Water at LINDEX

Ann Åström Product and Production Support

Stockmann GroupCEO Hannu Penttilä

Corporate Management and Administration

CEO Nina Laine-Haaja

CEO Göran Bille

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Fashion Chain Division

Director Göran Bille

Department Store Division

Director Maisa Romanainen

Stockmann group

Short facts about Lindex• More than Euro 624

million in turnover 2011.• Approx 5 000 employees. • Head office in central

Gothenburg, Sweden. • Founded 1954 in

Alingsås, Sweden.• Since 2007 a part of the

Finnish listed company Stockmann.

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Lindex world wide

• Inspiring and affordable fashion for women and children

• 450 stores

• 16 countries, 5000 co-workers

• 5 billion SEK

• 250 suppliers, 450 factories

• 150 000 factory workers

• Production offices in Turkey, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and China

• Fashion on Lindex Shop Online

• Stockmann Group, 2007

Business beyond usual• COMPANY FOTPRINT: 60% product/production, 25-35% use, 5-10% LINDEX (figures

from eg IKEA, PUMA)

• Responsibility to the BRANDS (customer NO, NGO´s ofcource NO, Goverments ”NO”, Supply chain NO….)

• Networking, global/local collaborations, partner up (SAC, Joint roadmap, STWI, BCI…)

• Brands, NGO´s, Goverments (eg Toys, Cosmetics and Textile)

• Guidlines…more and more…what to use…what will be ”standard” (STWI, UK, German, NIKE tools, Higgs index, NICE…) ”A DJUNGLE”

• New Dying water ……CO2

• Sustaianable design (eg waste, quality)

Sustainable fashion in a lifecycle perspective

Resource efficiency – maximize use – prevent harm- create shared value Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

IMPACTS ACROSS THE LIFECYCLE OF A GARMENT

Raw materials at LINDEX• 2011 net weight to

DC:

- 5,5 ton Cotton- 1,2 ton PA- 1,0 ton PE- 0,47 ton Acrylic- 0,51 ton Viscose

• Approx12% of LINDEX collection 2012 is made in Sustainable materials (organic cotton, better cotton, recycled PE and PA, recycled Cotton and Wool)

The studied products

Material: 95% Cotton, 5% ElasthaneSize: 36/38Weight: 23 g

Material: 85% Polyamide, 15% ElastaneSize: 36/38Weight: 33 g

CSR MG, Supply chain Environment, 18 March 2010

5495 KJ

2204 KJ119 KJ

6301 KJ

8762 KJ

161 KJ

150 g123 g7 g 566 g

10 g197 g

24 L (23%)

80 L (77%)57 L (69%)

26 L (31%)

Water consumption. Cotton briefs.

Large-scale improvements

CREATING BETTER COTTON

BCI statistics

Thread to garment

Main production processes with water use:

• Dying

• Printing

• Washing

Water before treatment Precipitation + biologic treatment

Water before and after

Sludge

Textile dying waste water

Vertical suppliers (with wet processes)

Mapping of vertical suppliers, autumn 07:

Eg. number, location, type of process, water cleaning, handling of waste….

Bangladesh: 6 factoriesIndia: 3 China: 15 Turkey: 5

Plus 6 Direct suppliers

Cleaner productionLINDEX and KappAhl make an environmental ”code/tool” for cleaner production

Environmental inspectionsFocus on water treatment, chemicals and waste More efficient processes and cost savings Improvement process by training and Cleaner Production projects

Collaboration and cooperation, IFC, STWI, SIDA

Background: Results from a previous IFC project in Bangladesh

Resource Unit Results Achieved

Potential

Water l/year 800 million 100 billion (7% of current consumption)

Natural gas M3 9.3 million 1.3 billion

Electricity GWh 4.4 600

Green house gases

T CO2-e

19000 2.6 million

Capital expenditure

USD 484000

Saving USD 1 million

Objective: Minimization of resources used in textile processing through awareness raising of resource efficiency and identification of low cost measures resulting in savings. Methodology: cleaner production audits of wet processing in textile companies.Partners: Solidaridad and key buyers – Levis, H&M, KappAhl, Lindex, Mothercare, W E Fashions

Background: A success story from Bangladesh

"The payback on my investments in more water and energy efficient processes was 270% already the first year. This also meant that I saved 10 million litres of water and 150 000 kWh of electricity and at the same time contributed to a better world for my children and grandchild."

Mahiuddin Faruqui, Bangladesh. Supplier to Lindex and participant in IFC's Cleaner Production Initiative

Towards a sustainable textile industry

The Guidelines…

1 Preface2 Introduction3 Water Efficiency4 Water Pollution5 Wastewater

Customer responsibility• Dry clean?

• Air• Just take away the spot…• Lower water temp• Detergent• No softener • No thumbel drying

• Patch, repair, second hand, recycle…

Reuse and Recycling

Lindex CSR reporting

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