SUSTAINABILITY
We supply a large part of your cleanroom’s carbon footprint. Last year we cut it by 16.9%.
Garments, laundering, cleaning, consumables, delivery. For most manufacturers it all lands in Scope 3 - reported by you, operated by us.
2025 PERFROMANCE
Where we are today.
Eight measures we report every year, across all nine European sites.
↓16.9%
total GHG emissions
2025 vs 2024
100%
renewable electricity, all nine European sites
Since 2021
↓19.1%
scope 3 emissions
2025 vs 2024
3.06kg
CO₂e per kg of textile washed - down 22%
2025
240,000+
garments repaired instead of replaced
2025
>70t
transport plastic recycled into new film
2025
~85%
of our vehicle fleet electric
2025, from 23% in 2022
B
CDP climate score
2024 assessment
INDEPENDENTLY ASSESSED
Our ratings and certifications.
Everything here is externally audited or scored. We state the scope of each one, because it varies by entity.
CPD
Climate score B, 2024 assessment.
Group-wide
EcoVadis
Gold — STAXS Group B.V., Dec 2025.
Commitment Badge — CWS Cleanrooms International GmbH, Feb 2026.
By legal entity
ISO 50001
Energy management.
DACH and BNL operations
ISO 14001
Environmental management. Most recent audit: no non-conformities.
STAXS Group B.V.
Science Based Targets initiative
Committed. Targets in development, not yet validated.
Group-wide commitment
UN Global Compact
Signatory since 2013.
Group-wide
Aligned to:
- UN Sustainable Development Goals
- EFRAG double materiality · 2024
- CSRD / ESRS reporting framework
- German Supply Chain Act (LkSG)
- Ethical Trading Initiative
THE CIRCULAR MODEL
How we keep your textiles and consumables in use for longer.
Eight stages, and what each one delivered in 2025.
- Design Mono-material, recyclable by design
- Deliver ~85% electric fleet
- Use 2,500+ customers
- Return Reusable transport systems
- Wash 3.06 kg CO₂e per kg — down 22%
- Inspect & repair 240,000+ garments
- Reuse 75,000 kg waste avoided
- Recover Second Life · >70 t reprocessed
DECARBONISATION
How we’re halving our emissions by 2030.
Four levers are doing the work across our nine European sites.
−50%
Total GHG emissions by 2030
Across all scopes
Committed to the Science Based Targets initiative. The roadmap is in development, and every project on this page is part of it.
Renewable electricity
100% at all nine sites since 2021. Scope 2 is now 2.5 tCO₂e — down 83.8%, effectively eliminated.
Heat recovery
Waste heat pre-heats process water. At Burghausen: 9,000 litres a day, ~400,000 kWh of gas and 100 tCO₂ saved a year.
On-demand steam
No standby losses at all. ~20% energy saving against conventional boilers, on every wash cycle.
Fleet electrification
23% electric in 2022. Around 85% in 2025 — a direct cut to the emissions embedded in every delivery.
OUR SITES
What this looks like at two of our laundries.
One newly built, one long established.
Puurs, Belgium · opened 2026
Our newest laundry, designed for low energy use
- 176 rooftop panels, 94.16 kWp, consumed on site
- On-demand steam saving 50+ tCO₂e a year
- Propane cooling, ahead of the EU F-gas rules
- A quarter fewer plastic items in packaging
Payback on the green technology: under five years. The design is already being replicated across our other sites.
Burghausen, Germany · the proven version
Solar power that stays on site
| Photovoltaic panels | ~450 |
|---|---|
| Total annual yield | 131.2 MWh |
| Consumed on site | 118.9 MWh |
| Self-consumption rate | >90% |
| Share of site energy demand | ~20% |
| CO₂ avoided annually | ~80 tCO₂e |
Over 90% of it is used on site rather than exported to the grid.
Coming next — the Eco Washing programme
Washing at significantly lower temperatures at full GMP compliance — up to 20% less energy and gas per cycle. In rollout now; we will report the measured result next year rather than claim it in advance.
Across the network
Spiddal: 97% efficient boilers, 76% LED, solar in 2026. Every site independently audited.
OUR FLEET
Our delivery vans are going electric.
The vehicles that collect and return your garments.
Driving change · share of our vehicle fleet that is electric
- 23% 2022
- 32% 2023
- 55% 2024
- ~85% 2025
WASTE AND CIRCULARITY
Less waste leaving your site.
Whether your process needs reusable textiles or single-use consumables, we supply both - so our advice on reducing waste isn’t shaped by which one we’d rather sell you.
240,000+
garments repaired in 2025
Two to three extra years of life per garment, and ~75,000 kg of textile waste avoided last year.
up to 80%
less single-use packaging waste
TexCube and MopCube replace single-use packaging: two to five tonnes prevented per site each year. One customer avoids 40 tonnes.
>70t
transport plastic recycled, 2025
Collected on site during normal service visits and reprocessed into new film. Not downcycled, not exported, not landfilled.
Ordering the right amount in the first place
On-site service tracks what your cleanroom actually consumes and right-sizes ordering against real gowning needs. The most sustainable item is the one you didn’t need to order.
Less waste per delivery, even as we grow
We measure waste per box delivered rather than total waste, so growth can’t flatter the number. It fell from 2.50 kg to 1.48 kg between 2022 and 2024.
Water
Consumption and wastewater quality monitored at every site under certified management systems, with treatment enabling recycling and purification at most facilities.
REPORTABLE OUTCOMES
The data you need for your own ESG reporting.
Everything above is our performance. This is what you can use in yours.
What you can take from working with us
| What you get | What it's for | How |
|---|---|---|
| Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions data, market-based, with boundary | Your supplier and Scope 3 reporting | Sustainability Report 2025, or on request |
| Waste, repair and recovery volumes attributable to your site | Your waste reduction and circularity reporting | On-site service savings reports |
| Certificates and ratings with stated scope | Your supplier qualification file | On request |
| Double materiality assessment and organisational boundary | Your auditor’s questions about ours | Sustainability Report 2025 |
| Consumption pattern analysis per site | Identifying reductions before they become urgent reorders | On-site service |
LABOUR, ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE
Our labour, ethics and governance standards.
Two of the four themes in an EcoVadis assessment cover labour and ethics rather than environment. These are ours.
Safety
Zero
Fatalities
100%
Of employees covered by health and safety management
Ethics
Zero-tolerance policy on bribery and corruption.
Code of Ethics applying to employees and suppliers.
Supply chain due diligence aligned to the German Supply Chain Act.
Governance
Double materiality assessment, 2024, under EFRAG methodology.
Reporting covers every entity under our control. No significant exclusions.
TRANSPAREANCY AND METHOD
Our full emissions data, published in one place.
Greenhouse gas emissions · market-based · full group boundary
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total GHG emissions | 29,052 tCO₂e | 34,981 tCO₂e | −16.9% |
| Scope 1 | 3,836 tCO₂e | 3,796 tCO₂e | +1.1% |
| Scope 2 (market-based) | 2.5 tCO₂e | 15.5 tCO₂e | −83.8% |
| Scope 3 (gross) | 25,213 tCO₂e | 31,169 tCO₂e | −19.1% |
| Emissions per kg of textile washed | 3.06 kgCO₂e | 3.92 kgCO₂e | −22.0% |
The 2023 base year is being restated for consistency with 2024 and 2025. Until it is published we report year on year, because the baseline comparison would tell you more about our data collection than our emissions.
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THE FULL REPORT
Sustainability Report 2025
Every sustainability figure with the method, organizational boundary and the restatements behind it.
See what this would save your site.
In thirty minutes we’ll look at what your cleanroom consumes, what it throws away, and what a reusable model would change — in tonnes, in kilowatt hours, and in the figures your ESG team has to file. You leave with numbers for your own site, whether or not you work with us.