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Yibin Grace

Products: VSF / Rayon, VFY

Risk Status
No Known High Risk
Next Gen Solutions
Next Gen
Chemical Management (out of 8)
8
Hot Button Score (out of 40)
32 =
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Risk of sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests

No Known High Risk

Yibin Grace publishes its third CanopyStyle Audit in 2024. The audit confirms that there is no known sourcing risk, and that the company is engaging with suppliers to collect additional information.

Areas where the company is showing leadership

  • Has engaged with a supplier to confirm impacts to species at risk habitat are mitigated.
  • Increased its use of FSC-certified fibre — currently over 90% of its fibre inputs are FSC Mix.
  • Has traceability systems in place for its products to allow customers to track from MMCF fibre to garment. 
  • 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 reached out to local conservation organizations to support their projects. 
  • Launched a Next Generation filament yarn named Re-Gracell in 2022, in partnership with Renewcell. This product contains 30% recycled fibre.
  • In 2023, it began production of viscose staple fibre containing 30–50% recycled fibre.
  • In 2024 Yibin Grace announced its intention to build a recycled dissolving pulp facility to support the scaling of its Next Gen products.
  • Yibin Grace 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 mitigation measures and work towards elimination of all risk by 2025 to maintain dark green shirt.
  • Continue to procure higher volumes of FSC 100% or FSC Mix certified inputs from sources that have achieved FSC Forest Management certification on the ground.

Facilities

Yibin Grace produces a viscose filament yarn and a viscose staple fibre with 30%–50% Next Generation fibres, marketed under the name Re-Gracell.

Yibin Grace produced viscose staple fibre and viscose filament yarn, and has three facilities:

  • Yibin, Sichuan Province, China: viscose staple fibre with production of 325,000 tonnes
  • Yibin, Sichuan Province, China: viscose filament yarn with production of 45,000 tonnes.
  • Yibin, Sichuan Province, China: viscose staple fibre and lyocell with production of 80,000 tonnes.

These products contain non-forest-based raw materials which are not assessed in the CanopyStyle Audit, including bamboo sourced from China.

Yibin Grace has a 30% stake in a fourth mill called Xinjiang Ya’ao located in Xinjiang Province, China, making viscose filament yarn with production of 80,000 tonnes. This mill has not undergone a CanopyStyle Audit, and is currently closed.

Yibin Grace has one facility for VSF and this has achieved aspirational level in all three chemical management criteria: chemical recovery, wastewater discharge, and air emissions.

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Hot Button Score

32 =

  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 makers1/2
    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 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 pulp0.5/1
    6. Proportional contribution1/2
    7. Implementing ambitious scale-up1/2

  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 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

8

  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.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 V2.22/2

  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 V2.22/2

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