Sustainability Report
Here is our 2024 Sustainability Report, highlighting our resilience in navigating challenging markets, our commitment to environmental and social responsibility, and our data-driven, research-based approach to sustainability.
In 2024, thanks to our circularity initiatives and science-based practices, we were honored with the prestigious “Climate Project of the Year” award at the Textile Exchange’s Climate and Nature Impact Awards. We continued our ESG path, strongly focusing on emissions’ calculation and accounting, life cycle assessments and the improvement of our circular economy practices and projects.
The report is in line with European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and based on a robust double materiality approach, assessing both the effects of Manteco’s operations on society and the environment, and the external sustainability factors that may affect its business performance.
Scroll down to explore some of the highlights and download the full report for more detail.
Our overall performance in 2024
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We worked with a total of 895 customers, located in 37 different countries
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We produced 6,549,922 meters of fabric, with a decrease of 11% compared to 2023
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We had a turnover of 84,478,018 euro, with a decrease of 14,4% compared to 2023
Certified and recycled materials in 2024
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97,3% of the raw materials and yarns we used were “responsible” (+18,2% compared to 2023)
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58,9% of the raw materials and yarns we used were certified (+12,9% compared to 2023)
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38,3% of the raw materials and yarns we used were recycled (+5,4% compared to 2023)
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52,9% of the virgin wool we used was RWS certified (+31,6% compared to 2023)
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21,3% of the virgin wool we used was mulesing-free (-3,3% compared to 2023)
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74,3% of the virgin wool we used was “responsible” (+28,4% compared to 2023)
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29,6% of the raw materials we processed were ReviWool® fibers (-3,4% compared to 2023)
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24,6% of the raw materials we processed were MWool® fibers (-0,3% compared to 2023)
Our environmental and material savings in 2024
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Thanks to ReviWool®, our low-impact virgin wool, we saved 81,299 tons of CO2-eq (-19,04% compared to 2023), 14.67 hm3 of water (-18,95% compared to 2023) and 167.81 TJ of energy (-22,72% compared to 2023) – compared to the use of generic virgin wool tops.
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Thanks to MWool®, our next generation of recycled wool, we saved 90,776 tons of CO2-eq (-8,01% compared to 2023), 16.72 hm3 of water (-8,02% compared to 2023) and 146.4 TJ of energy (-11% compared to 2023) – compared to the use of generic virgin wool fibers.
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Thanks to the Zero-Waste project, we recovered 163,689 kg of industrial wool waste (-54,96% compared to 2023) and, following a careful sorting work, 67% was of this was reused in the production cycle (-12,4% compared to 2023).
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Thanks to Project43, we recovered 68,787 kg of garment-making offcuts (-0,4% compared to 2023).
Academic publications and certifications in 2024
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We certified our Noble MWool® fabrics’ environmental impacts through the internation EPD® Environmental Product Declaration.
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We certified our Noble ReviWool® fabrics’ environmental impacts through the internation EPD® Environmental Product Declaration.
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We published an academic paper called “Closed loop mechanical recyclability of post-consumer waste wool fabrics based on fibre length retention”, which investigated how many times can wool be recycled.
Check the full 2024 Sustainability Report for more details
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