sero™ 2023 Product Booklet

THIS IS BAST FIBRE

2023 PRODUCT BOOKLET

THIS IS TECHNICAL NATURAL FIBRE

We need to move beyond the “do less harm” sustainability approach to a regenerative model that repairs the planet.

Bast Fibre Tech is a coordinated business ecosystem with a shared passion for natural fibre. With our innovative processing technology, we transform agricultural plants into sero™ technical natural fibre.

Together with our partners, we are using sero™ fibre to create the next generation of regenerative consumer products that go beyond sustainability and start doing good for the planet.

Designed for regenerative products

Regenerative Agriculture

Successful in most climates, bast fibre crops require minimal inputs, work well in crop rotations, and build soil health.

Fibre Separation

After harvesting, raw fibre is removed intact from plant stems. The woody core, seed, and flower are separated for alternate uses.

BFT Processing

Our proprietary processing technology cleans, individualizes, and softens the fibre to meet industry-specific requirements.

Product Manufacturing

By integrating our technical natural fibres, our partners can design out plastic, creating next generation sustainable products.

Natural Recycling

Products designed for compostability eliminate waste while contributing to the next lifecycle in a soil-to-soil regenerative system.

Real Plant Fibre

This is hemp, a member of the bast fibre family of plants, which are packed with dense bundles of fibre in their stems. They regenerate soil, capture large amounts of carbon, and are ideal multipurpose

Target Zero

A cross section of the plant stem, our logo shows the bundles of bast fibre surrounding a hollow core.

It represents our natural starting point on a journey to a zero plastic waste future.

For products that repair the planet

Our fibre enables daily-use products that go beyond waste reduction and work to regenerate our environment from the soil up.

Diapers

Commercial Wipes

Cleaning Wipes

Intimate Care

Cosmetic Care

Building Products

Baby Wipes

Personal Care

sero

Latin / ‘se.ro / verb, adverb, adjective, noun

1. Disperse seeds, sow, cultivate

2. Bind together, entwine, interweave

sero™ technical natural fibre is designed to meet the rigorous technical standards required by commercial fabric manufacturing. It is a replacement for synthetic fibre, made from highly efficient, renewable agricultural crops that are some of the best natural sources of fibre.

sero™ enables manufacturers to create consumer products with a circular, soil-to-soil lifecycle.

Engineered By Nature™

Beyond plant-based, sero™ is intact plant fibre, ideal for creating next generation sustainable consumer products.

How we make it

1. Natural

2. Strong

3. Clean and bright

4. Soft

5. Absorbent

6. Truly sustainable

7. Zero plastic

8. Forest friendly

9. 100% compostable

sero™ technical natural fibre is the product of a farm-to-fibre ecosystem built around regenerative agricultural practices, social responsibility, and environmental stewardship.

Sourcing

Our raw fibre comes from regional partners selected for quality, consistency, and sustainability.

Cleaning

Plant glues are carefully removed, allowing for the separation, cleaning, and brightening of the fibres.

Individualizing

A series of mechanical processes work to individualize, soften, and standardize each fibre.

Quality Control

We monitor each step in our manufacturing process to ensure finished fibre meets customer requirements.

The bast crops for the planet

REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

Grows well under reduced and no-till systems. This has been shown to prevent soil erosion and protect soil organic content. Requires less fertilizer, irrigation, and pesticides than many conventional crops. Breaks the cycle of diseases when used in rotation with established crops.

BIODIVERSITY

• Encourages a healthy and diverse microbiome.

• The retting process in the harvest of bast fibres stimulates microbial activity, returns nutrients to the soil, and increases soil organic carbon content.

• Shown to support pollinators, such as bees. Hemp produces large amounts of pollen late in the season when supplies are typically decreasing.

DECARBONIZATION

• Bast plants are some of the world’s most efficient CO2-to-biomass converters. For example, hemp has been shown to sequester 9-15 tonnes of CO2 per hectare within a 100 day growth cycle.

SOCIOECONOMIC

• High land use efficiency.

• Annual harvest mitigates grower risk and revitalizes local agricultural communities.

• Whole-plant utilization reduces waste while maximizing and diversifying economic returns.

MOTHER NATURE KNOWS BAST

We are building natural capital by working with nature, not against it.

At the bast company, we make our fibre from plants that capture carbon, rebuild soil, and grow with minimal inputs. Our production facilities are located in regions where fabric manufacturing and fibre-plant agriculture overlap, allowing us to operate a ‘grow-local, make-local, sell-local’ business model.

FOREST FRIENDLY

Sustainably managed forests alone cannot meet the demand for plastic fibre alternatives, and we simply cannot sacrifice our ancient forests and intact ecosystems.

ZERO PLASTIC

Most products containing plastic fibre cannot be recycled and will never break down completely. This results in microplastics accumulating in landfills, oceans, soils, and eventually in our bodies.

So we need non-wood natural solutions on the path to a future with zero plastic waste. Our solution is sourcing fibre from sustainably managed agricultural land, easing the demand on our forests.

We are stewards of soil health at every stage in our process. Bast playing a significant role in the regenerative agriculture

As it breaks down, sero™ fibre replenishes soil, leaving behind beneficial organic matter and contributing to the next lifecycle.

Redesigning everyday products for compostability is vital for a

SOIL-TO-SOIL CIRCULARITY

Recycling alone cannot solve the plastic pollution crisis. Our natural fibre enables companies to design products with a circular lifecycle and zero plastic from inception.

PLANT GROWTH

PRODUCT MANUFACTURING