{"id":9682,"date":"2020-12-11T09:15:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T09:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.munichfabricstart.com\/cocccon-gewinnt-deutschen-nachhaltigkeitspreis\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T14:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:23:08","slug":"cocccon-wins-german-sustainability-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.munichfabricstart.com\/en\/cocccon-wins-german-sustainability-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocccon wins German Sustainability Award for Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The German Sustainability Award (DNP)<\/a> is the national award for top performance in the field of sustainability. The 2021 awards ceremony was held on 3 December 2020, as a hybrid event in which the finalists and the majority of the jury members were connected via live video. With nine competition categories it is the largest prize of its kind in Europe. A jury of experts selected 37 winners from 104 finalists in the new Design category which has been introduced in direct support of the United Nation\u2019s Sustainable Development Goals.<\/a><\/p>\n

Competing companies from the fashion and textile industry offered up a variety of sustainable solutions from recycled fashion to interiors and material development, resource-saving packaging solutions to furniture made from new materials and revolutionary waste reduction systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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Among the winners were Cocccon<\/a>, founded in 2012 by Indian designer Chanda Prakash<\/strong>. Recognised for pioneering “Fashion for Biodiversity<\/strong>\u201d and producers of the bio-certified Peace Silk<\/strong> – a non-violent silk, the production of which only allows the silk threads to be extracted from the cocoons when the butterflies have already safely hatched.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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\u00bbOur need to be fashionable endangers the earth\u2019s biodiversity. The increase in mass production has become threatening and is one of the main causes of the destruction of our ecosystems. It has also led to more frequent unexpected environmental disasters and resulting climate changes in textile producing regions.\u201d Cocccon designs & manufactures its textiles with the motto of creativity can care , caring for life and nature.\u00ab<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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\u00bbWe make sure that our designs do not adversely impact the environment. We converted a conventional silk farm into an organic one and processing is done in a new ecofriendly way. This system requires less water, zero chemicals and zero emission. This has resulted in healing and revival of local biodiversity including microbes in the soil. This confirms fashion and destruction of ecology & biodiversity are not synonymous to on another. It is all about making responsible textiles for the next generations. We call this Fashion for Biodiversity .\u00ab<\/p>\n

Chandra Prakash, Founder and Designer, Cocccon<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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All award winners receive a seal which is intended to help consumers determine which products and services they can consume with a clear conscience. Providing increased support for Cocccon as they continue to grow as the world\u2019s largest producer of organic silk.<\/p>\n

Cocccon also won second place at the 2018 HighTex Awards in Munich Fabric Start\u2019s KEYHOUSE. This was the first time the innovation award recognised companies for their overall strategic commitment to resource saving production processes as well as innovative product development.<\/p>\n

Cocccon were highly commended for their conscious production of luxury textiles and an innovative silk denim. The award winning GOTS-certified organic silk denim<\/strong> is biodegradable, with an anti-allergic finish as standard, the fabric is also handwoven and dyed using non-toxic chemicals. Prakash\u2019s showcased the award winning Peace Silk<\/strong> as well as PET2Silk <\/strong>for the first time in Munich, which fabric shares similar qualities to silk but made of recycled PET bottles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Prakash speaking about winning 2nd place in the 2018 HighTex Awards:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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\u00bbThe award is hugely important to us because it confirms our product philosophy and gives us a platform to spread the message further. We have been the world\u2019s largest producer of organic silk for two years which constantly motivates when it comes to designing new products. The HighTex jury commended the denim-like silk shirt that requires only a fraction of water compared to conventional denim production without chemical additives.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Chandra Prakash, Cocccon<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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