Formosa Chemical and Fibre Corp.
Products: VSF / Rayon
Risk Status
No Known High Risk
Next Gen Solutions
Chemical Management (out of 8)
0
Hot Button Score (out of 40)
25.5 =
Risk of sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests
No Known High Risk
The company published its second CanopyStyle Audit in July, 2023 after resuming production following a hiatus. The audit report verified that Formosa has significantly increased sourcing of FSC-certified fibre since their first audit. Since the audit, Formosa has eliminated a potentially risky supplier.
Areas where the company is showing leadership
- Has eliminated potential sourcing risk.
- Using almost entirely FSC Mix or FSC 100%, which is industry leading
- 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.
- Is supporting a forest conservation and restoration effort in Taiwan.
- The company is in discussions with a Next Gen supplier to resume pro-active R&D and eventual production
- Has been testing recycled pulp and will order more if test results satisfactory.
- Formosa 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 seek out FSC 100% inputs where possible.
Facilities
Formosa owns one facility in Dongshan, Yi-Lan, Taiwan.
Production capacity is 27,000 tonnes of viscose staple fibre.
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Completion of CanopyStyle Third-Party Verification Audits
- Conducts Audits 2/2
- Audits published and results acted on2/2
- Audit risk results2/2
Contribution to Conservation Legacies
- Promotes Ancient and Endangered Forest conservation1/2
- Supports conservation targets 1/1
- Influences supply chain and decision makers1.5/2
- Contributes to legislated protection0/2
- Extra responsibility: additional support for conservation0/2
Innovation via New Alternative Fibres
- Advocates for Next Gen 1/1
- Invests in R&D1/1
- Has a commercial-scale product 0/2
- Publishes targets and timelines0.5/2
- Uses Next Gen pulp0/1
- Proportional contribution0.5/2
- Implementing ambitious scale-up0/2
Adoption of Robust Forest Sourcing Policy
- Has a policy2/2
- Policy aligns with CanopyStyle2/2
Traceability & Transparency
- Has track and trace systems0.5/1
- Publishes list of suppliers2/2
- Conducts due diligence in sourcing2/2
Leaders in Supply Chain Shifts
- Is responsive and proactive0.5/1
- Acts on FSC preference 1/1
- Supports ForestMapper1/1
- Addresses risk2/2
Associated with High Risk of Sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests and other Controversial Sources
- High risk sourcing0/-5
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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.0/2Chemical 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 V2.20/2Wastewater
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 V2.20/2Air 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 V2.20/2
