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Miko to restore Bosco Sacile forest

10 Dec '20

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Miko, an Italian subsidiary of US-based Sage Automotive Interiors (member of the Asahi Kasei Group), aims to become climate positive by 2030 by investing in the Bosco Sacile, one of the last ancient forests of the Friuli plain in the Province of Udine and certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). The company will restore and preserve this forest.

FSC is an international non-profit organisation that for 25 years has been promoting responsible forest management. By restoring and preserving this national forest, Miko aims at becoming climate positive by 2030.

Miko is the producer of Dinamica, an ecological microfibre material for automotive interior surfaces.

Miko's CEO Lorenzo Terraneo said: "We are among the first Italian companies committed to protecting the planet through investments in FSC certified forests. We have chosen to take care of a forest near our company following the MARC (Measure Avoid Risks Communicate) approach, a path of environmental and social responsibility thought for companies that, like Miko, want to become climate positive.”

Terraneo added: “We first measured our environmental performance using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) technology, improved it and then focused on capturing residual impacts. Taking up the challenge of “Climate Positive” we take our place among the actors of change towards sustainable development; technology, innovation and pioneering attitude are the ingredients we use."

Climate positive means to compensate 10 per cent more carbon dioxide than the company is producing in one year.

Alongside actions such as forest care and cleaning, and the planting of 5,000 new trees, the forest management plan includes the maintenance of the paths and the reopening of the area to the public, with a view to actively involving the territory and its people. The project is developed in partnership with Etifor, a spin-off company of the University of Padua. Bosco Sacile has obtained the FSC certification, in compliance with strict environmental, social and economic standards defined by the Forest Stewardship Council.

Miko is the producer of Dinamica – an ecological microfibre made of recycled polyester and plastic, mainly used for applications in automotive seats and headrests, headliners, door panels or steering wheels. The recycled polyester contained in the microfibre derives from polyester fibres (T-shirts, fibres, etc) and PET-Plastic (bottles, packaging materials, etc). Recycling polyester means a reduction of energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere by 80 per cent compared to the traditional petrol-based polyester production process.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (SV)