BekaertDeslee Circularity Policy
Used mattress materials don’t end up where they should. While mattresses fuel innovation and create better sleep, it also requires precious raw materials and leaves a trace of waste, causing potential social and environmental harm.
Therefore, we pursue a fully circular value chain.
As a key player in the textile and mattress industry, we are committed to reducing our environmental footprint by designing out waste, keeping materials in use, and minimizing resource depletion. This policy applies globally across all our operations and product categories.
Version September 8th 2025.
GENERAL OBJECIVE
We aim to embed circularity across our value chain by reducing waste, increasing recycled and renewable resources, and designing products for better recyclability. Our long-term ambition is to enable fibre-to-fibre recycling. We strive to lead the industry by setting our own standards and driving innovation in circular design and material recovery.
KEY CIRCULARITY LEVERS
To achieve our circularity goals, BekaertDeslee will focus on the following levers:
Durable products: Producing high quality products with an appropriate lifetime and high comfort.
Circular product design: Designing fabrics and covers for disassembly, recyclability, material recovery, and lowering the carbon footprint, in alignment with other customer expectations.
Material circularity: Increasing the use of recycled and renewable materials to reduce reliance on virgin fossil-based resources.
Waste reduction: Minimizing production waste, reducing waste to incineration and eliminating fabric waste to landfill.
End-of-life solutions: Seek collaboration with mattress manufacturers, distributors and recycling companies to close the loop.
Supplier engagement: Encouraging upstream partners to adopt circular practices and provide traceable, recyclable and renewable materials.
Innovation: Investing in technologies and business models that enable fibre-to-fibre recycling and circular production systems.
CIRCULARITY IN DESIGN
We apply eco-design principles to all new products and aim for 2/3 of our fabrics to be recyclable by 2030.
We target 50% recycled content in our products by 2030.
We make thoughtful material choices to reduce GHG emissions and resource depletion.
CIRCULARITY IN OPERATIONS
We monitor our waste streams by collecting data on types and volumes of waste generated.
We emphasize correct waste separation at source to maximize recycling potential and reduce landfill.
We aim to eliminate fabric waste to landfill by 2027.
We make deliberate assessments of how applied finishes may hinder recyclability.
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Our circularity strategy is embedded in a structured management system:
Annual reporting of material flows, waste volumes, and monthly reporting of circular material share.
Action plan development at global and regional level, with clear responsibilities and timelines.
Progress tracking against targets, reviewed annually by the Circularity Steering Committee.
Integration into product development, procurement, and operational planning.
GOVERNANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY
The ultimate responsibility for circularity performance lies with the Executive Committee. Operational execution is led by the business units, governed by the Sustainability Director, and supported by cross-functional teams across operations, design, procurement, engineering, innovation, and other relevant departments.
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
We actively engage with internal and external stakeholders, including employees, customers, suppliers, and our shareholder Haniel, to align our actions with their expectations and co-develop solutions.
ALIGNMENT WITH FRAMEWORKS
This policy is aligned with international frameworks such as the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy principles and the EU Circular Economy Action Plan. It also supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), and 17 (Partnerships for the Goals).