Sustainability
As the world’s leading industrial thread manufacturer, we are committed to operating responsibly and finding new and innovative ways to create long-term, sustainable growth. We are taking active steps to address the challenges faced by the denim industry and play our part in making denim manufacturing more sustainable.
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Innovative, sustainable products to meet your denim needs
Working together to realise the sustainable benefits of laser technology and ozone washing
Minimising our impacts within the denim supply chain
Working with the industry to eliminate the use of hazardous chemicals
EcoVerde
What some people call eco-fashion, we call a great idea. Turning old plastic bottles into new possibilities.
EcoVerde
Used plastic (PET) bottles are collected from consumers, sorted, cleaned, ground to flakes and then melted down and extruded the fiber and filaments from which EcoVerde sewing threads are made.
EcoVerde
Coats EcoVerde has a significantly lower carbon footprint than virgin fibers, delivering a versatile fit for purpose, premium sewing threads with no compromise on quality or performance.
EcoVerde
Right for your brand, your bottom line, and the planet we share. EcoVerde line has received the stringent Global Recycled Standard (GRS) certification.
Innovative, sustainable products to meet
your denim needs
your denim needs
Coats EcoVerde, our sustainable line of 100% recycled premium-sewing threads, offers the same proven level of performance and productivity as the industry’s leading non-recycled premium polyester corespun sewing threads.
Working together to realise the sustainable benefits of laser technology and ozone washing
New technologies such as laser fading and ozone washing are going to radically transform the denim industry. Coats has the right products, solutions and technical expertise to support your successful transition to more sustainable manufacturing processes.
Minimising our impacts within the denim
supply chain
supply chain
We are improving our process and implementing new technologies to reduce water consumption across our operations.
- We have reduced our water consumption per unit of output by 25% over the past 5 years, largely by improving our dyeing processes
- We are investing in new water recycling technologies in our major plants
Working with the industry to eliminate
the use of hazardous chemicals
the use of hazardous chemicals
Coats has joined the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Program which aims to scale efforts to eliminate hazardous chemicals from the global footwear and textile supply chain
Find out more about our approach to corporate responsibility
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