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Hubei Golden Ring

Products: VFY

Risk Status
Audit Required
Next Gen Solutions
Chemical Management (out of 8)
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Hot Button Score (out of 40)
4 =

Risk of sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests

Audit Required

Areas where the company is showing leadership

Hubei Golden Ring engaged with Canopy in late 2023; the company participated in a CanopyStyle Audit training in 2023 and contacted auditing firms. In 2024, the company adopted a CanopyStyle policy but has not shared this publicly on any forum.

Key Improvements Required

  • Publish CanopyStyle policy and list of suppliers on website
  • Conduct a CanopyStyle Audit to verify suppliers and confirm risk of sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests and other controversial sources. 
  • Proactively use ForestMapper and complementary guidance to avoid sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests, and work to acquire further information from suppliers.
  • Following auditing, Hubei Golden Ring can then address any sourcing issues that are identified and progress on remaining sustainability steps, such as supporting conservation solutions and driving the use of Next Generation fibres.

Facilities

Hubei Golden Ring produces viscose filament yarn in its one mill located in Xingyang, Hubei Province, China, at a capacity of 150,000 tonnes per year. This facility has not been registered on the ZDHC portal.

POLICY: not publicly available

AUDIT REPORT: Not Initiated

LIST OF SUPPLIERS: Not available

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Hot Button Score

4 =
  1. Completion of CanopyStyle Third-Party Verification Audits

    1. Conducts Audits 0.5/2
    2. Audits published and results acted on0/2
    3. Audit risk results0/2
  2. Contribution to Conservation Legacies

    1. Promotes Ancient and Endangered Forest conservation1/2
    2. Supports conservation targets 0/1
    3. Influences supply chain and decision makers0/2
    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 0/1
    2. Invests in R&D0/1
    3. Has a commercial-scale product 0/2
    4. Publishes targets and timelines0/2
    5. Uses Next Gen pulp0/1
    6. Proportional contribution0/2
    7. Implementing ambitious scale-up0/2
  4. Adoption of Robust Forest Sourcing Policy

    1. Has a policy1/2
    2. Policy aligns with CanopyStyle1/2
  5. Traceability & Transparency

    1. Has track and trace systems0/1
    2. Publishes list of suppliers0.5/2
    3. Conducts due diligence in sourcing0/2
  6. Leaders in Supply Chain Shifts

    1. Is responsive and proactive0/1
    2. Acts on FSC preference 0/1
    3. Supports ForestMapper0/1
    4. Addresses risk0/2
  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

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  1. Participation in ZDHC

    The company is an active participant in ZDHC, where all of their MMCF facilities have joined the ZDHC Supplier Platform and have access to the MMCF Module. 0/2
  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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