Environmental Product Declaration

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Environmental

Product Declaration

in accordance with ISO 14025

Date of Validity:

2025-09-24

Date Of Publication (issue):

2020-09-28

Programme

Programme Operator

The International EPD®_{System, www.environdec.com}

EPD Turkey, www.epdturkey.org EPD International AB & EPD Turkey

An EPD should provide current information and may be updated if conditions change. The stated validity is therefore subject to the

continued registration and publication at www.environdec.com

EPD Registration Number: S-P-1973

Responsible Denim CRS Effect 274019 Bright & Less Water Wash jeans

Conventional Denim 274018 Bright Wash jeans

EPD for 87% cotton / %11 polyester /

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2 02 | PRODUCT INFORMATION

01 | PROGRAMME INFORMATION

EPD International AB, Box 210 60, SE-100 31 Stockholm, Sweden E-mail: [email protected]

Regional Office: EPD Turkey, Nef 09 B Blok 7/15 Kağıthane/ Istanbul, Turkey

www.epdturkey.org

Trousers, shorts and slacks and similar garments 2019:06, version 1.02

UN CPC 282

The Technical Committee of the International EPD® System. A full list of members available on www.environdec.com.

Chair of the PCR review: Hüdai Kara Contact via: info@ environdec.com

Semtrio Sustainability Consulting

BUDOTEK Teknopark, No 4/21, Umraniye / Istanbul Turkey www.semtrio.com

Product category rules (PCR):

Third party verifier:

PCR review was conducted by:

LCA Study & EPD Design

Conducted By:

Independent third-party verification of the declaration and data, according to ISO 14025:2006:

Procedure for follow-up of data during EPD validity involves third party verifier:

Ing. Luca Giacomello, PMP® Via Leonardo Fea 35 10148 Torino – Italy

Approved by: The International EPD®_System Technical Committee, supported by the Secretariat EPD process certification

YES

EPD verification

NO

Programme Operator:

The first textile company of the group, Şık Makas Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., was established in 1939 in Adapazarı. In the years it was founded, the company was producing men’s suits then has carried out its activities in Istanbul, Turkey in the following years. In the 1970s, it started to operate in the field of denim apparel and laundry by combining its technical expertise in garment making with laundry.

In 1997, all group companies in textile sector merged with the brand “Cross Textiles” since then the company continues its activities under the name of Cross Textiles.

Cross Textiles headquarters is located in Istanbul. The company has three integrated denim garment and laundry facilities two in Turkey (Çorlu and Tokat) and one in Port Said, Egypt. At Cross Textiles, with more than 8000 employees and more than 100 000 sqm closed area, approximately 20 million denim garment are produced annually and supplied to the world’s leading denim brands. In 2019 with a turnover of € 170 million, Cross Textiles was Turkey’s top denim garment exported company and the company is still leading the way in the sector with innovative applications.

Cross Textiles obtained prestigious Nordic Ecolabel for several products; and certified with Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), Recycled Claim Standard (RCS), Global Recycled Standard (GRS) and Organic Content Standard (OCS) for three manufacturing sites.

Cross Textiles has the sole ownership, liability and responsibility of this EPD. EPDs within the same product category but from different programmes may not be comparable.

Owner of the Declaration: Cross Textiles

Manufacturer: Şık Makas Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.

15 Temmuz Mah, 1507 Sok No:5 Bağcılar - İstanbul, TURKEY

For further information about this EPD or its content, please contact Miss Özlem Aydın at sustainability.board@ crosstextiles.com

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Environmental Product Declaration Environmental Product Declaration

Product Name: Conventional Denim 274018 Bright Wash jeans

The technical and functional characteristics

Reference Standard Unit Results

Characteristic

Composition Regulation EU No _1007/2011 % _{Polyester 2% Elastane}87% Cotton %11

For woven materials: Weave ISO 3572 - 3/1 Z

Mass per unit area (ASTM D3776) g/m2 ₄₀₅

Width (ASTM D3774) cm 141

Dyeing

Colour Index - - Sulphur Topping

Performance characteristics

For woven materials: Abrasion strength (Martindale) (ISO 12947-2) grade >20000

For woven materials: Tear strength ASTM D1424 grade Warp: 4300_{Weft: 3300}

For woven materials: Tensile strength ASTM D5034 grade Warp: 65_{Weft: 40}

pH of water extract EN ISO 3071 grade 6.25

Colour Fastness

Colour fastness to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp

test EN ISO 105 B02 grade 4

Acid and alkaline perspiration EN ISO 105 E04 grade CC:4-5 CS:4-5

Product Name: Responsible Denim CRS Effect

274019 Bright&Less Water Wash jeans

Cross Textiles new design has a bright & deep indigo look. Nearly every urban woman can get one. Using strong

enzymes and surface bleaching is always a good way to make this type of bright pairs.

However, a huge amount of production of these jeans will end up in big amounts of enzyme and bleaching agent discharge.

Denim fabric is certified with STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX®

The technical and functional characteristics

Reference Standard Unit Results

Characteristic Composition Regulation EU No _1007/2011 % 81% Organic Cotton 17% Recycled Polyester 2% Elastane

For woven materials: Weave ISO 3572 - 3/1 Z

Mass per unit area (ASTM D3776) g/m2 ₄₀₅

Width (ASTM D3774) cm 149

Dyeing

Colour Index - - Sulphur Topping

Performance characteristics

For woven materials: Abrasion strength (Martindale) (ISO 12947-2) grade >20000

For woven materials: Tear strength ASTM D1424 grade Warp: 4300_{Weft: 3300}

For woven materials: Tensile strength ASTM D5034 grade Warp: 65_{Weft: 40}

pH of water extract EN ISO 3071 grade 6.25

Colour Fastness

Colour fastness to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp

test EN ISO 105 B02 grade 4-5

Acid and alkaline perspiration EN ISO 105 E04 grade CC:4-5 CS:4-5

This garment demonstrates the fact that using very less amount of chemicals and less water does not deprive the beautiful look of fabric specialities.

The technology and know-how under “Responsible Denim CRS Effect 274019 Bright & Less Water Wash” ensure the reduction of the natural resource, water, and energy consumption. Comparing to “Conventional Denim 274018 Bright Wash jeans” this washing method provides water and energy savings up to 63% and 30%, respectively.

Denim fabric is certified with STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX® _,

Organic Content Standard (OCS) and Recycled Claim Standard (RCS).

Product Descriptions

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6 UPSTREAM

CORE

DOWNSTREAM

SYSTEM BOUNDARY Transport to an average retailer platform Transport Retail

Spreading of the Fabric

Production of Fibres

and Yarns Production of Chemicalsand Dyes ManufacturingDenim Fabric Production of

Packaging Materials Recycling of anyRecycled Input Production of Accessoriesand Other Materials

Cutting of the Fabric Sewing

Manuel Processes / Laser Local Process

Washing Finishing Packaging

Customer

Travel CustomerUse End-of-Life

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Declared unit:

1 pair of jeans delivered to an average retailer platform. . Time representativeness:

The production data in the LCA study represents the period from 1st_{January 2020 and 30}th_{June 2020 .}

Database and LCA software used:

SimaPro v9.1 software with Ecoinvent v3.6 database Description of system boundaries:

Cradle-to-gate with options Excluded lifecycle stages:

Retail, Customer Travel, Customer Use and End-of-life stages have been excluded in the system boundary and not taken into account in the LCA study.

Data quality and data collection:

Site specific data is collected for the core processes from Cross Textiles for the period between 1st

January to 30th_{June 2020. Samples are produced for both products. Specific energy and chemical}

consumption values are collected from the manufacturing per load per machine. Selected generic data is used for upstream processes and obtained from Ecoinvent v3.6. Specific and selected generic data

achieve the ISO 14044 data quality requirements and time representatives.

Denim fabric makes the main component of the jeans and impacts caused by denim fabric manufacturing is solely depending on the denim mill. Denim fabric data is collected from the denim mill

per individual product. Allocation:

Allocation was avoided by dividing the unit process into two or more sub-processes and collecting the environmental data related to these sub-processes. There has been no allocation conducted for the LCA

study. Cut – off rules:

Life Cycle Inventory data for a minimum of 99 % of total inflows to the three life cycle stages have been included. Waste generated from core presses have been excluded due to the cut-off rule. Impacts

caused by treatment operations have been calculated lower than 1% environmental relevance. Regarding material and chemical inputs, no cut-off rule has been applied.

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Environmental Product Declaration Environmental Product Declaration

04 | ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE

03 | CONTENT DECLARATION

Content Declaration for

Conventional Denim 274018 Bright Wash jeans

Materials in the Product

% in the product

Material Composition

Denim Fabric 92.56% 87% Cotton %11 Polyester 2% Elastane

Lining 3.92% 35 % Cotton 65% Polyester

Fusing 1.6% 100% Polyester

Metal Accessories 1.14% 100% Metal

The gross weight of materials is declared in the table above at a minimum of 99 % of one pair of Conventional Denim 274018 Bright Wash jeans .

All materials are in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European parliament and of the council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX®_{certified chemicals are used in the manufacturing.}

Distribution Packaging: packaging designed to contain one or more articles or packages, or bulk

materials, for the purposes of transport, handling and/or distribution. No recycled content included in the packaging materials.

Conventional Denim 274018 Bright Wash jeans

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

PARAMETER UNIT Upstream Core Downstream TOTAL

Global warming (GWP100a)

Fossil kg CO2 eq 5.14 1.38 0.79 7.31

Biogenic kg CO2 eq 0.048 0.017 0.010 0.075

Land use and land

transformation kg CO2 eq 0.084 3.22E-03 6.04E-04 0.088

TOTAL kg CO2 eq 5.27 1.41 0.802 7.47

Acidification potential (AP) kg SO2 eq 0.034 0.004 0.004 0.04

Eutrophication potential (EP) kg PO43- eq. 0.012 0.008 0.001 0.021

Formation potential of tropospheric ozone (POCP) kg NMVOC 0.017 0.003 0.005 0.025 Abiotic depletion potential – Elements kg Sb eq 3.90E-05 1.94E-06 1.83E-05 5.93E-05

Abiotic depletion potential – Fossil fuels MJ 73.0 19.7 11.3 104

Water scarcity potential m3 40.3 1.33 0.058 41.7

RESOURCE USE

Primary energy resources –

Renewable

Use as energy carrier _{calorific value}MJ, net 25.7 1.195 0.344 26.9

Used as raw materials _{calorific value}MJ, net 0 0 0 0.00

TOTAL _{calorific value}MJ, net 25.7 1.195 0.344 26.9

Primary energy resources – Non-renewable

Use as energy carrier _{calorific value}MJ, net 81 22.8 12.6 104

Used as raw materials _{calorific value}MJ, net 0 0 0 0

TOTAL _{calorific value}MJ, net 81 22.8 12.6 104

Secondary material kg 0 0 0 0

Renewable secondary fuels _{calorific value}MJ, net 0 0 0 0

Non-renewable secondary fuels _{calorific value}MJ, net 0 0 0 0

Net use of fresh water m3 1.00 0.048 0.002 1.05

WASTE PRODUCTION & OUTPUT FLOWS

Hazardous waste disposed kg 1.10E-05 0.009 0 0.009

Non-hazardous waste disposed kg 0.091 0.797 0 0.888

Radioactive waste disposed kg INA INA 0 0

Components for reuse kg 0.012 0 0 0.012

Material for recycling kg 0.162 0.051 0 0.213

Materials for energy recovery kg 6.85E-05 0 0 6.85E-05

Exported energy, electricity MJ 0 0 0 0

Exported energy, thermal MJ 0 0 0 0

Content Declaration for

Responsible Denim CRS Effect 274019 Bright&Less

Water Wash jeans

The gross weight of materials is declared in the table above at a minimum of 99 % of one pair of Responsible Denim CRS Effect 273250 Nano Dirty Wash jeans.

All materials are in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European parliament and of the council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX® _{, GreenScreen and GOTS certified chemicals are used}

in the manufacturing.

17% of denim fabric used for one pair of Responsible Denim CRS Effect 273250 Nano Dirty Wash jeans is sourced from post-consumer PET materials.

Distribution Packaging: packaging designed to contain one or more articles or packages, or bulk

materials, for the purposes of transport, handling and/or distribution. No recycled content included in the packaging materials.

Materials in the Product

% in the product

Material Composition Denim Fabric 92.69% 17% Recycled Polyester 81% Organic Cotton

2% Elastane

Lining 3.79% 35 % Cotton 65% Polyester

Fusing 1.5% 100% Polyester

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10 REFERENCES

• Cross Textiles / https://crosstextiles.com/

• ISO 14040: 2006 Environmental management -- Life cycle assessment -- Principles and framework

• ISO 14044: 2006 Environmental management -- Life cycle assessment -- Requirements and guidelines

• ISO 14025: 2006 Environmental labels and declarations -- Type III environmental declarations -- Principles and procedures

• The International EPD® _{System / www.environdec.com}

• The International EPD®_{System / The General Programme Instructions / http://www.} environdec.com/tr/The-International-EPD-System/General-Programme-Instructions/ • Ecoinvent 3.6 database / http://www.ecoinvent.org/

• SimaPro LCA Software / https://simapro.com/

• The International EPD®_{System / PCR 2019:06 Trousers, ,Shorts and Slacks AND} Similar Garments v1.02

Third party verifier:

Ing. Luca Giacomello, PMP

®

Via Leonardo Fea 35 10148 Torino – Italy

Owner of the Declaration:

CROSS Textiles / Şık Makas Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.

15 Temmuz Mah, 1507 Sok No:5 Bağcılar - İstanbul, TURKEY https://crosstextiles.com/

LCA Study & EPD Design:

Semtrio Sustainability Consulting

BUDOTEK Teknopark, No 4/21 Umraniye, Istanbul, Turkey www.semtrio.com

CONTACT INFORMATION

Responsible Denim CRS Effect 274019 Bright&Less Water Wash jeans

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

Global warming (GWP100a)

Fossil kg CO2 eq 3.97 0.937 0.77 5.68

Biogenic kg CO2 eq 0.100 0.008 0.010 0.118

Land use and land

transformation kg CO2 eq 0.140 2.20E-03 5.89E-04 0.143

TOTAL kg CO2 eq 4.21 0.947 0.783 5.94

Acidification potential (AP) kg SO2 eq 0.023 0.002 0.004 0.030

Eutrophication potential (EP) kg PO43- eq. 0.010 0.003 0.001 0.014

Formation potential of tropospheric ozone (POCP) kg NMVOC 0.013 0.002 0.005 0.019 Abiotic depletion potential – Elements kg Sb eq 5.33E-05 1.01E-06 1.79E-05 7.22E-05

Abiotic depletion potential – Fossil fuels MJ 53.0 13.4 11.0 77.4

Water scarcity potential m3 22.5 0.548 0.057 23.1

RESOURCE USE

Primary energy resources –

Renewable

Primary energy resources – Non-renewable

Secondary material kg 0.112 0 0 0.112

Renewable secondary fuels _{calorific value}MJ, net 0 0 0 0

Non-renewable secondary fuels _{calorific value}MJ, net 0 0 0 0

Net use of fresh water m3 0.878 0.019 0.002 0.897

WASTE PRODUCTION & OUTPUT FLOWS

Hazardous waste disposed kg 1.10E-05 0.008 0 0.008

Non-hazardous waste disposed kg 0.091 0.00 0 0.091

Radioactive waste disposed kg INA INA 0 0.000

Components for reuse kg 0.012 0 0 0.012

Material for recycling kg 0.162 0.050 0 0.211

Materials for energy recovery kg 6.85E-05 0 0 6.85E-05

Exported energy, electricity MJ 0 0 0 0

Exported energy, thermal MJ 0 0 0 0

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CROSS Textiles / Şık Makas Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. 15 Temmuz Mah, 1507 Sok No:5

Bağcılar - İstanbul, TURKEY