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China Textile Academy Green Fibre Co., Ltd.

Products: Lyocell

Risk Status
No Known High Risk
Next Gen Solutions
Next Gen
Chemical Management (out of 8)
N/A
Hot Button Score (out of 40)
28 =
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Risk of sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests

No Known High Risk

China Textile Academy has commenced a second CanopyStyle Audit, which is expected to be published in late 2024. Its first audit, published in 2021, was unable to fully confirm low risk of sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests, but showed that the company is engaging its suppliers to gather information and mitigate risk.

Areas where the company is showing leadership

  • Is in the process of conducting its second CanopyStyle Audit.
  • Has increased its procurement of FSC Mixed fibre inputs in 2024.

Has called on signatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to develop the regulatory mechanisms necessary to ensure that the Convention’s goals for nature protection are prioritized. 

  • Manufactured a product with recycled cotton pulp, which was used in a pilot with a non-fashion brand.
  • Established volume-based targets for increasing the use of Next Gen fibres, and shared these publicly. 
  • CTA has contributed to a sign-on letter calling for governments to support enabling conditions for the scale up of Next Generation Solutions.

Key Improvements Required

  • Publish the 2024 CanopyStyle Audit.
  • Where virgin fibres are unavoidable, do not source from Ancient and Endangered Forests, and procure higher volumes of FSC 100% certified inputs from sources that have achieved FSC Forest Management certification on the ground.
  • Develop internal traceability systems or use an external traceability platform to allow customers to track from MMCF fibre to garment.
  • Continue to proactively use ForestMapper and complementary guidance to avoid sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests.

Facilities

China Textile Academy owns one Man Made Cellulosic Fibre (MMCF) mill that produces lyocell, located in Xinxiang City, Henan Province, China.

The mill has production capacity of 100,000 tonnes with two production lines making lyocell. These products contain non-forest-based raw materials which are not assessed in the CanopyStyle Audit, including bamboo sourced from China.

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Hot Button Score

28 =

  1. Completion of CanopyStyle Third-Party Verification Audits

    1. Conducts Audits 2/2
    2. Audits published and results acted on1/2
    3. Audit risk results1.5/2

  2. Contribution to Conservation Legacies

    1. Promotes Ancient and Endangered Forest conservation2/2
    2. Supports conservation targets 1/1
    3. Influences supply chain and decision makers0.5/2
    4. Contributes to legislated protection0/2
    5. Extra responsibility: additional support for conservation0/2

  3. Innovation via New Alternative Fibres

    1. Advocates for Next Gen 1/1
    2. Invests in R&D1/1
    3. Has a commercial-scale product 2/2
    4. Publishes targets and timelines2/2
    5. Uses Next Gen pulp1/1
    6. Proportional contribution1/2
    7. Implementing ambitious scale-up0.5/2

  4. Adoption of Robust Forest Sourcing Policy

    1. Has a policy2/2
    2. Policy aligns with CanopyStyle2/2

  5. Traceability & Transparency

    1. Has track and trace systems0/1
    2. Publishes list of suppliers2/2
    3. Conducts due diligence in sourcing1/2

  6. Leaders in Supply Chain Shifts

    1. Is responsive and proactive1/1
    2. Acts on FSC preference 1/1
    3. Supports ForestMapper1/1
    4. Addresses risk1.5/2

  7. Associated with High Risk of Sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests and other Controversial Sources

    1. High risk sourcing0/-5

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Sustainable Chemical Management

N/A

  1. Participation in ZDHC

    The company is an active participant in ZDHC, where all of their viscose staple fibre and modal staple fibre facilities have joined the ZDHC Supplier Platform and have access to the MMCF Module. N/A

  2. Chemical Recovery

    All of the company’s MMCF viscose staple fibre and modal staple fibre facilities have reached at least the Progressive level in their chemical recovery parameters and limit value, according to Chapter 1: ZDHC MMCF Responsible Fibre Production Guidelines V2.2 N/A

  3. Wastewater

    All of the company’s MMCF viscose staple fibre and modal staple fibre facilities have reached at least the Progressive level in their wastewater discharge parameters and limit values, according to Chapter 2: ZDHC MMCF Wastewater Guidelines V2.2 N/A

  4. Air Emissions

    All of the company’s viscose staple fibre and modal staple fibre facilities have reached at least the Progressive level in their hazardous chemicals’ air emissions parameters and limit values, according to Chapter 3: ZDHC MMCF Air Emissions Guidelines V2.2 N/A

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