Indonesia's KIMUDA attains level 3 OEKO-TEX Eco Passport certification

Talking about the challenges involved in getting its chemical products OEKO-TEX Eco Passport certified, a spokesperson from KIMUDA said, “The most challenging thing is the paradigm and understanding of our employees about the importance of the Eco Passport certification. Giving them understanding and knowledge by management step by step helps to tackle this problem. Furthermore, we have to realise that the market trend nowadays is shifting towards eco-friendly products and if a company wants to survive, they have to be more efficient, effective and disciplined. Getting certification means that our company is ready to do that.”

KIMUDA chose OEKO-TEX Eco Passport over other possible choices in the industry because of its strong branding and thorough chemical content screening and hazardous substance checking. Secondly, most of its customers prefer Eco Passport and thirdly, it has already cooperated for a long time with Testex Indonesia.

KIMUDA has also taken various steps in driving sustainability in the textile and leather industries. “Recently we have tried to reduce our use of petrochemical and its derivatives i.e., ‘synthetic materials’. We have started using renewable resources such as natural polymers e.g., native starch. Our future product policy is reducing the dosage of our product. E.g.: we have a product called GC (regular product), and now we’ve developed a new version G5 which can reduce use up to 60 per cent. We regularly educate our customers to use products that comply with ZDHC Level 3. We have adopted zero waste in our factories. From the raw material to used packaging, we utilise everything fully,” the company said.

Talking about PT. Kinerja Mutiara Persada’s OEKO-TEX certification, a Testex’s Eco Passport auditor said, “KIMUDA has successfully met the requirements of OEKO-TEX Eco Passport Level 3 with the fullest satisfaction. The auditor was able to assess the requirements in the checklist and perform the audit with full of support and good collaboration from the company. The responsible staff were very cooperative and did not hesitate to show all areas of the facility along with all the required documents. From the review of the Self-Assessment to the facility inspection, transparency played a vital role, leading to the products’ attainment of the highest level of OEKO-TEX Eco Passport certification.”

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KD)