Bluesign® standard

The Bluesign system aims to find solutions for sustainable textile production by eliminating harmful substances at each step of the supply chain, and approving chemicals, processes, materials, and products that are safe for the environment, the workers and customers.
The Blue Way by BLUESIGN represents the vision and mindset of responsible and sustainable manufacturing of textile consumer products. 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 textile’s path along the manufacturing process, making improvements at every stage from the factory floor to the finished product. BLUESIGN changes the environmental impact of textiles for good. A a solution provider and knowledge broker, BLUESIGN acts as an independent verifier to secure trust and transparency. Corresponding to this approach, BLUESIGN encourages the industry to increase its efforts in sustainable processes step by step.
At BLUESIGN, people are the focal point. BLUESIGN is involved with people at work as well as with the effects textile products have on their users. This includes the highest demands on workplace safety and consumer protection, protecting people at the workplace, and ensuring that everybody feels good about buying and wearing textile products.BLUESIGN also respects the environment by being involved in reducing negative impacts from textile manufacturings. The standards have the strictest criteria to protect the water, air, and soil, as well as to reduce waste management.Accordingly, responsible handling of resources is necessary to obtain the BLUESIGN certificate, which promotes the optimization of resources productivity through process efficiency and the minimization of resources and material use.
BLUESIGN also respects the environment by being involved in reducing negative impacts from textile manufacturings. The standards have the strictest criteria to protect the water, air, and soil, as well as to reduce waste management.
Accordingly, responsible handling of resources is necessary to obtain the BLUESIGN certificate, which promotes the optimization of resources productivity through process efficiency and the minimization of resources and material use.