Posted October 20, 2014

 

SINGAPORE – DyStar® has released its fourth annual Sustainability Report following the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative GRI3.1.

 

In this report, DyStar updates its stakeholders on the progress towards achieving its sustainability goals set in 2010 towards reducing the environmental impacts of its operations.

 

DyStar published its first Sustainability Report in 2010 and established concrete goals for 20 percent reduction by 2020 of operational impact in four key areas: energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption and waste generation.

 

“Anticipating the demand for sustainable production practices in the textile industry, we were among the first to recognize sustainable actions as a business imperative,” said Harry Dobrowolski, CEO. “DyStar’s two-fold sustainability approach is to reduce the impact of its own operations, but also to assist its customers in decreasing their environmental footprint.”

 

2013 was a successful year for DyStar, with a consistent increase in revenue across all sales regions, the company said. Operational costs stayed roughly at the same level owing to efficiency improvements. The total manufacturing output increased by 12 percent. But the balance of production shifted towards a higher proportion