[pageLogInLogOut]

#Sustainability

DuPont™ Nomex® plant in Asturias receives ISCC PLUS certification

(c) 2025 DuPont
DuPont announced today that its Nomex® production facility in Tamón, Asturias, has received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS) certification. This achievement underscores DuPont's commitment to advancing its sustainability goals and building capabilities to provide reliable Nomex® solutions from sustainable raw materials worldwide.

This achievement represents an important milestone in the company's commitment to climate action and the implementation of its sustainability goals in the circular economy. ISCC PLUS certification enables the sustainability of a product to be verified across the entire supply chain - from raw material sourcing to production and distribution - using the mass balance approach in a robust, transparent, and reliable manner.

One of the most important aspects of ISCC PLUS certification is that it helps to reduce the carbon footprint of products and gradually replace fossil fuel-based raw materials with more sustainable alternatives. At the same time, it promotes the transition to a more circular economy.

"Nomex® is a trusted brand known for its incredible durability and inherent flame resistance built into the fiber, which cannot be washed out or worn away. This makes it the ideal solution for a range of end markets, including utilities, manufacturing, emergency services, automotive, and more," said Matt Reinhardt, vice president and general manager of DuPont Aramids. “This important integration of ISCC PLUS certification into Nomex® production is consistent with our commitment to not only meet but exceed our sustainability goals and those of our customers in each of these end markets - we will continue to drive our commitment to safety and sustainability.”

The ISCC certification builds on DuPont's progress outlined in the company's recently released 2025 Sustainability Report. This includes a 55% reduction in Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions from their respective baselines. In doing so, DuPont has exceeded its 2030 goal and surpassed the expectations of the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C target. Since 2022, Nomex® has been manufactured using renewable electricity through the purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and Guarantees of Origin (GOs) to cover the annual energy consumption of DuPont's operations. In addition, the Asturias site has partnered with ENGIE on a 12 MW photovoltaic plant that began operating earlier this year, underscoring its commitment to local solar energy. ISCC PLUS certification for Nomex® production at the Asturias manufacturing site supports DuPont's strategy to further reduce Scope 3 emissions and work with global supply chains toward a more circular economy.

For more information on our sustainability strategy and related achievements, visit www.dupont.com/sustainability


More News from Dupont

More News on Sustainability

#Sustainability

Global Standards establishes new non-profit foundation to strengthen governance

Global Standards gGmbH, the nonprofit organisation behind the globally recognised Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), announced a new governance structure designed to support its long-term mission and reinforce organisational autonomy of its Voluntary Sustainability Standards and programmes.

#Textile chemistry

DyStar releases FY2025 sustainability report, marking a new milestone towards its 2030 targets

DyStar, a leading specialty chemicals company with more than a century of expertise in product development and innovation, today announced the release of its FY2025 Sustainability Report, marking a significant milestone in its sustainability journey and reinforcing its commitment to long-term value creation.

#Textiles & Apparel / Garment

Catalyst Club launches in Florence: Where conversations become catalysts for change

The first chapter of Catalyst Club debuted in Florence, bringing together creative directors, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, journalists and innovators from across the fashion and textile industry for an evening of dialogue, exchange and connection.

#Sustainability

Renewables lower energy prices and play key role to reduce vulnerability to fossil fuel supply shocks

Renewables lower energy prices and play key role to reduce vulnerability to fossil fuel supply shocks Boosting the use of homegrown renewable electricity is Europe’s best way to reduce its vulnerability to volatile international energy supplies and rising energy prices according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment published today.

Latest News

#Recycling / Circular Economy

Ence and ShareTex begin initial testing of the ATENEA innovation project to promote textile recycling in Spain

Ence and ShareTex are making progress on the Atenea R&D project, which aims to develop a complete value chain for textile recycling in Spain. Specifically, the goal of the ATENEA project—which is funded by the Center for Technological Development and Innovation (CDTI)—is to connect all the necessary stages for the recovery of textile waste, from collection and management, through recycling and transformation into new raw materials, to their incorporation into new textile products.

#Recycling / Circular Economy

DePoly Inaugurates its Showcase Plant in Monthey Switzerland

What if used plastic bottles, PET packaging material and polyester textiles could become raw materials just as high performing as virgin resources? That is the ambition of DePoly, a circular materials company based in Sion, Switzerland which inaugurated its Showcase Plant in Monthey on July 6th & 7th. The first depolymerization facility of its kind and scale in Switzerland, this industrial Showcase Plant represents a major milestone in the company's growth and its journey toward commercialization.

#Recycling / Circular Economy

Commission clarifies rules on plastic bottles recycling

The European Commission today adopted new rules on recycling of single-use plastic beverage bottles made primarily of polyethylene terephthalate (PET bottles). These rules establish, for the first time, a methodology to calculate, verify and report chemically recycled content. This is part of the Commission’s December 2025 plastics package.

#Research & Development

TERIS reaches milestone: Fraunhofer consortium develops new standards for tire analysis

In the “TERIS” project, the Fraunhofer institutes ICT, IGD, and IWM—led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF—have reached a decisive milestone. For the first time, the teams aim to generate, analyse, and predict tire wear in the laboratory in a standardized and practical manner. As part of this milestone, results are now available on reference abrasion, particle analysis, tribological models, AI-based surface analysis, a test bench concept, and methods for accelerated aging and VOC detection. The tire industry, testing services, and environmental agencies will in future benefit from reliable, rapid laboratory procedures for emissions assessment.

TOP