Lenzing is promoting group-wide climate neutrality by investing €200 million in Asia . Leading global supplier of wood-based specialty fibers, the Lenzing Group plans to invest more than €200 million in its production sites in Purwakarta (Indonesia) and Nanjing (China) to convert existing standard viscose capacity into environmentally responsible specialty fibers.

In Nanjing, China Lenzing plans to establish the first wood-based fiber complex in China that is independent from coal as an energy source. By using natural gas based cogeneration, Lenzing will reduce CO2 emissions at the site by more than 200,000 tonne. At the same time a line of standard viscose will be converted to a 35.000 tonne TENCEL™ branded modal fibers line making Lenzing (Nanjing) Fibers Co, a 100 percent wood-based specialty fiber site by the end of 2022.

In Purwakarta (Indonesia), Lenzing will reduce its CO2 emissions by increasingly using biogenic fuels. It will make additional investments to make this facility fully compliant with the EU Ecolabel by the end of 2022. This will allow it to convert standard viscose capacity into Lenzing™ Ecovero™ branded fibers for textile applications as well as Lenzing™ Viscose Eco fibers for personal care and hygiene applications. As a result, the site in Indonesia will also become a pure specialty viscose supplier as of 2023.

Both investments are fully in line with Lenzing’s target to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions per ton of product by 50 percent by 2030. By avoiding or reducing the use of fossil fuels at the two sites, the Lenzing Group will be able to reduce CO2 emissions by more than 320,000 tonne in total, or 18 percent, compared to 2017.