SUSTAINABILITY

TO THE GREENER WORLD

At Fakir Fashion, we weave dreams of progress while caring for our planet. As we grow with the industry, we are committed to safeguarding the earth, preserving its natural beauty for generations to come.

Sustainable Product Lifecycle of FFL

The sustainable product lifecycle at FFL starts with design, research, and development. As we are fashion creators, F Studio UK in collaboration with F Studio UK and our R&D division is constantly innovating newer fabric blends and garment styles to meet the growing need of the sustainable market of the world today. Biggest name brands are making a move towards sustainability, being more accountable to nature and the conscious consumer of today. For this perpose, our facilities are on the lookout for latest innovation on sustainable or bio degradable raw materials along with production technology and methods for the end garment to be less impactful to the environment. We are continuously adding water and energy saving machineries, experimenting with newer production methods and technologies, using renewable energy and resources along with sourcing sustainable materials to create sustainable fashion garments which are able to meet the needs of the market in the current perspective.

we are constantly innovating newer fabric blends and complexities, using industry leading and pioneering materials such as bamboo, hemp, yarn produced from recycled plastic bottles, yarn generated from wastage fabrics through the reverse resource program for upcycling, renewcell, biodegradable polyester along with many recycled yarns such as polyamide, nylon, elastane and cotton. We are continuously working with our associated brands, Co-developing newer composition of fabric and garment styles using these materials, pushing sustainable fashion forward.

Utilizing our 3D and virtual garment sampling capabilities, we have drastically decreased the need for physical samples, minimizing waste and promoting fashion industry sustainability. Sustainable production methods such as cold pigment dying, laser and digital printing, ozone wash, use of natural dyes and ecofriendly chemicals has further reduced our industry impact in our efforts to be less intrusive to nature.

Sustainable product lifecycle

Yarn

R&D

Knitting

Dyeing

Cutting

Printing

Washing

Sewing

Sourcing Sustainable Materials

R&D Using Sustainable Materials & 3D Sample

AI-Based Quality Check for Minimum Process Error & Waste

Using Eco-Friendly Natural Dye Chemicals

Using Software-Sided Cutting Technology to Increase Efficiency

Digital & Laser Printing Using Eco-Friendly Chemicals

Using Harvested Rainwater & Natural Light

Clutch Motor Sewing Machines

Reverse Resources

Cutting Waste

END CLIENT

Sustainability road map

2024

1 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS ZERO) implementation

2026

Installation of Reverse Osmosis (RO) water reusing plant

2025

Installation of factory-wide automatic light sensors for electricity savings

2027

Installation of waste heat recovery systems on all Stenter machines

2025

Factory-wide Push Type Water Faucets

2028

Increase of Rainwater harvesting area to 300,000 sqft

2025

Installation of Sigma Air Manager 4.0

2029

Installation of Dyeing wastewater heat recovery system with heat exchangers

2025

Installation of 10 ton biomass boiler and Bio Gas plant

2030

Installing infrastructure for reusing appropriate dyeing wastewater for toilet flushing

TRACEABILITY

One of Fakir Fashion’s core missions is to “Establish Technology & Information Driven Value Chain” in which Traceability plays a significant part.

Our meticulous materials traceability initiatives ensure that every element used in production is accounted for, every step of the way, promoting efficiency and transparency with internal and external stakeholders. We minimize industrial waste through accountability of materials used in production and ensure raw materials are sourced from quality and sustainable sources with proper certifications, ensuring traceable supply chains.

Our traceability initiatives extend towards mainly in the usage of yarns, chemicals, dyes & auxiliaries, accessories and operations ensuring the use of software automation and physical documentation of all materials used in the production. Our traceability initiatives also extend into our supply chains, ensuring proper required certifications and source monitoring in order to ensure sustained quality and availability of information.

Yarn Traceability

Accessories Traceability

Chemicals, Dyes & Auxiliaries (CDA) Traceability

Operation Traceability

Materials Traceability

Process Steps

1. Material Source
Identification

Raw materials (yarns, trims, chemicals) are sourced via:

Buyer nominations
FFL's personal sourcing team

4. RFID/QR code based tracking

Before production and during line feeding

RFID system ensures correct materials go into the correct orders

2. Testing &
Certification

Materials undergo:

Quality and sustainability testing, Collections of certifications (e.g., GOTS). OEKO-TEX, Bluesign

5. Order-Specific
Reporting & logging

Reports are generated for

Material consumption per buyer/order

3. Order-Specific

Inventory in-house and logging

Materials in-housed tested for quality.
Materials are logged in portals such as DHC and In-house ERP system.

6. Shipment &
Final Traceability

Upon completion

Goods are shipped
Complete traceability data is available for Ensures full value chain accountability from origin to ex-factory

Production method and

process sustainability include

Embroidery:

Recycle Sewing Thread, Recycle Embroidery Thread

Printing:

Laser Print, Digital Print (Less Chemicals)

Garments:

3D Sampling

Dyeing:

Natural Dye Dyeing,

Dyeing with Cold water

Washing:

Garment Laser Wash, Ozone Wash, Garment Over Dye with Natural Dye

water and energy saving initiatives until 2030

4.5 MW solar power generation capacity with plans to increase 2 MW.

INITIATIVES

Energy Management

Renewable Energy: Solar Panel 2154.44 kWp

Replaced T5 & T8 tube lights with LED

Daylight is being used in various sheds through transparent roofing panels.

Installed energy-efficient Sclavos Dyeing Machines.

Installation of Servo Motors replacing Clutch Motor Sewing Machines

Installed G- Traps for Irons in Garment Finishing

Installed Steam Traps in Steam drain pipelines

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Installed Steam Meters

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Introduced Condensate Recovery System (CRS)

Introduced Exhaust Gas Boilers (EGB)

Using VFD/Inverter type Motors

VRF system for air conditioning

Maintaining proper insulation in all Steam pipelines and Boiler Feed Tanks.

Introduced low temperature Bio- Scouring process in Pre-treatment

Installed Economizer in all Boilers.

From the baseline year 2019, there has been an improvement of 18% GHG emissions reduction until 2024.

Greenhouse Gas, (GHG) Reduction YoY

Water Management

Replaced water inefficient Dyeing Machines with Low Liquor Ratio 1:6 water efficient Sclavos Dyeing Machines from Greece.

Hot Water collection which is generated from Dyeing Machine Cooling process through the Heat Exchanger.

Implement the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle ( 3R ) program for process water which is collected from the Cooling process of Dyeing.

Resource Efficiency program engagement in PaCT, CP & STWI, (PaCT 1, PaCT 2 project).

Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) project implemented.

Introduced Push type Water faucets.

Water trigger nozzle used at production area.

Wastewater Management

Fully Biological Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP): compliant to ZDHC & DOE required standard.

1st Phase: Capacity 4,000 m3/day

2nd Phase: Capacity 4,000 m3/day. (current 8000m3/day)

3rd Phase: Future expansion, Capacity 4,000 m3/day

Proper sludge management as per national and international standard.

Solid Waste Management

Segregation Godown for solid waste.

Through reverse resource collaboration we are turning our fabric wastage into usable yarn promoting circularity in the economy.

We have designated and segregated a warehouse for storing hazardous and non-hazardous waste.

Effluent Treatment Plant sludge is being supplied to an authorized recycling partner, and reused for cement manufacturing.

Metallic scrap is being reused and repurposed for in-house requirements minimizing industrial waste.

Other types of waste are disposed off according to national standards.

Chemical Management

100% use of Manufacturing Restricted Substance List (MRSL) & Restricted Substance List, ( RSL ) governing the use of Chemicals, Dyestuffs and auxiliaries.