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IMPACT REPORT · UPDATED Q1 2026

Sustainability isn't
a story. It's a measurement.

Every figure on this page is independently verifiable in customer factories. We work with the World Bank, GOTS, M&S, H&M and Tesco on benchmarking and audit alignment — and publish our methodology so you can stress-test the numbers yourself.

50M m³
Fresh water
saved cumulatively
≈ 20,000 Olympic swimming pools, or one year's domestic use for 900,000 households.
1.3Mt
CO₂ emissions
avoided
≈ Taking 280,000 passenger cars off the road for a year.
350GWh
Electricity
not consumed
≈ 130,000 EU households' annual electricity use.
$260m
Customer cost
savings delivered
Returned to customers in the form of lower water, energy and chemical bills.
How we measure

No carbon credits.
No offsets. Just measured reductions.

The figures above are not estimates, projections, or model outputs. They are aggregated from real production data captured by our software in customer factories — the same data feeds we provide for GOTS, Higg and brand-partner audits.

Our unit economics are simple: every kilogram of fabric, litre of milk, or tonne of paint produced under SystainSuite has a documented baseline and a measured outcome. The cumulative impact is the sum of those measured deltas, audited annually.

"If we can't measure it at the order line, we don't claim it as an impact."
01

Pre-deployment baseline

Before SystainSuite goes live, we capture three months of factory baseline data — water, energy, chemicals and CO₂ per kg fabric, L milk, t paint. This becomes the customer's reference point.

02

Continuous measurement at source

Once live, every batch records its actual resource consumption from PLC and meter feeds. No estimation. No averaging. Measured at the point of use.

03

Verified delta calculation

Monthly delta = (baseline per unit) − (measured per unit) × production volume. The customer sees the same figure we do — and so does their auditor.

04

Annual third-party audit

Our cumulative impact figures are reviewed annually against customer audit data submitted to GOTS, Higg, ZDHC and brand-specific programmes (M&S, H&M, Tesco). Discrepancies are reconciled before publication.

Cumulative growth

16 years of
compounding impact.

The numbers compound year-on-year as more customers come online and existing customers add modules. The chart shows cumulative impact across all customers since 2010.

Water saved (M m³)
CO₂ avoided (Mt × 100)
Energy saved (GWh)
Cumulative environmental impact
2010 – 2026 · all customers
400 300 200 100 0 '10 '12 '14 '16 '18 '20 '22 '24 '26 50 M m³ water 130 (1.3 Mt CO₂) 350 GWh energy
Per-unit outcomes

For every kg of fabric
we run, the typical mill saves:

These per-unit averages are the building blocks of every cumulative figure on this page. They're also what your audit submissions will show — verified to the order line.
38L

Water reduction per kg fabric

Across dyeing, finishing and printing operations. Driven by lower liquor ratios, fewer reprocessing runs, and bath-compatibility sequencing.

1.0kg

CO₂ avoided per kg fabric

From reduced energy consumption (gas + electricity) and reduced chemical synthesis upstream. Calculated on customer-specific grid factors.

0.27kWh

Electricity not consumed per kg

From optimised stenter curves, reduced changeover, and predictive maintenance scheduling that prevents idle running.

~6g

Auxiliary chemicals reduced per kg

Right-first-time dyeing means less salt, less dyestuff, fewer correction baths. Independently verified across multiple customer audits.

Audit alignment

Built for the audits
your buyers actually require.

Our customers serve M&S, H&M, Tesco, Inditex, Walmart, and dozens of premium brands. SystainSuite outputs the data those buyers' audit programmes ask for — at the order, batch and shade level.
GOTS
Global Organic Textile Standard

Order-level water, energy, and chemical traceability — exported in the format GOTS auditors require, with no manual reconciliation.

Higg Index
SAC Environmental Module (FEM)

Direct data export to Higg FEM submissions. Resource consumption, waste streams, and emissions captured at source — not estimated.

ZDHC
Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals

Chemical inventory and MRSL/RSL alignment captured at recipe level. Audit submissions are produced automatically.

M&S Plan A
Brand-specific supplier programme

Compliant with M&S Plan A water, energy, and chemical reporting requirements for tier-1 and tier-2 textile suppliers.

OEKO-TEX
STeP factory certification

Traceability and resource data formatted to support STeP applications across chemicals, environmental performance and quality.

ISO 14001 / 50001
Environmental & energy management

EnMS data captured by SystainSuite supports ISO 50001 energy reviews. Aligned with ISO 14001 environmental documentation requirements.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Where SystainSuite
moves the SDG needle.

Our customer impact contributes directly to four United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We report against these alignments in our annual impact statement.

SDG 6

Clean Water & Sanitation

50M m³ fresh water saved cumulatively. Reduced liquor ratios and reprocessing loops cut withdrawal at source.

SDG 9

Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure

Bringing intelligent manufacturing to traditional process industries — software-led upgrades without capital replacement.

SDG 12

Responsible Consumption & Production

Right-first-time recipes reduce dyestuff, salt and auxiliary waste. ~6g chemicals saved per kg fabric on average.

SDG 13

Climate Action

1.3M tonnes CO₂ avoided. Equivalent to taking 280,000 cars off the road for a year — at customer factory level.

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