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Jilin Chemical Fiber Stock Co., Ltd.

Products: VFY, VSF / Rayon

Risk Status
Low Risk
Next Gen Solutions
Next Gen
Chemical Management (out of 8)
4
Hot Button Score (out of 40)
33 =
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Risk of sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests

Low Risk

Jilin completed its third CanopyStyle Audit in late 2024. It confirmed low risk of sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests and other controversial sources. 

Jilin Chemical Fibre has taken over bamboo viscose production from its sister company, Hebei Jigao. This fibre has not gone through a full CanopyStyle Audit, but the company did show evidence that the bamboo is not sourced from Ancient and Endangered Forests. 

Areas where the company is showing leadership

  • Has a low risk of sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests.
  • Has increased its use of FSC-certified fibre in 2025. 
  • Has a traceability system in place to allow customers to track from MMCF fibre to garment. 
  • Has called on the UN Climate COP30 to prioritize financial mechanisms to support circularity and nature-based climate solutions.  
  • Has supported a forest conservation project in China, by providing equipment to forest rangers. 
  • Has expanded its production capacity for its line of viscose filament yarn that contains 30% Next Gen fibre. 
  • Has built a new fibre line that uses 30% recycled bamboo combined with 70% FSC-certified virgin bamboo. 

Key Improvements Required

  • Significantly scale the use of Next Generation Solutions in order reduce wood-based fibre use and therefore also reduce current impacts on forests.  Prioritize the integration and sourcing of Next Generation Solution technologies and feedstocks for future expansion plans and new suppliers.
  • Continue to proactively use ForestMapper and complementary guidance to avoid sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests. 
  • Continue to procure higher volumes of FSC 100% or FSC Mix certified inputs. For virgin bamboo prioritize the procurement of FSC 100%. 

Facilities

  • Produces two Next Gen fibre lines — JIRECELL™ (30% recycled cotton pulp) and REBOOCEL™ (30% recycled bamboo pulp). 
  • Jilin owns two facilities near Changchun City, Jilin province, China.  
    • Their viscose staple fibre (VSF) mill has a capacity of 120,000 tonnes.  
    • The viscose filament yarn mill has a capacity of 90,000 tonnes. 
  • The company uses non-forest-based raw materials that are not assessed by the CanopyStyle Audit, such as bamboo and cotton linters, both sourced from China. Jilin has taken over the production of bamboo viscose from sister company, Hebei Jigao, with production of 4000 tonnes per year.
  • Both of Jilin’s facilities has been registered on the ZDHC platform. The facility producing VSF has been successfully assessed on and has achieved foundational level in chemical recovery and air emissions modules and aspirational level in wastewater management module. As a result, Jilin has a yellow flask.
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Hot Button Score

33 =

  1. Completion of CanopyStyle Third-Party Verification Audits

    1. Conducts Audits 2/2
    2. Audits published and results acted on2/2
    3. Audit risk results2/2

  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 makers2/2
    4. Contributes to legislated protection0.5/2
    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 pulp0/1
    6. Proportional contribution1.5/2
    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 systems0.5/1
    2. Publishes list of suppliers2/2
    3. Conducts due diligence in sourcing2/2

  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 risk2/2

  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

4

  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. 2/2

  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 V2.20/2

  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 V2.22/2

  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 V2.20/2

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