Impacts, risks and opportunities
[MDR-P 65a]
This section outlines impacts, risks and opportunities (IROs) where applicable. The table illustrates how IROs relate to specific policies, targets, actions, and metrics. However, this does not imply that all listed elements are interconnected.
Sub-topic |
IRO |
IRO description |
Policies |
Targets |
Actions |
Metrics |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pollution of air |
Negative impact
|
Lenzing contributes to air pollution and could potentially negatively impact health and environment. To prevent pollution Lenzing actively monitors and manages the environmental impact of its operations. |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Risk
|
Lenzing could lose its license to operate (LTO) due to regulatory changes, e.g. by failing to meet more stringent emission levels in the EU BAT. This could result in the loss of the EU Ecolabel and failure to meet customer demands. |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Opportunity
|
Showing leadership in pulp and fiber manufacturing with low environmental and social impacts. |
|
|
|
|
||||
Pollution of water |
Negative impact
|
Textile production is estimated to be responsible for about 20 percent of global clean water pollution from dyeing and finishing products.1 |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Negative impact
|
Lenzing discharges water in its own operations and therefore potentially impacts water bodies. In the unlikely case of a leakage, the consequences would be fatal for the ecosystems. Lenzing commits itself to comprehensively monitor, control and report direct and indirect interactions with water resources. |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Opportunity
|
Showing leadership in pulp and fiber manufacturing with low environmental and social impacts with low-emission products. For example spun-dyed Lenzing fibers. |
|
|
|
|
||||
Substances of concern and substances of very high concern (SoCs & SVHCs) |
Negative impact
|
Potential for severe negative health and environmental impacts in the event of accidents or leakage. Substances of concern are still used within Lenzing’s own operations and within the industry. Lenzing’s fibers are controlled for residues by certifications and testing schemes. |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
Opportunity
|
Securing business by fulfilling stakeholder requirements and going beyond them. Developing industry benchmarks and contribution to multi-stakeholder initiatives such as Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC). |
|
|
|
|
||||
|
||||||||||