SML cuts emissions 33 percent in 2025

SML Group has reported a 33.6 percent reduction in scope 1 and 2 emissions and a 32.6 percent reduction in scope 3 emissions against its 2021 baseline in its ESG Report 2025, bringing the company 80 percent of the way toward its 2030 emissions target.

The Hong Kong-based label and digital identification supplier also improved its EcoVadis score to 72 out of 100 in 2025, earning an EcoVadis Silver Medal and placing it in the 85th percentile globally. In 2025, SML diverted 90.7 percent of waste from landfill and achieved 83.7 percent supplier alignment with its environmental and social procurement policies.

The report also highlights SML's InfuseRFID technology, which received the Sustainable Product Award at the 2026 SEAL Business Sustainability Awards. The technology embeds washable RFID tags directly into garments to support lifecycle tracking and inventory visibility. SML said it is converting the majority of its production lines to digital printing to reduce material waste and plastic impact across its manufacturing processes.

'Scope 1 and 2 emissions declined at more than twice last year's rate, bringing us 80 percent of the way to our 2030 target with five years still remaining,' said Ignatius K.C. Lau, CEO of SML Group. 'Our brand partners expect supply chains to demonstrate sustainability as a core business requirement.'

'Sustainability today is about more than reducing emissions,' added Nanna Ingemann Dalsgaard, vice president of sustainability, digital ID and marketing at SML Group. 'It is about creating the transparency, traceability, and accountability needed to support more responsible supply chains.'