ABOUT LENZING

• Founded in 1938, Lenzing is headquartered in Austria and develops fibres made from Wood pulp for industry, brands and retailers in the fashion, beauty care, cleaning, and hygiene sectors.
• Lenzing produces Viscose fibres, modal fibres, Lyocell fibres and filament yarn, under the brand names Ecovero, Tencel, Veocel, Lenzing Lyocell, Lenzing Modal, Lenzing Viscose and Lenzing FR. It holds 1,274 patent applications and patents for a total of 215 patent groups in 49 countries.
• Men's fashion brand Jack & Jones added Lenzing’s Tencel Carbon Zero Lyocell to its Tim Original CJ 415 and Tim Original CJ 515 denim jeans.
• In 2021, Lenzing recorded revenues of EUR 2.19 billion (USD 2.17 billion). The company has nearly 8,000 employees.
• In 2019, Lenzing became the first fibre manufacturer to set a target to reduce its carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 and to be climate neutral by 2050 – backed by the Science Based Targets Initiative.
• Lenzing uses closed-loop production processes, with advanced recycling and recovery rates to reach its sustainability goals. Its biorefinery concept ensures that 100% of its wood components are used, either to produce pulp for its botanic fibres, for biorefinery products or bioenergy.
• In March 2022, Lenzing opened the world’s largest lyocell plant in Thailand, after a EUR 400 million (USD 397 million) investment. The plant will have an annual output of 100,000 metric tons.
• Lenzing claims full supply chain transparency, facilitated by its unique fibre identification system to trace its fibres in textile end products.
• Lenzing offers retailers a brand licensing service to mark end products with certification and licensing, and hang tags.
• Lenzing achieved a platinum EcoVadis CSR rating in 2021 (putting it in the top 1% of assessed companies) and was one of only 14 companies worldwide to receive a AAA rating from global non-profit CDP, for its leadership in climate change, water security and forest conservation.