The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is recognized as the world's leading standard for processing textiles made from organically produced natural fibers. At a high level, it defines environmental requirements along the entire textile production chain and at the same time demands compliance with social criteria.

The motto THE BLUE WAY by BLUESIGN stands for the vision and mission of responsible and sustainable textile manufacturing. The bluesign® SYSTEM makes everyone's working and living conditions safer and more sustainable. Based on a holistic approach, BLUESIGN follows the path of each textile product along its production process and makes improvements at every stage from manufacturing to the final product. In this way, BLUESIGN brings about a sustainable change in the textile environmental impact. In its role as a solution provider and knowledge broker, BLUESIGN acts as an independent assessor to ensure trust and transparency. True to its approach, BLUESIGN supports the textile industry in increasing its efforts to apply sustainable processes.

Why does the plumage of waterfowl not get wet? Why does this type of water repellency work in nature without perfluorinated compounds? RUDOLF GROUP has answered these questions with the help of the scientific branch of bionics. Bionics does not mean imitating nature, but recognizing its functional principle and transferring it into a technical solution. Thus, novel, sustainable and ecologically advantageous technologies for hydrophobization have been developed. BIONIC-FINISH®ECO hydrophobization is based on a fluorine-free formulation. Highly branched hydrophobic polymers with branched structures like treetops align themselves in an orderly fashion on the textile and crystallize on specially matched comb polymers. The optimal arrangement of many of these functional elements is highly effective. Additional boosters (crosslinkers) ensure optimum anchoring and permanence on many fiber substrates.

TENCEL? branded lyocell and modal fibers are produced by environmentally responsible processes from the sustainably sourced natural raw material wood. TENCEL? fibers are found in the collections of many leading designers and renowned retailers.