Background report on the revision of the Blue Angel award criteria for textiles (DE-UZ 154, January 2023 edition)

Blue Angel eco-label for textiles

  • Dr. Jenny Teufel
    Senior Researcher / Head of Subdivision Sustainable Food Systems & Lifestyles Sustainable Products & Material Flows
  • Katja Moch
    Senior Researcher Sustainable Products & Material Flows
  • Siddharth Prakash
    Senior Researcher / Head of Subdivision Circular Economy & Global Value Chains Sustainable Products & Material Flows
  • Dr. Andreas Köhler
    Senior Researcher / Head of Subdivision Chemicals, Materials & Technologies Sustainable Products & Material Flows
  • Ismene Jäger
  • Christina Vogel
  • Ria Müller

The existing award criteria for the Blue Angel eco-label for textiles (DE-UZ 154) have been reviewed as part of a revision and, in addition to expanding and further specifying the scope, have been specifically further developed in individual requirement areas. The revision was carried out as part of the research project "Development and revision of the Blue Angel reward criteria for textiles" (FKZ 3720 37 302 0). The new award criteria were published in January 2023 as DE-UZ 154, January 2023 edition.