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we.respect

we.respect is our sustainability manifesto.

Sustainability is interwoven through all aspects of Berger Textiles’ operations. This journey started many years ago and has already taken us down new roads, brought new ideas and driven us to create new products. It is a road that we continue to travel on, making continual improvements as we go.

As a Spandex Group company, Berger Textiles’ Sustainability Strategy is focused on five areas, aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and underpinned by the high ethical standards we hold ourselves to. In 2025 Berger Textiles achieved an EcoVadis Platinum Medal, recognising excellence in sustainability across Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement.

More than products

People

Our employees are our biggest asset and their health and welfare is of paramount importance. Our focus areas are maintaining high standards of health and safety, improving the gender and cultural balance of our teams and ensuring all our employees feel empowered and able to express their opinions and viewpoints.

Carbon Footprint

Calculating the carbon footprint of our business will help us identify our decarbonization activities. By calculating the CO2 footprint of our products we will know where to focus future product development.

Products

In order to improve the sustainability profile of our products we are working on two main areas: reducing the usage of material and sourcing from suppliers with high ethical standards.

Packaging

We have several initiatives to reduce the quantity of our packaging and to improve its recyclability. For example, across the full EVO range, we have substituted plastic end caps with cardboard and for tubed rolls, we offer the option of untubing the material and recycling the cardboard packaging.

Procurement

An extension of our commitment to our people, procurement forms a cornerstone of our sustainability strategy. In order to uphold the principles of the UN Global Compact on responsible procurement we continuously review our supply chain to ensure we are procuring our products and services responsibly.

The EVO range represents the Evolution of our products

A complete set of textiles produced using certified recycled yarn that cover all the applications across the Soft Signage market. The EVO range reduces the use of new virgin material as it is produced using recycled PET.

In addition, all the products are REACH compliant, PVC-free, phthalate-free and have a water-based coating.

Our current EVO range

All our EVO textiles produced using recycled PET yarn are certified

We use a worldwide recognized certification to confirm the vision we have for our future development: another little piece of the puzzle that will help us in building the complete scenario.

The certification sets the criteria for third-party of recycled materials and chain of custody including a 50% minimum recycled content percentage and additional social and environmental requirements related to processing and chemical use.

All our textiles are REACH compliant.

The Regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH) is the main EU law to protect human health and the environment from the risks that can be posed by chemicals.

CarbonQuota collaboration.

We have now calculated the carbon footprint of our best-selling product Samba, in collaboration with CarbonQuota, a leading advisor for carbon measurement. This assessment has confirmed that Samba EVO, produced using recycled PET yarn, has a lower carbon footprint (-18%) if compared to the standard version.

Furthermore, the wider information gathered by this CO2 footprint assessment has been key to driving future product development and innovation. We will continue to roll out CarbonQuota assessments throughout our entire product range in due course.

EcoVadis Platinum Medal for Sustainability Excellence.

In 2025 Berger Textiles achieved an EcoVadis Platinum Medal, recognising excellence in sustainability across Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement. This annual assessment reflects our ongoing commitment to responsible and sustainable business practices.