US' Standard Fiber launches new carbon offset initiative

Standard Fiber, the leading supplier to the home textile market and manufacturer of basic bedding products headquartered in the US, has launched a carbon reduction programme where it will invest in carbon offsets for all cargo containers of textiles it exports from Asia to customers in the US and 20 other countries around the world beginning in March 2022. 

The company’s carbon offsets will fund accredited carbon reduction programs such as protecting rainforest ecosystems from deforestation in Brazil and renewable energy programs on tribal lands in the US. Standard Fiber’s new initiative builds upon the company’s robust material responsibility platform that includes organic cotton with GOTS or OCS certification, recycled fibres with GRS or RCS certification, bio-based foams with USDA bio-preferred certification, RDS down, Oeko-Tex certified products, and packaging made with recycled materials. The company has also implemented more space-saving and cost-efficient means of shipping products around the globe, said Standard Fiber in a press release.

In addition to its carbon reduction efforts, Standard Fiber is embarking on an industry-leading textile circularity initiative where it will collaborate with hotel and healthcare operators to develop various second life channels to help divert these bulky textile items from landfill. Further information on these efforts will be announced this summer. 

“As a major textile supplier to the home and hospitality market, we must take responsibility for and do everything we can to minimise our environmental footprint. Our new carbon reduction program will offset 100 per cent of the carbon emissions of transporting thousands of cargo containers of textiles we export from Asia around the world,” Sandy Gray, chief executive officer, Standard Fiber, said in a statement.