UPM Bio Polyester combines renewable input, traceable sourcing and a low CO2 footprint for fashion brands that want to turn circularity into a practical advantage today.
UPM Bio Polyester - The certified and renewable polyester for future-fit fashion
Significant footprint reduction
Enables significant CO₂ reduction*, independently verified. A material designed to lower emissions without compromising performance or reliability.
(*Please scroll down for more details about the CO₂ footprint calculation)
100% renewable
100% renewable material*, designed to future-proof your fabric strategy and diversify your polyester portfolio. (*based on a mass balance approach)
Easily adoptable with no performance trade-off
Drop-in ready with no need to retool—so you don’t trade performance for progress, or speed for sustainability.
FSC™/PEFC* and ISCC PLUS certified
Certified to today’s highest standards—ISCC PLUS, FSC™, PEFC—and built to exceed the ones that haven’t landed yet. *FSC-C210095, PEFC/04-31-3869
European sourcing resilience
Renewable feedstock from sustainably managed European forests, designed to strengthen traceability, resilience and strategic autonomy in global textile value chains.
They cut corners. You cut carbon.
At UPM Next Generation Renewables, we believe strong climate claims need strong evidence. That is why we have benchmarked UPM Bio Polyester against relevant market alternatives to demonstrate the CO₂ performance of our solution. We provide stakeholders with the climate-related information they need to make informed decisions with confidence.
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