Zwickauer Kammgarn GmbH (ZKS) offers its customers a complete service for climate-neutral yarn by offsetting CO2 emissions. Beate Wilms, Managing Director, says, the company can calculate the exact CO2 footprint of every customer’s yarn product beyond– along the supply chain starting from the raw material. It analyses the exact emissions from raw material extraction, transport routes, yarn production to delivery of the finished goods to the customer, packaging and disposal.

Wherever possible, ZKS relies on innovations in raw materials and processes to reduce or completely avoid its ecological footprint. In addition to natural raw materials, this is increasingly ensured by bio-based, biodegradable and recycled raw materials. Where C02 emissions cannot yet be avoided, the climate-damaging emissions are offset by reforestation or with marine protection projects against plastic waste.

ZKS provides its entire know-how along the value chain. This starts with researching raw materials and purchasing on the world market and continues through production to the question of whether the product can be returned to the cycle when it is disposed of.