Sustainability

How will your technology be less impactful on the environment?

At Bolt Threads, we believe that living in an increasingly resource-constrained world means we have a responsibility to find more sustainable ways of creating materials. We’re motivated by the fact that the textile industry is among the dirtiest industries on the planet. According to the World Bank, 20% of water pollution globally results from textile processing. Many of us have been in this industry a long time and we’re driven to produce fabrics that can meet consumers’ needs with the lowest possible environmental footprint.

We’re currently still in the R&D phase. Once we finalize our production processes, we will embark on life cycle analysis to determine the environmental impacts of our material, and utilizing the industry standard Higg Materials Sustainability Index, will be able to compare the results to dozens of other natural and synthetic materials.

You say this is renewable. How?

The main input in our fiber-making process is sugar from plants that are grown, harvested and replanted. Compare this renewable process to polyesters, which are made from petroleum. Currently, more than 60% of textiles are made of polyester and other non-renewable, petroleum-derived fibers.

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