Trees are more than just bark, branches, and leaves. They contain a secret ingredient that is critical to a more sustainable fashion industry. In this episode, Thomas Matiz, Product Sustainability Specialist at Lenzing Group, takes us into a fairy tale world where responsibly managed forests become fabric. Except, it’s not magic. It’s science.
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: In the region of Upper Austria, there’s a town called Lenzing.
Thomas Matiz: It’s a rather little village but in a rather beautiful area surrounded with mountains and lakes and close to forests.
RLS: Picture a landscape straight out of a fantasy book, complete with castles.
TM: I’ve been here in this area now for only five years but I’m enjoying it very much. I’m glad to be this close to nature.
RLS: Thomas Matiz is the product sustainability specialist at Lenzing Group, a textile manufacturer that produces some of the most innovative and sustainable fabrics in the world. But here’s the thing: they’re made out of wood. How and why would a company want to make clothes out of wood? Stick around to find out…pun intended.
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