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Nona Source & La Belle Empreinte
Measure your impact
Empowering creatives to make informed and responsible sourcing decisions
Better informing to encourage best practices
At Nona Source, we are convinced that every sourcing decision can play a key role in reducing the environmental footprint of the fashion industry. Promoting responsible creation is part of our core values.
In a spirit of traceability and in response to the French government's environmental labeling initiative, we have partnered with La Belle Empreinte to help Nona Source develop its system for providing information on the environmental impact of its materials.
Up to 97% less emissions
and thousands liters of water saved
-115 kg de CO₂ avg.
emitted par m² when using Nona Source leathers instead of newly produced ones, the equivalent of driving nearly 1 000km.
0,3 kg of CO₂ avg.
emitted per meter when using Nona Source deadstock fabrics, compared to 9,3 kg for newly produced fabrics.
-99% of Blue Water avg.
used with Nona Source deadstock fabrics compared to new materials, an average saving of over 2 400 liters per meter.
Behind the numbers
How is the impact defined?
We assess the footprint of our deadstock materials by comparing them to similar newly produced ones.
<0.1 kg of CO2 eq. vs 8.3 kg if newly produced
<0.1 L of consumed water vs 2,800 L if newly produced
Impact analysis methodology
For each type of material, we conduct a life cycle assessment.
This initial analysis focuses on the environmental footprint of the new material, from raw material extraction to the finished fabric or leather, in other words, from field to material.
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Raw Materials
their needs for production
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Spinning
manufacturing of yarns
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Dyeing
the textile coloration
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Weaving
weaving of yarns into fabrics
It takes into account the origin of the materials, the energy mixes of the countries involved, as well as the transport between each manufacturing step: extraction, spinning, weaving or knitting, dyeing, and finishing.
Use Case
Wool Gabardine RWS
TROUSER
2.1 kg CO₂ éq
vs. 20.0 kg CO₂ éq
127 L vs. 4 182 L
SKIRT
1.5 kg CO₂ éq
vs. 15.9 kg CO₂ éq
74.5 L vs. 3 318 L
JACKET
2.3 kg CO₂ éq
vs. 27.5 kg CO₂ éq
97.1 L vs. 3 877 L
Minimizing impact
Textile production is responsible for 20% of global water pollution, due to dyes and finishing products. By using deadstock materials, we help avoid the need for new production, further reducing our environmental footprint.
About La Belle Empreinte
La Belle Empreinte is an organisation recognised for its expertise in the environmental and social analysis of products and services. Its mission is to support companies in their eco-design initiatives through the adoption of impact measurement tools, thereby enabling them to communicate independently on the traceability and the environmental and social footprint of their products.
On the consumer side, La Belle Empreinte supports responsible stakeholders by helping them distinguish genuine best practices from greenwashing.
Certified by the Association for Low-Carbon Transition (ABC), La Belle Empreinte collaborates with organisations such as ADEME to promote environmentally friendly practices and support environmental labelling of products.