Nilit&Basf x Zara: another step towards sustainability

Zara goes one step further in textile innovation and joins forces with the manufacturer Nilit and the chemical company Basf to launch a capsule made of polyamide that uses 55% adipic acid from biomass.

Developed under the Sustainability Innovation Hub programme of Inditex, the platform linked to Zara from which the multinational deals with sustainable innovation, this capsule collection has been created on the basis of the collaboration previously established between Niliti and Basf.

Built on a chromatic palette in which only black is used as a colour, this “Nilit&Basf x Zara” capsule is made up of only 3 garments. All of them made with 96% polyamide 6.6 obtained from renewable resources.

One of the main components of polyamide is adipic acid, which is usually made from fossil resources such as natural gas or oil. In this production, however, BASF makes adipic acid from a raw material derived from the fermentation of organic waste.

More than half of the polyamide used in this capsule is made from this innovative material, while the rest is HMDA (hexamethylene diamine), a raw material widely used in fibres such as nylon, most of which is made from fossil resources.