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Eastman Chemical Company

Products: Acetate

Risk Status
No Known High Risk
Next Gen Solutions
Next Gen
Chemical Management (out of 8)
N/A
Hot Button Score (out of 40)
30 =
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Risk of sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests

No Known High Risk

Eastman Chemical, the manufacturer of Naia™ acetate filament yarn and staple fibres, released its third CanopyStyle Audit in 2023. The audit revealed no direct risk of sourcing materials from Ancient and Endangered Forests and acknowledged Eastman's proactive efforts to work with its suppliers. Notably, the audit highlighted that Eastman maintains ongoing communication with Bracell, a supplier with potential risks due to its ownership connection with the Royal Golden Eagle Group.

Areas where the company is showing leadership

  • Continues to have a proactive dialogue with Canopy about sourcing decisions, and has a formal process with Canopy to proactively avoid risk of sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests. 
  • Published its third CanopyStyle Audit in 2023, and is currently undergoing a fourth audit.
  • Increased its use of FSC certified fibre in 2024 and offers an FSC Mix line of Naia™.
  • Has traceability systems in place for its products to allow customers to track from MMCF fibre to garment.
  • Naia ™ contains 60% wood pulp and 40% acetic acid, and therefore uses less wood than other MMCF products.
  • 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.
  • Has been actively engaging with a supplier’s parent company, who has the responsibility to address risk and protect key priority areas of forests and peatlands in Indonesia.  
  • Continues to support conservation initiatives in its sourcing regions in the U.S. and Brazil.
  • Eastman continues to manufacture Naia Renew SE™, which uses 20% U.S.-grown cotton linters to offset wood content. The company continues to invest deeply in research and testing of Next Gen Fibre Solutions in a search for other alternative fibres.
  • Eastman contributed to a sign-on letter calling for governments to support enabling conditions for the scale up of Next Generation Solutions. 

Key Improvements Required

  • Continue to invest in research and development efforts to develop and significantly scale the use of Next Generation Solutions in order to reduce impacts on forests.
  • Continue to engage dissolving pulp suppliers, with Canopy’s support, to confirm low risk and/or risk mitigation measures and work towards elimination of risk by 2025 to maintain dark green shirt.
  • Where virgin fibres are unavoidable, and they are not coming from key priority Ancient and Endangered Forests, procure higher volumes of FSC 100% certified inputs from sources that have achieved FSC Forest Management certification on the ground.

Facilities

Eastman owns one facility in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA.
The company is a producer of acetate filament yarn, which is branded Naia™ and Naia Renew™.

They produce 200,000 tonnes of diacetate.  

Naia Renew SE™, which contains 20% transitional Next Generation fibre (cotton linter grown in the U.S.). Cotton linters are also not assessed by the CanopyStye Audit. Both Naia™ and Naia Renew™ contain acetic acid and, in the case of Naia Renew™, this is derived from recycled plastics.

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Hot Button Score

30 =

  1. Completion of CanopyStyle Third-Party Verification Audits

    1. Conducts Audits 2/2
    2. Audits published and results acted on2/2
    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 makers1.5/2
    4. Contributes to legislated protection0/2
    5. Extra responsibility: additional support for conservation0.5/2

  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 1.5/2
    4. Publishes targets and timelines2/2
    5. Uses Next Gen pulp0/1
    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 systems1/1
    2. Publishes list of suppliers2/2
    3. Conducts due diligence in sourcing1.5/2

  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 risk1/2

  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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