Innovation

at the heart of the Group's strategy

From the creation of high value-added products and services to the optimization of our industrial processes to enhance operational efficiency, our teams share a passion for innovation.
This creative impetus translates into the development of ingenious solutions in-house and with our partners. Leading the way in its markets, Chargeurs focuses on promoting more sustainable products and services.

Strengthening responsible innovation

The future lies in promoting the circular economy and reducing pollution, by developing advanced recycling techniques. To address growing demand from our industrial customers for more sustainable products, our R&D teams strive to create more sustainable solutions. Our recent innovations meet both the expected quality standards and our customers’ ambitions to shrink their carbon footprint.

Chargeurs Advanced Materials is positioned as a forerunner in its markets, with its eco-responsible Oxygen range and next-generation industrial process films which use less virgin plastic and deliver a smaller carbon impact. The Oxygen range combines product innovation with novel optimization of the industrial process.

These past five years, Chargeurs Advanced Materials has introduced close to 60 new products (including the Oxygen range), catering to new market expectations. The business line simplifies its range to promote greater versatility of its products.

Water consumption is a critical challenge for the environment, notably in the textile industry. Mindful of this challenge, in 2023, Chargeurs PCC Fashion Technologies designed and launched Zero-Water Dyeing, an exclusive fabric coloring process using no water, which enables dyeing of the interlining adhesive rather than the fabric itself. This high-quality and innovative interlining, developed in a broad palette of colors is ideally suited to delicate items which require premium interlining perfectly stitched to the fabric while remaining invisible, to produce a soft structure and unique color restitution.

Developping our sustainable offer

The Group is ambitious in the transformation of its activities, and by 2023 will have generated 35% of its sales from its virtuous products and services.

What do we call sustainable products at Chargeurs ?

Our sustainable products and services company with proprietary definitions taking account of the environmental and social standards in our activity sectors. They generate a lesser impact on the environment, society, and human health. We notably include products complying with specific labels and certification, such as the Global Recycled Standard (GRS).

Our green product offering is constantly evolving, thanks to our Group’s pursuit of excellence and constant innovation, and growing customer demand for increasingly sustainable products. The Sustainable 360™ range at Chargeurs PCC Fashion Technologies and the Oxygen range at Chargeurs Advanced Materials are emblematic of the ability of our business lines to integrate CSR aspects into their products and services.

Business line	Sustainable product	Description
Chargeurs PCC Fashion Technologies	Products using BCI cotton	The Better Cotton Initiative promotes more responsible agricultural practices. Use of irrigation is limited to ensure better management of water resources. Use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers should be kept to a minimum, to avoid pollution of natural resources, guaranteeing higher quality cotton. Lastly, the BCI guarantees decent working conditions.
	Oeko-tex certified products	Oeko-Tex is a quality label that certifies the sanitary and ecological qualities of textiles, guaranteeing the absence of toxic products for the body and the environment.
	GRS-labeled products	Complete collection of interlinings produced using (GRS-labeled) recycled polyester.
	Dope Dye Yarn	Range of products made using Dope Dye Yarn technology, manufactured with solution-dyed thread, thereby reducing water consumption.
	ALT range : Alterra Altimis (at SENFA)	Technical fabric made from fully recycled materials (each square meter of fabric contains two recycled plastic bottles). The Pearl range has all the hallmarks of a best seller with a reduced environmental impact of around 25%.
Chargeurs Advanced Materials	Green chemistry	Products that can be recycled and are designed to protect people and the planet including films combining high technicality and recyclability: • Co-extruded range (crosslinker-free range in which the adhesive and the base film are made from similar materials that facilitate recycling); • Water-based range (without solvents and without CX100 crosslinker); • Repulpable tape and recyclable tape.
	Positive social impact	To stop suffering from a loud environment and heavy efforts. Low Noise reduces the noise associated with the use of our products by 35 dB for our customers’ factory workers. Easy Peel divides the force required to remove our films by at least three and thus reduces the risk of muscular strain disorders.
	Eco-plastic: Oxygen	With the Oxygen range, Novacel is taking another step towards protecting the planet, delivering three objectives: a reduction in fossil resources, a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, and the recycling of plastic raw materials. The Oxygen range, launched in 2022, comprises products: • incorporating recycled materials (mass balance); • incorporating plant-based materials; • a lean range.
Chargeurs Luxury Fibers	NATIVA™	NATIVA™ is a label that guarantees the quality and traceability of wool fibers at every stage of the value chain, from the farms where the sheep are raised and sheered, to the clothing items of fashion brands. Each link in the NATIVA™ certified value chain must comply with the principles defined in its CSR protocols in terms of animal welfare (NATIVA™ wool is guaranteed 100% mulesing-free), land management and industrial standards. In this respect, each year, a process audit is conducted by an independent firm.
Chargeurs Luxury Fibers	RWS-, ZQ- and GOTS- certified wool	NATIVA™ offers wool that is double-certified with the Responsible Wool Standard (RWS). NATIVA™ wool is guaranteed 100% mulesing-free. NATIVA™ offers wool that is double-certified with the Responsible Wool Standard (RWS). GOTS certification applies to organic textiles whereas ZQ exclusively applies to Merino wool.