Sustainable Textiles

DMJM

Sponsored by:

MTS is comprised of leading environmental groups,

governments, & companiesA nonprofit public charity

MTS Brochure & Strategic Plan

Standards are transparent, consensus & life cycle based:

http://mts.sustainableproducts.com/standards.htm

MTS has Identified 14 Sustainable Products Standards

Online Training with 80 Partners:Leading Environmental Groups, Governments & Companies

• High quality streaming video/slides

• 21 sustainable product/green building programs: http://mts.sustainableproducts.com/test/thankyous.html

• Covering consensus standards & products meeting them

Sustainable Product StandardsTransparent, Consensus & Life Cycle Based

Unified Sustainable Textile Standard©

covers carpet, fabric & apparel; major applications are buildings and vehicles.

• Provides Credit for Disclosure of LCA Impacts/Benefits

• Training is Ongoing

• Sustainable Agricultural Products

Unified Sustainable Textile Standard©

Unified Sustainable Textile Standard© Sponsors & Supporters

California Department of General Services Carpet & Rug InstituteCatalyst PartnersCity of Santa MonicaDaniel Mann Johnson MendenhallEco DecorEcos CorporationEnvision DesignGenslerGlobal GreenInterface CarpetInterface Fabrics GroupInterior ConcernsInternational Design Center for the EnvironmentInternational Interior Design AssociationInvista/DupontIowa Department of Natural ResourcesJ&J / InvisionLees CarpetJohnson ControlsJohnsonDiversey

KnollMilliken Carpet Milliken Fabric & ApparelLeonardo AcademyMohawk IndustriesNatural Resources Defense CouncilOrganic Trade AssociationOrganic ValleyPentagon RenovationRenewable Choice EnergyShaw IndustriesTate Access FloorsThomas Properties GroupUniversity of Wisconsin- ExtensionWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesZero Waste Alliance

Multiple environmental, social & economic benefits over the supply chain

Maximum credit for certified products with:• 100% reduction of 1300 pollutants• 100% Green-e power use• 100% postconsumer recycled content• 100% biobased organic content w/BMPs• 100% reuse/reclamation

Standard Benefits

Business Benefits

• Cost savings• Design innovation • Product differentiation• Long term customer

relationships• Liability reduction

• Public accountability • Employee &

shareholder good will

And provides…• Market definition of

“Sustainable Textile”

More Business Benefits

• Captures high consumer demand for sustainable products

• Creates healthy competition among manufacturers to obtain certification for the most sustainable textile

Environmental Benefits of the Standard:• Life cycle

environmental performance requirements

• Reduces over 1,300 pollutants

impacting health & environment

• Bans toxic Stockholm Chemicals

• Reduces climate change pollutants

• Reduces smog pollutants

• Reduces water pollutants

• Reduces stratospheric ozone pollutants

• Maximum credit: 100% pollutant

reduction

More Environmental Benefits• Reduces solid &

hazardous waste• Reduces acid rain

pollutants• Reduces criteria air

pollutants• Requires company/facility

environmental improvements

• Requires product design for environment

• Provides for sustainable textile certification & labeling

• Requires FSC Certified Wood use; Protects native vegetation, habitat & forest and where forest harvesting arises in the textile supply chain when FSC Certified Wood Practices are used

• Increasing levels of certified sustainable textile

• Defines sustainable agriculture for textile

• Reduces agricultural pollutants including pesticides & fertilizers through organic production

• Requires 10 agricultural best management practices

• Requires sustainable animal textile, e.g., wool

Agricultural Benefits of the Standard:

Certified Organic Feedstock:

• Maximum credit for 100% biobased organic w/BMPs

• Conservation tillage• Organic crop nutrient management

• Organic pest management• Conservation buffers

• Irrigation water management• Grazing management where manure is used for fertilizer• Animal feeding operations management where manure is

used as fertilizer• Erosion & sediment control

Required EPA/Purdue UniversityBest Management Practices

(BMPs)

Green-e Certified Power:

• Maximum Textile Standard Credit for 100% throughout the supply chain

• Improves 8 key social equity indicators

• Social requirements over the supply chain

• Customer and specifier clarity which reduces over-simplified claims

Social Benefits of the Standard:

Textile Standard Prerequisite:GRI LCA-based Social Equity Indicators

Unified Sustainable Textile Standard©

Major Applications:

• Buildings • Vehicles

PA, MD, TX, CO & IRS provide up to $5,000 in rebates or deductions

Vehicles

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• 46 mpg city and 51 highway

• Hybrids cut tailpipe emissions by 90%, save 50% on fuel, & use less fuel & materials

Hybrids

Hybrids

U.S. Green Building Council

Has captured about 5% of U.S. commercial market, & growing at 75% rate with its consensus Green Building Standard: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) (LEED®)

Economic Benefits

100,000 ft² LEED™ building saves*

• $80,000/yr in energy costs

• $93,000 through 186 tons of waste reduction

• $44,000/yr for avoided wastewater treatment & water conservation

• $53,368/yr from energy efficient appliances & lighting* about 50% in operating costs, MTS Economic Benefits Standard

Economic Benefits ProjectedProjected 70% US Commercial Green 70% US Commercial Green

Building Market PenetrationBuilding Market Penetration**

Energy Savings & Daylighting:              Energy Savings & Daylighting:              $36 $36 Billion/yrBillion/yrConstruction Waste Reduction:           Construction Waste Reduction:           $6.7 B/yr $6.7 B/yr Water Pollution Savings from Water Conservation:    $20 B/yrWater Pollution Savings from Water Conservation:    $20 B/yrEnergy Savings from appliances & Lighting:              $24 B/yrEnergy Savings from appliances & Lighting:              $24 B/yrAdded Value from Increased Occupant Productivity, Added Value from Increased Occupant Productivity,

IAQ & Reduced Absenteeism:                   $632 B/yrIAQ & Reduced Absenteeism:                   $632 B/yrIncreased Retail Sales:                         Increased Retail Sales:                          $400-800 B/yr $400-800 B/yr

Emission Reductions’ Market Value:Emission Reductions’ Market Value: $ 1.1 B/yr$ 1.1 B/yr

Total                                     Total                                      $1.1-1.5 trillion/yr value added $1.1-1.5 trillion/yr value added

* Leonardo Academy & MTS projections 2003 through green mortgage * Leonardo Academy & MTS projections 2003 through green mortgage backed securitiesbacked securities