Training - Wastewater Management

Minerva Sustainability is a leading organization specializing in environmental and social sustainability, product safety, and eco-labeling services for the textile and footwear manufacturing industry in Turkey. With a team of dedicated professionals and a commitment to excellence, we have established ourselves as a trusted partner for successful organizations worldwide.

NimkarTek partners with the textiles, footwear, leather and chemical industries to deliver practical, science-led solutions. Through online training, advanced testing, certification, and sustainability support, we help organizations meet global requirements, reduce risk, and drive measurable progress across their supply chain.

CERTIFICATIONS: NimkarTek offers ZDHC MRSL Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 Certification and GOTS - Scope 4 Certification for Chemical Formulators and Manufacturers.

TRAINING: The NOTES Platform, established in 2012, is the first web-based platform offering ONLINE TRAINING to the entire Textile, Leather, Footwear and Chemical supply chain, in areas of Restricted Substances, Chemical Management and other environmental impact areas.

NimkarTek offers E-Learning through our NOTES Training Platform. We offer ZDHC Trainings, Higg FEM Training courses and tailor made content.

SUPPLIER TO ZERO REVIEWER: NimkarTek is a Supplier to Zero - Level 2 Reviewer.

ANALYTICAL TESTINGL: We provide advanced analytical testing for restricted substances and eco-toxicity, supported by method development and validation in our ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited laboratory.

TESTEX is an international and independent Swiss testing and certification institute. We focus on testing and certifying textiles and leather products.

TESTEX is a traditional Swiss company. It was established back in 1846 as the ‘Zurich Silk Conditioning Institute’. Today, the company employs more than 400 staff at over 40 locations worldwide.

The TESTEX Group is a founding and member institute of the OEKO-TEX® Association. We are the official OEKO-TEX® representative in Australia, Canada, PR of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland and Taiwan.

The following aspects of TESTEX AG have been audited by the Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS): ISO 17025, ISO 17043 & ISO 17065

Panta Rei Srl is an Italian company with international presence. We are committed to our customers’ sustainable growth through the implementation of state-of-the-art water and wastewater treatment solutions, right from the design phase up to the commissioning, after sales and maintenance. We are market leaders in the textile wastewater treatment. Our qualified staff has developed its experience through the design, installation and start-up of water and wastewater treatment plants worldwide.

PDCA International Ltd. is an independent third-party auditing, certification, verification, and training body. PDCA International is a SAC-approved Higg FEM verifier body and trainer body, SLCP verifier and trainer body, and accredited certification body and trainer body for management systems, including ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, and 50001. Apart from that, PDCA International Ltd. initiated its own sustainability programs like Water Guardianship, Zero Waste to Landfill Certification, Energy Assessment, and ETP Assessment. Along with these, PDCA works with different clothing and footwear retailers, brands, traders, etc. for capacity building and different national and international sustainability projects to be in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Ritex is a specialized laboratory and consulting center serving the textile and apparel industries. With decades of experience in quality control, process optimization, and regulatory compliance, Ritex helps companies improve sustainability and chemical management. As a ZDHC Accredited Training Provider, we offer expert-led courses that empower teams to meet international standards and enhance environmental performance.

As part of the process control in the ZDHC strategic chemical management implementation, SGS provides training services according to the courses outlines by ZDHC Academy

SGS has joined ZDHC as a contributor and has been an Approved Training Provider (ATP) right after the launch of ZDHC Academy, the training platform under ZDHC program.

All of our trainers across our global network are experienced to provide their technical advice during the training. They are equipped with many hours of training experiences on chemical management, capable of delivering key concepts and communicate efficiently with local language.

SGS has also maintained internal communications between different parties supporting various ZDHC services, such as wastewater and MRSL formulation testing. While the information is shared among the parties, our training provided is also ensured with up-to-date details from the other ZDHC services.

TÜV Rheinland’s DetoXperts enabling informed choices for Sustainable Fashion TÜV Rheinland is a global independent testing, inspection, certifications service provider. The Group’s employees work across 500 locations in 69 countries with the guiding principle to achieve sustained development of safety and quality in order to meet the challenge arising from the interaction between human, technology and the environment symbolised by the points of our triangular logo.

The group engages with the fashion supply chain to enable their goals of being more sustainable via trainings, testing, assessments, and audits.

In 1866, our founders had a bold vision to reduce the impact of technological risks and protect people, assets and the environment. More than 150 years on, sustainability and safety continue to be the backbone of our mission and services.

Our aim is to inspire trust in technology, enabling progress by managing technology-related risks and facilitating change. This commitment is embodied in our claim “Add value. Inspire trust.” We work progressively towards being the trusted partner of choice for safety, security and sustainability solutions, adding tangible value to our clients globally. As we look towards the future, we believe that sustainability and digitalisation will continue to shape the narrative of commerce and society.

Today, we are represented by more than 26,000 employees located across over 1,000 locations. Our community of experts is passionate about technology and is inspired by the possibilities of your business. United by the belief that technology should better people’s lives, we work alongside our customers to anticipate and capitalise on technological developments.

Going beyond regulatory compliance, we inspire trust in a physical and digital world to create a safer and more sustainable future.

UL’s Sustainable Chemistry and Supply Chain Management Services UL has been a contributor to the ZDHC Roadmap to Zero Programme since 2017, supporting a vision of widespread implementation of sustainable chemistry and best practices in the textile, leather and footwear industries to protect consumers, workers and the environment.

UL experts and the global network of high-tech laboratories support textile and leather companies in implementing a chemical management strategy through:

Wastewater and sludge analysis in connection with the ZDHC Gateway — Wastewater Module. UL has laboratories in Europe, Africa and Asia that are provisionally accepted by ZDHC for this service. Level 1 certification to ZDHC Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (ZDHC MRSL) helps demonstrate that chemical formulations used in a product’s manufacture do not contain any restricted ZDHC MRSL banned substances Education on chemical management and wastewater topics. UL presents official ZDHC trainings in live classrooms or via online webinars to fashion and luxury brands and their global supply chains in different languages.
Advisory services to implement good practices, think about corrective and preventive actions that prevent management issues, avoid nonconformity with the MRSL and help reduce risks and accidents in the workplace UL has collaborated with UNIDO and ZDHC under the SwitchMed Program, an initiative funded by the European Union, to promote a circular economy in the Mediterranean by changing the way goods and services are produced and consumed.

Industry manufacturers, international brands operating in Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco, joined a series of ZDHC official trainings presented by UL to deepen their knowledge about sustainable chemical management, environmental impact, mitigation measures and wastewater quality. After this first phase, we supporter them to implement a chemical management system in their factories.

The Italian Tanners' Association is the most important association in the world for tanning companies. It has been protecting its associate companies since 1946 and represents a strategic industry, which is a fundamental component of Italy's manufacturing and economic fabric.

It not only promotes the interests of the sector, it also represents it on every level, boosts innovation, enhances both its social and environmental role and sets up commercial companies that are functional to the sectorial market.

It is a member of Confindustria, Cotance the European Confederation of Tanners and ICT the International Council of Tanners.

Sustainable Business Makers

Thanks to Process Factory experience in supporting the ZDHC roadmap implementation through the CHEM 4sustainability® protocol, we have been approved as ZDHC Training Provider and ZDHC InCheck Verifier.

4sustainability® is a registered trademark that guarantees the sustainability performances of the fashion & luxury supply chain through an innovative framework aligned with the best methodologies and standards, based on 6 key-initiatives.

As ZDHC Training Provider, we regularly collaborate with ZDHC for the development of new face-to-face and online courses.

Since 2016, Process Factory has been organising dozens of highly professional sessions at both basic and advanced levels. The international certificate of Chemical Management issued directly by ZDHC on passing the final exam has a validity of two years.

There are five types of sessions that Process Factory is currently organising thanks to its unique experience in the classroom and the field:

CMS Framework for Suppliers CMS Framework for Brands & Retailers CMS TIG Chemical Management for Leather Tanneries Top 10 Issues & Best practices Wastewater Management

The duration and format of each session depends on the way in which it is administered: 4 or 8 hours in a single day for classroom-based sessions, two-and-a-half-hour slots spread over three consecutive days for remote sessions.

Next to the normal training sessions, Process Factory also offers, tailor-made, private sessions for individual organisations. These sessions can be organised face-to-face or as remote training sessions and are reserved exclusively for the organisation’s staff and/or suppliers. These sessions are hosted on the ZDHC Academy platform and can only be accessed by people indicated by the company. The agenda is then defined in close collaboration with Process Factory.

This is an opportunity which not only allows the training to be calibrated to specific goals but also permits the direct involvement of company suppliers, maximising the advantages that only a process shared between the various components of the supply chain can really guarantee.