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“Workwear that never retires”

The CWS employee magazine
02/2020
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We all want to get better and better. Better – for CWS that means one thing in particular: more sustainable. It is absolutely essential to handle our resources with greater care so that we can leave a healthy environment for future generations. At CWS, for example, textile waste is generated year for year. So who, if not us, would be in a position to take large-scale, effective measures towards recycling and upcycling old textiles? It is with this in mind that we are launching the "Workwear that never retires" Workwear Challenge in August.

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CWS values the ideas and perspectives of its employees – all of whom were invited to take part in a competition for more sustainability, starting in August.

Complementing CWS’ continuous further development of its sustainable products and services, all employees were invited to take part in this ideas competition. We are convinced that – whatever work or position you have at CWS – each and every one of you can contribute ideas for more sustainability based on your specific experience and points of view.

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The goal was to find out: how can textile resources be recovered or the amount of textile waste reduced by extending the service life of workwear? Up until the beginning of October, CWS has received several creative submissions for the reuse of the garments, e.g. for sports bags, oven mitts or even pet toys. We’re looking forward to presenting you with some of these as new CWS products. Even old work clothes can be made of the fabric that makes us more successful together.