Structuring its work by putting nature and people at the center of all business processes in line with the goal of a sustainable future, Zorluteks reinforces its pioneering and leading position in the sector with its environmentally friendly production approach. Zorluteks, which steers the Turkish textile industry with its innovative and innovative product range implemented in the light of the latest technology, aims to diversify its environmentally friendly product range with the Ecodesign product category, which reduces its carbon footprint by at least 50%.

Zorluteks, which has made a name for itself with its production processes that protect human health, quality and environment-friendly, as well as its production processes based on sustainability, has now taken its environmental and social studies to the next level, and now it is a playmaker with Ecodesign products, where the carbon footprint is reduced by at least 50%. He underlines his role once again. Within the scope of the Ecodesign product range, which is produced using less water, energy and chemicals, many products such as bed linen, tablecloths and decorative pillowcases will be produced.

Zorluteks reduced its carbon burden despite increased production in 2020

Stating that they have made sustainability a way of doing business within the framework of the Smart Life 2030 strategy, Zorluteks General Manager Cemil Çiçek said, “We continue to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future with our regenerative business model. We manage our impact on this subject by taking the Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal as a guide. In this context, we can calculate the water and carbon footprint on a product basis with our R&D and technology investments.”

Emphasizing that they aim to further expand the sustainable product category in the coming period, Çiçek said that they have started to see the concrete outputs of their steps towards reducing carbon emissions. Çiçek stated that although the amount of production increased in 2020, the carbon load decreased by 4% compared to the previous year.

Zorluteks will continue to be the pioneer of environmentally friendly production

Zorluteks General Manager Çiçek emphasized that with their experience of more than 66 years in the sector, they have the ability to do business all over the world, but they believe that financial success does not mean anything without creating environmental and social benefits. With this understanding, Çiçek said that they aim to restore the resources they use in all production processes to nature with a cyclical production approach, and that they aim to contribute to the regeneration of nature in this sense, adding: “We have completed the STeP, “Sustainable Textile Production” certification process in our factories, and we have documented that we are a sustainable textile manufacturer. In parallel, we have also registered that we can produce with the ‘Made in Green’ label used with the Standard 100 by Oeko-Tex and STeP by Oeko-Tex documents. Thus, we are preferred as the innovative business partner of world retail giants all over the world. As Zorluteks, with this expertise we have in sustainability, we will continue to be the pioneer of environmentally friendly production in Turkey and in the world in the coming period.”