15 Textile Enterprises In Shaoxing Got The "Carbon Label"

Recently, Shaoxing Market Supervision Bureau and Zhejiang Green Certification Alliance issued the first batch of carbon footprint identification certificates for 15 textile enterprises in Shaoxing, which is the first time in China to issue "carbon labels" for textile enterprises.

The so-called carbon footprint refers to the greenhouse gas emissions in the whole life cycle of a product, such as the use of materials, production, manufacturing, transportation, use, and waste treatment. The carbon footprint label is the certification of the quantitative assessment of the carbon footprint, also known as the "carbon label". The certified product's carbon footprint discloses carbon emission information in the form of identification.

Shaoxing, as a national pilot city to carry out carbon footprint identification certification for the textile industry, has made a series of significant achievements in recent years. It has not only released a series of local standards for carbon footprint technical specifications such as chemical fiber fabrics, cotton fabrics and silk fabrics, filling the gap in the industry, but also released a carbon footprint logo for the textile industry in Shaoxing. Textile enterprises have a carbon footprint logo of "Shaoxing". In addition, Shaoxing has also built a carbon footprint management platform for textile products to achieve full process, full cycle and full coverage of carbon footprint accounting.

The 15 textile enterprises that obtained the certificate this time are all practitioners of green and low-carbon development. Shaoxing Boya Garments Co., Ltd. is a suit customization enterprise. The company has carried out digital transformation, installed photovoltaic power generation on the factory roof, and made every effort to reduce carbon emissions. On the certificate of Boya Garments, the reporter saw that "the carbon footprint value of each declared unit product: 35.88 kg CO2 equivalent" was marked on it. "This value is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by this suit during the process from raw material production to final scrapping." Zhang He, the person in charge of Boya Garments, said that this suit is mainly aimed at the European and American markets. With a "carbon label", it has more confidence to enter the international market.

Shaoxing Qianyong Textile Co., Ltd. is a leading enterprise of nylon printed fabrics, and has won the fabric orders of uniform equipment for events such as the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. After receiving the certificate, Xiao Xingshui, general manager of Qianyong Textile, excitedly told the reporter that the product with the "carbon label" certificate was a nylon digital printed fabric of the company. Through continuous strengthening of research and development of new technologies, new processes and new materials, only 0.76kg carbon dioxide was emitted from the raw material to the factory of 1 square meter of fabric, "The 'carbon label' will become the golden card of enterprises, and more popular with international brands."

"Keqiao now has nearly 8000 textile enterprises, and last year's textile export scale has exceeded 100 billion yuan." Ling Xiufeng, deputy director of Shaoxing Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, said that the carbon footprint logo certification will boost the green, low-carbon and high-quality development of the textile industry, which is of great significance to the future textile export of Shaoxing.

(Source: Zhejiang Online - Zhejiang Daily)