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Silver Hawk Chemical Fibre Co., Ltd

Products: VSF / Rayon

Risk Status
Audit Required
Next Gen Solutions
Chemical Management (out of 8)
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Hot Button Score (out of 40)
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Risk of sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests

Audit Required

Until the company successfully completes a CanopyStyle Audit and its results are made publicly available, Silver Hawk may have risk of sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests and other controversial areas.

The inclusion of red in a producer’s shirt rating — be it partially red or completely red — indicates risk of sourcing from high-carbon and high-biodiversity forests.

Areas where the company is showing leadership

Silver Hawk attended the CanopyStyle Summit in China in 2019. However, despite attempts by Canopy to contact and follow up, to date there has been no engagement.

Key Improvements Required

  • The company has not yet developed and adopted a Wood and Pulp Sourcing Policy commitment. The immediate next step for Silver Hawk is to develop a strong sourcing policy.
  • Once this is accomplished, the next action required for its implementation will be to share sourcing data and to complete third-party verification through the CanopyStyle Audit process.
  • Use ForestMapper and complementary guidance documents to ensure that all current and any new suppliers are not sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests.
  • Following auditing, Silver Hawk 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

Silver Hawk Group produces man-made cellulosic fibre (MMCF) and nonwovens, mainly standard viscose fibres and rayon at two viscose staple fibre mills.

  • Xinjiang Tiantai (formerly called Xinjiang Silver Hawk), located in the Xinjiang Region, China, with viscose production capacity of 160,000 tonnes.          
  • Shandong Silver Hawk mill, located in Shandong Province, China, with viscose production capacity of 80,000 tonnes.

POLICY: Not adopted yet
AUDIT REPORT: Not initiated
LIST OF SUPPLIERS: Not available

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Hot Button Score

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  1. Completion of CanopyStyle Third-Party Verification Audits

    1. Conducts Audits 0/2
    2. Audits published and results acted on0/2
    3. Audit risk results0/2

  2. Contribution to Conservation Legacies

    1. Promotes Ancient and Endangered Forest conservation0/2
    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 policy0/2
    2. Policy aligns with CanopyStyle0/2

  5. Traceability & Transparency

    1. Has track and trace systems0/1
    2. Publishes list of suppliers0/2
    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 sourcing-1/-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 viscose staple fibre and modal staple fibre 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 V2.20/2

  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 V2.20/2

  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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