Manteco won the prestigious ‘Climate Project of the Year’ award at the fourth edition of the Climate and Nature Impact Awards by Textile Exchange, which celebrates those in the fashion, textile, and apparel industry who demonstrate exceptional commitment and momentum to accelerate beneficial impacts for the climate and nature.

In 2023 alone, Manteco saved the emission of 195’052 tons of CO2 equivalent, the use of 35.5 hm3 of water and the consumption of 292.31 TJ of energy.

This is all thanks to its sustainable wool brands, which guarantee high quality and durability, with much lower environmental impacts, as demonstrated by Life Cycle Assessment studies, which have also been peer-reviewed and published as scientific articles in leading journals such as MDPI Resources and Journal of Cleaner Production, and subsequently certified through the international EPD® Environmental Product Declaration scheme.

We are talking about ReviWool®, valuable co-product fibers from the combing process of virgin wool, and MWool®, obtained from the mechanical recycling of post-consumer garments and pre-consumer waste.

Compared with virgin wool tops and generic virgin wool, ReviWool® and MWool® generate 65.6 percent and 99.2 percent fewer CO2-eq emissions, respectively, as well as use significantly less water and energy.