific Rayon (APR), with TESTEX, a Swiss tests and certification organisation for textile and leather tests, has selected Action by OEKO-TEX certification to communicate its motivation to sustainability. Talking to TESTEX about selecting Action for sustainability, Ben Poon, business head, APR, spoke about its technique for sustainable production.
