As a leading provider of workwear solutions, Workwear Group connects its customers with garment recycling solutions to support responsible disposal of uniforms at end-of-life. These initiatives aim to divert textile waste from landfill, which reduces raw or virgin material consumption in other industries.

Recognising the complexities in quantifying these benefits, in 2024, Workwear Group launched a pilot to evaluate how recycling and end-of-life treatment of garments can contribute to emissions reduction. The pilot is evaluating whether recovered or regenerated materials contribute to avoided emissions in diverse industries, by replacing virgin resources required to manufacture products, such as insulation, filling materials, fertiliser and plastic pellets.

While avoided emissions from end-of-life treatment represent a small portion of Group Scope 3 emissions, the pilot is an important first step in quantifying avoided emissions from end-of-life treatment and enabling Workwear Group to test assumptions, improve data accuracy and enhance its Scope 3 reporting. Together, Workwear Group and its customers will gain clearer insights into emissions benefits and challenges from garment end-of-life treatments, while supporting circular business models.