From Transition to Transparency: How Coulisse Used bAwear to Measure the Impact of Its Recycled Fabrics

Coulisse is a Dutch window coverings company producing fabrics and blinds, including for honeycomb and pleated window coverings. After acquiring the fabric manufacturer Lienesch, its recycled fabric range moved over to bAwear, which is when the environmental impact of the recycled textiles were calculated.

Client Coulisse Dutch window coverings company, fabrics and blinds

An acquisition became the moment to measure impact

Coulisse is a Dutch window coverings company producing fabrics and blinds, including for honeycomb and pleated window coverings. On 1 January 2024, Coulisse acquired the fabric manufacturer Lienesch. Before the acquisition, Lienesch had its own label for recycled fabrics, called Truel. After joining Coulisse, where sustainable certification for these fabrics was not yet in place, the recycled fabric range moved over to bAwear, which is when the environmental impact of the recycled textiles were calculated.

The data sat with the suppliers

The main challenge in gathering impact data did not sit with Coulisse itself, but with its suppliers.

LCA-Based Impact Measurement with bAwear Score

With bAwear Score, Coulisse's recycled fabrics moved onto a single tool that measures environmental impact through LCA, replacing the earlier combination of the True label and the Remokey tool used at Lienesch. Assessments are measured against ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (Hierarchist) and follow ISO 14040/44 principles. Coulisse describes bAwear's guidance, onboarding and support as very accessible, approachable and accurate, including the option of an in-person visit alongside online meetings, with email questions answered quickly.

Clarity and internal awareness

Coulisse is currently in the phase where its marketing team is working impact information into the webshop, customer portal and digital collection books. The concrete results so far are clarity and internal awareness of the current environmental impact of Coulisse's recycled fabrics:

A contact that carried over
from Lienesch

Coulisse's connection to bAwear traces back to Lienesch: the contact already existed from that earlier company, where the recycled-fabric label True was supported by the Remokey tool. When Coulisse needed a new solution for recycled-fabric impact data after the acquisition, that existing contact carried over naturally.

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"I experienced bAwear as very accessible, approachable and accurate. It was also easy to schedule an in-person visit alongside the online meetings, and email questions were answered quickly. All in all, a very pleasant experience."

Fenna Haakma, Product Manager at Coulisse

"I experienced bAwear as very accessible, approachable and accurate. It was also easy to schedule an in-person visit alongside the online meetings, and email questions were answered quickly. All in all, a very pleasant experience."

"Make sure you're clear for yourself on the impact a product has, so you can work on improvements starting from the design. And beyond the environmental aspect, with an eye on current and future regulation, it's wise to start collecting data as early as possible."

Fenna Haakma, Product Manager at Coulisse

A foundation to build on

Turn LCA data
into competitive advantage

Coulisse consolidated its recycled fabric range onto one LCA-based tool and can now hand interested customers an impact report. Start with a Quick Score on your own range and see where the impact sits.