More Sustainable Shirt Packaging at OLYMP
公司规模
Mid-size Company
地区
- Europe
国家
- Germany
产品
- Sphera’s LCA for Packaging
- Sphera’s Product Sustainability Software and Data
- Sphera’s Sustainability Consulting
技术栈
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Environmental Impact Reduction
- Brand Awareness
适用行业
- 服装
适用功能
- 产品研发
- 质量保证
服务
- 软件设计与工程服务
- 系统集成
关于客户
OLYMP is a leading producer of quality shirts, knitwear, sweat wear, and accessories. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany. As of 2022, OLYMP has 887 employees and generates a revenue of €227 million. As a global company, OLYMP bears responsibility towards its employees, clients, suppliers, and partners in the producing countries. The company is also conscious of its impact on the environment, climate, and society. OLYMP is committed to sustainability and aims to meet the criteria for its sustainability flag GREEN CHOICE by 2025.
挑战
OLYMP, a global apparel company, was faced with the challenge of improving the environmental performance of their packaging while maintaining functional requirements. They needed to calculate the environmental impact of different packaging types and identify a reliable and easy-to-use life cycle assessment (LCA) tool for packaging. They also required external results verification for transparent communication. The company aimed to meet the criteria for their sustainability flag GREEN CHOICE by 2025, which involved increasing the proportion of sustainably produced raw materials, reducing the use of critical chemicals, and establishing environmentally friendly processes in production.
解决方案
OLYMP selected Sphera’s LCA for Packaging to assess the sustainability performance of their new packaging. The tool is an externally verified LCA calculator designed to quantify the environmental impact of different packaging solutions. Sphera’s sustainability consultants assisted OLYMP in using the tool by providing training and facilitating the verification process. In addition, OLYMP worked with Dekra to ensure the accuracy of the data entered into Sphera’s LCA for Packaging. The use of the verified tool in combination with the audited input data allowed OLYMP to make reliable and transparent public claims about the environmental performance of their packaging solutions.
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