"Working Group On Life Cycle Assessment Of China'S Textile And Garment Industry" Accelerates The Double Carbon Action

At present, carbon neutral and sustainable development has become a global industry consensus and a major issue of international competition and cooperation. China solemnly promises to the world to achieve "carbon peak" by 2030 and strive to achieve "carbon neutrality" by 2060.

During the "14th five year plan" period, "carbon peak, carbon neutral" will also be the new competitive advantage and important focus of textile and clothing industry. China Textile Industry Federation has been building new comparative advantages in technological innovation, manufacturing innovation and rule innovation, so as to achieve the "win-win" of low-carbon development and capacity improvement.

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Accelerate textile double carbon action

In recent years, China's textile industry has changed the inherent image of high energy consumption and high pollution industries, accelerated the transformation from traditional industries to science and technology industries, green industries and fashion industries, and made solid progress towards a powerful textile country. The green and low-carbon transformation of the industry is related to the foundation and foundation of industrial security, and determines the details and stamina of industrial development. In order to promote green development, China Textile Industry Federation launched "carbon management innovation 2020 action" in 2017, which is one of the first industries in China to put forward the carbon neutral target. In 2019, as a Contracting Party, CFA signed the UN climate action charter for fashion industry to participate in Global Climate Governance of fashion industry; And upgrade "carbon management innovation 2020 action" to "climate innovation 2030 action". A number of industry leading enterprises and 100 billion level industrial clusters have announced their participation in the operation, with 50000 Industrial people participating.

In May 2020, the social responsibility Office of the China Textile Industry Federation officially launched the "life cycle assessment" project for sustainable textiles, which combined with Lanjing group, Evely, Wuxi Yimian, Songjing textile, BINKANG printing and dyeing, mercury home textile, Baima group, yinshilai and Yuyue home textile, To carry out the evaluation work of Lanjing fiber - everie women's shirt and Lanjing fiber - Mercury home textile products.

On December 22, 2020, "China's textile and clothing industry life cycle assessment working group (cntac-lca) was officially established. Through the establishment of the textile product life cycle assessment system and the environmental footprint database, it accelerated the establishment of a full chain traceability green product environmental information disclosure system from the end brand end to the raw material end, Tracing and value mining of green attributes of products in the whole value chain from production to consumption will continuously promote the development of high efficiency, clean, low-carbon and recyclable manufacturing of the whole industrial chain. So as to improve the ability of enterprises to deal with green barriers in the international market, support the green identification of consumers and guide green consumption. After development, cntac-lca working group has 57 Members, including 46 enterprises and 11 academic institutions and organization alliances, covering the whole industrial chain, brand and consumer end of fiber materials, textile chemicals, spinning, weaving, printing and dyeing processing and clothing production.

On June 1, 2021, the "China fashion brand climate innovation carbon neutral acceleration plan" was launched to accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of the industry and contribute to China's dual carbon goal.

Under the theme of powerful science and technology and manufacturing power, China's speed has been verified for a long time. At this time, we can only follow the trend, win the new cycle with green transformation, guide industrial enterprises to accelerate green transformation, provide infrastructure platform for sustainable development and consumption of China's textile and garment industry, and enhance the industry's global market competitiveness and international discourse power.

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Focus on carbon footprint

Practice low carbon and green lifestyle

Since its establishment, China's textile and clothing industry life cycle assessment working group (hereinafter referred to as "cntac-lca working group") has taken "life cycle assessment" as the breakthrough point to show green product life cycle management for many enterprises. Recently, it has made new progress and published the report "carbon footprint assessment of adoring children's household clothing". Report results show that: three use zero carbon Tencel? The carbon footprint of modal fiber in the production stage of modal fiber is reduced to 0. Among them, the carbon footprint value of ak2416541 transformer cartoon series Pullover long sleeve pajamas is 2.97 kgco2eq; The carbon footprint of ak2426541 transformer cartoon series pajamas is 2.37 kgcozeq; The carbon footprint value of ak1446551 mamboli sweet Meimei long sleeve nightdress is 3.33 kgcozeq. / piece. That is to say, the three types of children's home clothes released 2.97 kg, 2.37 kg and 3.33 kg of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere before reaching the consumers. What if the three children's home clothes are made of standard Tencel? Modal fiber performance is: ak2416541 transformers cartoon series Pullover long sleeve pajamas carbon footprint value is 3.39 kgco2eq. / piece, ak2426541 transformer cartoon series sleeping pants carbon footprint value is 2.75kgco2eq. / piece, ak1446551 baby Marbury sweet Meimei series long sleeve nightdress carbon footprint value is 3.86 kgco2eq. / piece.

This time, taking children's home clothes as the main body, tracing to the upstream of the supply chain is from cradle to gate, breaking through the dilemma of carbon footprint data of domestic textile and garment industry. The evaluation results are calculated and reported by lcaplus system. The social responsibility Office of China Textile Industry Federation is responsible for the coordination of all links in the industrial chain of this report, and the reasons for the impact of the epidemic situation. This data survey adopts the method of online survey. Data sources include enterprise data (actual measurement, production statistics or empirical data), third-party data (environmental monitoring data), map measurement, and lcaplus system. At present, most of the carbon footprint data on the market are not real-life evaluation. In order to provide reliable material and product environmental footprint data to the industry and consumers, this report uses two types of real data and background data. The real scene data is the actual production data obtained through on-site collection and historical file adjustment, mainly including the energy consumption in the production process, the environmental footprint data of products and products The consumption of raw materials and auxiliary materials, the use of main packaging materials and waste generation, the transportation distance of raw materials and main packaging from the place of manufacture to the final delivery point, and the transportation distance of products from the production place to the distribution point. Background data include production data of main auxiliary materials, electric power emission data and environmental impact caused by different transportation types.

In the future, more textile and garment enterprises need to unite, pay attention to carbon footprint, guide consumers to start from the selection of clothing raw materials, and practice the low-carbon green lifestyle.