Repreve recycled fiber and yarn maker Unifi outlined the progress it has made on environmental goals in its latest Sustainability Snapshot report.
According to the report, in fiscal year 2025, the company reached 1 billion t-shirts’ worth of textile and yarn waste transformed through its Repreve platform, which includes Repreve Takeback, ThermaLoop Insulation, Repreve ReCirculate and Repreve Nylon products. That growth puts Unifi ahead of schedule in reaching its goal of reaching 1.5 billion t-shirts’ worth of waste recycled by fiscal year 2030.
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Unifi credited some of that growth to the global launch of circular polyester products made from textile waste in insulation and white filament, which became available in early 2025. The company also has recently implemented textile-to-textile recycling with Repreve Takeback, which recycles garments into Repreve fiber.
The Sustainability Snapshot reported that Unifi had already reached 46 billion bottles diverted from landfills in 2025, nearly reaching its goal of 50 billion by 2030. Since hitting 92 percent of its target, the company bumped that goal up to 65 billion bottles recycled by 2030.
Unifi also reported a 3.3 percent reduction in Scopes 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions intensity, with a goal of 30 percent reduction by fiscal year 2030. The company pointed to higher regional emission factors, lower utilization and yarn operation consolidation for causing a temporary setback in carbon reduction. But Unifi said its energy-efficient eAFK EvoCooler technology used in operations in the Americas and Brazil should help support future reductions.
The company also achieved its annual goal of zero non-compliant water discharges, and estimates that its Repreve production process has conserved more than 7.2 billion gallons of water in comparison to virgin polyester manufacturing.
Unifi said it had achieved more than half its goal of having Repreve fiber comprise 50 percent of its revenue by 2030, with the material accounting for 31 percent in 2025.
Along with its sustainability goals, Unifi also outlined its social responsibility and community engagement achievements over the past year. The company engaged in more than 35 community engagement programs, that include donating fruit trees to Unifi employees in El Salvador to illustrate the importance of reforestation, donating food to charitable organizations in Brazil, where the company also has operations, and providing boxes of socks to people in North Carolina affected by Hurricane Helene.
“Our sixth annual sustainability publication demonstrates our commitment to ‘Waste Nothing’,” said Eddie Ingle, CEO of Unifi. “Unifi’s momentum is driven by its innovation, launching multiple new sustainable products and expanding its product portfolio. We continually push boundaries in recycling, waste reduction, and innovation to make recycled and circular manufacturing available globally and at scale.”
