Does all this talking about environmental care have an influence on workwear?
Yes, on F. Engel workwear which have been ‘refereed’ the EU Flower on all standard workwear. This means that as well fabric manufacturers as cotton/polyester suppliers have been sworn in on what concerns application of dyes and control of waste water discharge. Both issues are controlled by commissioners who make unannounced inspections in the suppliers’ production facilities. ’We have watched a lot of transmissions on manufacturers in India where they discharged waste water containing hazardous substances directly into the rivers and we do not want to lend our name to that kind of performance’, declares the F. Engel marketing manager Jan Søndergaard. ‘This means that we, for time being, have let our standard articles within FE Engel and WorkZone become certified with the EU Flower which is the strictest European environmental labelling.’ Numerous companies have already made a letter of intent regarding environmentally correct purchases and this does not necessarily means that the prod
