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Jeanologia Logs 103.5M kg CO2 Avoided via Client Finishing Tech in 2025
Jeanologia says its laser, ozone and e-flow finishing systems prevented 21.52 million cubic metres of water pollution and 103.53 million kg of CO2 emissions in 2025, with 96.37% of turnover now EU Taxonomy-aligned.
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- 103.53 million kg of CO2 emissions avoided worldwide through Jeanologia customer use of finishing technologies in 2025
- 21.52 million cubic metres of water pollution prevented via the same technology footprint in 2025
- Operational carbon footprint cut 13.64% to 773.57 tons CO2e, down from 895.79 tons in 2024
- 96.37% of turnover, 84.43% of capex and 34.96% of opex classified as EU Taxonomy-aligned in first voluntary assessment
- Second EIM report covers 100,000+ production processes run by 359 manufacturers in more than 40 countries
Jeanologia's textile finishing technologies prevented 21.52 million cubic metres of water pollution and avoided 103.53 million kg of CO2 emissions worldwide in 2025, according to the Valencia-based supplier's Sustainability Report 2025.
What savings did Jeanologia's customers unlock in 2025?
The figures compare use of the company's laser, ozone and e-flow finishing systems with conventional processes. The savings sit alongside a 13.64% reduction in Jeanologia's own operational carbon footprint, which fell from 895.79 tons of CO2 equivalent in 2024 to 773.57 tons in 2025.
For sourcing teams, the more actionable number is the avoided-emissions figure. The 103.53 million kg of CO2 is the kind of Scope 3 reduction a brand can fold into product-level claims if the underlying process data holds up under audit. Jeanologia has spent more than 30 years developing the underlying technologies, starting in denim finishing and now extending into garment processing, dyeing and finishing.
"Sustainability is not a destination or a department but a way of thinking, creating and acting," founder and CEO Enrique Silla said. "Real transformation only happens when sustainability and business progress together."
How does the EU Taxonomy assessment reshape the disclosure?
Jeanologia has completed its first voluntary assessment against the EU Taxonomy, the classification system designed to identify environmentally sustainable economic activities. It found that:
- 96.37% of turnover was Taxonomy-aligned
- 84.43% of capital expenditure was Taxonomy-aligned
- 34.96% of operating expenditure was Taxonomy-aligned
The activities principally contribute to climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation and the transition to a circular economy. The disclosure matters because EU-based buyers and listed brand parents now need Taxonomy-aligned spend to support their own CSRD and SFDR reporting.
What does the EIM dataset now cover?
The supplier's second EIM (Environmental Impact Measuring) report, published in 2025, draws on more than 100,000 production processes run by 359 manufacturers in more than 40 countries. EIM gives mills and brands a common system for assessing and comparing individual finishing processes, and Jeanologia is now allocating additional resources to EIM as an independent unit to widen adoption across the industry.
Process-level water, chemical and energy data gathered at that scale can feed directly into supplier scorecards and product-level LCA work, without suppliers falling back on industry averages.
What is next on the disclosure roadmap?
Jeanologia began publishing sustainability reports in 2017, the same year it introduced an Environmental Profit and Loss Account to quantify the water and CO2 savings from use of its technologies. A cross-functional Sustainability Committee followed in 2019; reporting has since been aligned with UN principles and GRI Standards, and the company has been a UN Global Compact member since 2019.
The latest report flags improved emissions data, greater supply-chain visibility and increased climate resilience as the company's next priorities. The question for brands sourcing laser- or ozone-finished denim and knits is whether Jeanologia's process data is granular enough to plug into their own Scope 3 workflows — a gap the expanded EIM unit and the Taxonomy disclosure are clearly designed to close.
via jeanologia.com (Original)
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