Raw Materials
The main raw material of Soalon is derived from natural trees. FSC® forest certification is a system that allows products made from wood harvested from properly managed forests and other low-risk raw materials to be labeled with the FSC® label and sold as certified products under standards set by the Forest Stewardship Council®, an international NGO.
Mitsubishi Chemical is also a supplier procuring raw materials, and in 2017 we acquired FSC® Chain of Custody Certification for our filament production at Toyama Plant, our Soalon manufacturing plant.In addition, we have received the Biomass Mark certification, which is a mark of environmental products that utilize biological resources (biomass).
FSC® CoC Certification
It is a system that assures consumers that the products come from responsibly managed forests and other low-risk raw materials under the standards set by the Forest Stewardship Council®, an international NGO.
Biomass Mark
The Biomass Mark is a certification mark given by the Japan Organics Recycling Association to products that use biologically derived resources (biomass). Products certified with the Biomass Mark contribute to the formation of a recycling-oriented society and help prevent global warming.
Yarn Production
bluesign® is a system that provides safer and more sustainable environments for people to work in and everyone to live in. Powered by a holistic approach, bluesign® traces each textileʼs path along the manufacturing process, making improvements at every stage from factory floor to finished product. For example, at Toyama Plant we use organic solvents in the SOALON manufacturing process, but we carry out appropriate treatment and thorough recovery and reuse.Through strict control from the perspective of the environment, labor and consumers, We become bluesign® SYSTEM PARTNER and SOALON is certified as bluesign® APPROVED.
ISO9001 ・ ISO14001
Our manufacturing plant has been given ISO9001 and ISO14001 quality management system standard certification.
bluesign® APPROVED
This is a scheme built by the international environmental certification organization bluesign technologies ag in Switzerland, the origin of bluesign, in which all companies in the textile manufacturing supply chain cooperate to reduce the impact on people and the environment, and ensure the product safety as well as consumer safety. Through strict control from the perspective of the environment, labor and consumers, We become bluesign® SYSTEM PARTNER and SOALON is certified as bluesign® APPROVED.
Original Standards
SOALON™Sustainable Program is designed to quantify and classify the degree of environmental burden of different textile products individually, and to visualize issues to be addressed in order to improve them. We classify details, processes, and techniques varying by product at each phase of textile production such as designing,weaving/knitting, and dying. We grade and evaluate them according to unique criteria to expected to clarify the points for individual improvements, and we aim to further improve the sustainability of the entire SOALON™ product group.
