Our Atlantis Carbon Footprint Calculation Tool has been certified

We would like to tell you our Tool story, or rather how the idea of developing our Carbon Footprint Calculation tool was born.

A Conscious Decision

Atlantis Headwear has always been aware of the environmental impact generated by its hats and beanies. For this reason, in 2021 we decided to develop a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on seven of our best-selling items. The goal? To better understand how environmental impacts are distributed throughout the life cycle of our products, and therefore to be guided towards more responsible purchasing and production choices, aligned with the sustainability principles of our Product Sustainability Framework.

What We Learned

The LCA study conducted on the first seven products revealed that the sourcing and processing of raw materials (Upstream) is the most impactful phase in the life cycle of our products. In fact, the Upstream phase impacts for 69.72% of total emissions on baseball caps, and for 65.2% on beanies. Moreover, if we consider our styles with plastic visors, such as HIT, the impact is around 10.7% on environment. These data have led us to reflect on the need for a tool that would easily calculate the impact of our production processes.

CF Atlantis Tool: A New Ally

The CF Atlantis Tool is an in-house solution we developed in collaboration with LCA Ambiente.  It allows us to calculate the carbon footprint of our production through a process certified by ISO 14067:2018 and PCR 2019:04 standards. Thanks to the CF Atlantis Tool, we can see not only the impacts our our products, but also make eco-design choices during the design phase – from material evaluation to transportation methods to production countries, and so on.

Goals and Future Commitments

The use of preferred materials for our sustainable productions (such as for the Atlantis 2024 Collection) and the introduction of RetRaze® visors are not random production choices but the result of a true awareness of our impact on the environment. This process has driven us to set the ambitious goal of offering only items that include low environmental impact elements in 100% of our collection by the end of 2025.

Thanks to the data provided by the CF Atlantis Tool, we can plan strategies to improve our environmental performance as well as ensure more sustainable purchasing and production choices. We will continue to extend our analyses to more and more products, using Carbon Footprint calculation tools and software that comply with international standards.

A Call to Action

We would like to encourage other companies to quantify the impact of their products. There are several tools to calculate the Carbon Footprint, but it is essential to choose the ones that reflect the dynamics of your sector. At Atlantis Headwear, we have found our method and we share the data in order to create a more sustainable future, a future where the textile industry becomes increasingly responsible and environmentally conscious.

For further information on our commitment and sustainability projects, visit our Carbon Footprint dedicated page.