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DECARBONIZATION JOURNEY

IN DENIM PRODUCTION:

towards a sustainable future

FOCUSING ON ECO-EFFICIENCY, SOCIAL INCLUSION AND ETHICAL GOVERNANCE, THE COMPANY ACHIEVES
INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND LEADS SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE TEXTILE MARKET.

With almost 80 years of history, Capricórnio
Têxtil proves that tradition and innovation
go together when it comes to socio-
environmental responsibility. Founded in “We believe that
1946, the family business is now the second
sustainability is a movement,
largest denim producer in Brazil, with an
a desire that moves action.
annual production of about 60 million
We want to be a reference in
meters of fabric, a team of approximately
850 employees and a presence with everything we do, developing
more than 3,000 customers in Brazil and the most qualified, engaged,
other South American countries. safe and happy team, which
builds true relationships with
We have a base of transparency and
customers and partners, in a
ethics and are committed to creating
creative, agile and dynamic
solutions that combine innovation,
way. The practice of this
performance and sustainability. We
deliver all this with a team passionate culture on a daily basis greatly
about what we do, committed to facilitates the construction
transforming the textile industry of the path that is moving our
and contributing to a better world
industry towards a cleaner, more
through our values:
conscious and diverse future.”
• People at the Center of
Everything João Bordignon,
Director of Marketing,
• Being and Doing Right
Communication and Sustainability
• Flexibility to innovate
• Communication without
Barriers
• Doing More with Less
• Weaving Change

Our Movement for a more sustainable fashion promotion of the circular economy, innovation in
At the heart of our strategy and in line with the more sustainable materials and processes, the
value of Weaving Change, we have designed our development of people and transparency in our
Movement for Sustainability - in line with the practices. This vision moves us to continuously
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the reduce environmental impacts, increase social
UN Global Compact, to which we are signatories inclusion and strengthen relationships with
– in which we have defined concrete actions to employees, partners and the community. »
minimize the environmental impacts of textile
production.

We continuously invest in technologies to reduce
water, energy and chemical consumption, in
addition to rigorously managing solid waste
and greenhouse gas emissions. Our priorities
include the efficient use of natural resources, the

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