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made to last www.grupomalwee.com.br
Malwee Group is one of the main 1. 2020 Sustainability Plan - Results Suppliers
fashion companies in Brazil. As After 5 years of intense work we closed our We evaluate our suppliers in environmental,
a leader in ESG - Environmental, 2020 Plan with nine goals achieved and social and economic aspects. Impacted by
Social and Governance, we have positive performance in another six. Let´s the effects of the pandemic, we were below
built a path of pioneering and review some of them! expectations, but still with positive results.
investments in sustainability We ended 2020 with:
over the past 50 years. We were Product ✔ 58% of suppliers, including 100% of the
pioneers in the reduction and Measure Impact - We apply the critical categories, evaluated.
treatment of waste, effluents Organizational Life Cycle Assessment ✔ 61% of critical categories of suppliers
and emissions. We have been (LCA-O) from cradle to gate to measure the audited.
following a circular economy impacts of our activities and we can highlight ✔ 73% of sewing service providers and
since 2008, when we launched its reduction in all assessment areas, even Private Label suppliers certified by
clothes produced with waste with one million more pieces produced: ABVTEX, 62% more compared to the
from plastic bottles, recycled previous year.
cotton and fiber from banana Additional results from environmental
waste. In 2015, we ramped up performance of the products: Industrial processes
our pioneering in the Brazilian ✔ 91% of garments produced with less Regarding the base year of the 2020 Plan,
fashion sector launching the 2020 environmental impact, a performance we made our processes more efficient in:
Sustainability Plan, a set of goals 13% better than the defined goal. ✔ Electricity consumption - we achieved
to be achieved in 5 years. ✔ 24% of Malwee models with a sustainable 7% less consumption per garment, 37% in
concept, 140% more than the target absolute terms.
established in 2015. Malwee promotes ✔ Water - we were 5% more efficient in
the concept of slow fashion. water per garment and reduced water
catchment from rivers by 47%.
The results have been achieved using less ✔ Waste - waste generation per garment
impacting raw materials and industrial was reduced by 61% and 80% less was
processes such as recycled polyester and sent to landfill.
cotton, digital printing, use of renewable ✔ We also reduced greenhouse gas
energy, water reuse in dyeing, fabrics dyed emissions from scopes 1 and 2 of the
with 98% less water and the most important GHG Protocol by 75%, using biomass and
project, the Malwee Lab Jeans, which wind power.
produces jeans without harmful chemicals
and uses up to 98% less water. Consumption Use and Post Use
We invest in campaigns and actions on our
Using chemicals, we adhere to ZDHC social networks, stores and e-commerce
standards – Zero discharge of hazardous encouraging conscious consumption.
chemicals and we have ensured that 56% of Supported by the quality of our products,
chemicals meet program standards. we share ways of caring for, repairing,
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