Dobtho discusses industrial uniform decarbonisation across major UK energy and safety events

Industry conversations shift towards deployment

Throughout April and May 2026, Dobtho attended three major industry events across the United Kingdom, including Utility Week Live 2026, All-Energy Exhibition and Conference 2026, and The Health & Safety Event 2026.

Across all three exhibitions, conversations increasingly focused on one growing industrial challenge: how organisations can begin reducing emissions linked to the uniforms and protective clothing worn every day across utilities, infrastructure, engineering, manufacturing, and energy operations.

Global workwear and uniform programmes contribute significantly to industrial emissions, with estimates suggesting uniforms account for close to 100 million tonnes of carbon emissions globally each year across fibre production, textile manufacturing, garment assembly, laundering, replacement cycles, and disposal.

Dobtho attended the events to discuss how those emissions can begin to be reduced now through commercially deployable low carbon inherently flame resistant workwear and industrial uniform systems.

Alongside Dobtho’s low carbon IFR platform, discussions also covered the company’s wider circular product development work under Planet A, including circular uniforms, designed to reduce textile waste and improve long term garment recovery across industrial and institutional clothing programmes.

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Utility Week Live 2026

20-21 May 2026 | Birmingham

At Utility Week Live 2026, discussions centred around utility infrastructure, including organisations operating water, gas, and power networks.

Many conversations focused on the practical reality of decarbonising large scale uniform programmes without disrupting existing procurement structures, technical specifications, or workforce adoption.

The event highlighted how sustainability discussions are now moving beyond operational emissions and increasingly into wider supply chains, including the protective clothing and PPE used across utility operations every day.

Several organisations expressed strong interest in solutions capable of delivering measurable carbon reduction while maintaining protection, durability, comfort, and commercial practicality.

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All Energy Show 2026

13-14 May 2026 | Glasgow

At All-Energy Exhibition and Conference 2026, Dobtho engaged with organisations connected to energy production, industrial operations, and the wider Aberdeen and offshore energy ecosystem.

Conversations covered Scope 3 emissions, industrial supply chains, and the growing pressure on organisations to identify measurable carbon reduction opportunities across purchased goods and services.

Many attendees were surprised, but also excited, to see something genuinely new entering the flame resistant workwear market after a long period of limited innovation.

Several described Dobtho’s approach as representing the future direction of FR workwear, particularly as organisations begin balancing protection, durability, comfort, and carbon reduction together rather than as separate priorities.

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The Health and Safety Event 2026

28-30 April 2026 | Birmingham

Meanwhile, The Health & Safety Event 2026 provided an important platform to engage directly with PPE distributors, industrial workwear providers, and delivery partners that will support deployment across the market.

Conversations focused heavily on adoption readiness, industrial laundering, garment durability, wearer comfort, and how lower carbon products can integrate into existing programmes without creating additional operational complexity.

Dobtho held meetings across the event with distributors, industrial laundries, procurement teams, infrastructure operators, sustainability leaders, and major industrial end users evaluating pathways to reduce emissions embedded within workwear and PPE programmes.

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Market response and technical discussions

One of the clearest themes across all three exhibitions was the level of market interest around commercially deployable low carbon IFR workwear.

Dobtho used the events to actively introduce decarbonisation as a practical agenda for both industrial end users and distributors operating within the protective clothing sector. Conversations focused not only on sustainability targets, but also on how lower carbon uniforms can realistically be adopted within existing industrial programmes without compromising protection, durability, comfort, or operational performance.

Only a few years ago, decarbonisation of protective clothing was rarely discussed in practical industrial terms. Today, many organisations are actively exploring how lower carbon uniforms can become part of wider operational and sustainability strategies.

The exhibitions also created an opportunity for Dobtho to discuss the engineering, fibre systems, fabric construction, industrial laundering performance, and manufacturing behind the low carbon IFR workwear in greater depth.

Feedback consistently highlighted both the quality of the products presented and the depth of technical understanding behind the materials, supply chain strategy, and deployment approach.

"The industry is clearly ready to move from discussing decarbonisation to deploying it", said Sharan Monga, Founder and Executive Director at Dobtho

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Missed us at the shows?

Dobtho is continuing discussions with distributors, industrial users, laundries, infrastructure operators, and procurement teams across the United Kingdom and Europe.

Organisations interested in low carbon IFR deployment, industrial uniform decarbonisation, or Planet A circular products can contact the Dobtho team directly on WhatsApp to arrange a technical discussion.