EU Ecolabel certification confirms high ecological standards in Lenzing’s viscose fiber production in
Indonesia
Product portfolio thus successfully expanded to include special fibers of the LENZINGTM ECOVEROTM and
VEOCELTM brands
Modernization of the Indonesian production site brings significant reduction in emissions
Purwakarta – The Lenzing Group, a world-leading provider of specialty cellulose fibers for the textile and
nonwoven industries, has received certification from the internationally recognized EU Ecolabel1
for its fibers at
the Indonesian site. This means that Lenzing fibers produced in Purwakarta (PT. South Pacific Viscose) meet
high environmental standards. The product portfolio thus expands and qualifies for the production of LENZINGTM
ECOVEROTM brand fibers for textiles and VEOCELTM brand fibers for nonwoven applications. By switching its
previous production capacities to specialty viscose, Lenzing is in a better position to serve the strongly growing
demand for environmentally friendly viscose fibers.
The substantial investment of EUR 100 mn to modernize the Indonesian site has enabled Lenzing to significantly
reduce its specific emissions. In addition, the site recently began sourcing energy from renewable sources and
is driving the conversion to biomass in line with Lenzing’s goals of reducing group-wide carbon emissions per
ton of product sold by 50 percent by 2030 and achieving carbon-neutral production by 2050.
“We are working tirelessly to make the industries in which we operate even more sustainable and to drive the
transformation of the textile business model from a linear to circular. I am therefore very pleased that we have
now received the EU Ecolabel, which once again confirms our sustainability performance. Our investments in
Indonesia, as well as in other Lenzing sites around the world, put us in an even better position to meet the
growing demand for specialty fibers with low environmental impact,” said Stephan Sielaff, Chief Executive Officer
of the Lenzing Group.
1The EU Ecolabel is recognized in all member states of the European Union, as well as Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland. The voluntary
label, introduced by an EU regulation in 1992 (Regulation EEC 880/92), has gradually become a reference point for consumers who want
to help reduce pollution by purchasing more environmentally-friendly products and services.
Boosting growth in specialty fibers
Anthropogenic climate change is one of the most pressing problems of our time, to which both the global textile
and nonwovens industries make a major contribution. LENZINGTM ECOVEROTM viscose fibers (for textiles) and
VEOCELTM Viscose (for nonwovens) have been proven to cause significantly less greenhouse gas emissions
and water pollution than conventional viscose. At the Indonesian site, Lenzing also plans to produce the
innovative LENZINGTM ECOVEROTM Black fibers in the future, which also require less energy and water in textile
chain thanks to the spun-dyeing process and thus also have a lower carbon footprint in their life cycle as a textile
product.
