The Footwear Industry Set Off A Low-Carbon Trend &Nbsp; Building A Green Circular Economy.

June 21st, twenty-first Century, the main theme of the world economy will be green economy, green products, green production, green consumption, green market and green industry.

Shoes are essential necessities for people's daily life. Human beings spend about 2/3 of their time wearing shoes.

Moreover, in the global shoe making industry, China's shoe industry can be seen as a new force.

The environmental problems brought about by the rapid development of shoemaking industry are gradually showing up, and more and more attention has been paid to the society.

Many shoe enterprises have begun to realize the importance of environmental protection, from the "destruction of the environment at the expense of blind pursuit of maximum interests" into "actively protect the environment, adhere to the sustainable development of enterprises", for a time, the concept of environmental protection is echoed in the footwear industry led by the major areas.

Shoe material chemical industry

Vulcanized shoes are one of the main products in China. At present, the adhesives used for vulcanized shoes are mainly solvent products. They use toluene and other volatile organic compounds (VOC) as solvents. The organic compounds in these solvents will directly volatilize to the polluted environment in the process of shoemaking, harm the health of workers, some solvents and even carcinogenic toxic and harmful substances. Some adhesives also contain "three benzene" substances, so many government departments in the world have issued decrees to limit the use of volatile organic compounds.

The traditional oil-based glue, which is commonly used by other footwear enterprises, contains 80% or more organic solvents. The emission of organic solvents will cause waste of resources, serious environmental pollution and direct contact with health hazards.

Nowadays, the water-based adhesive used by the shoemaking industry does not contain organic solvents, and the water that is volatilized into the environment during the production of shoes is not harmful to human health and environment. It is an environmentally friendly product.

Therefore, the use of water-borne adhesives instead of solvent based adhesives is an inevitable trend.

Shoe making materials

"The leather industry's 12th Five-Year plan has completed the first draft and is being consulted throughout the industry. It is expected that the final draft will be released next year."

Su Chaoying, Secretary General of China Leather Association, revealed that the biggest focus of the 12th Five-Year plan is energy conservation and emission reduction.

According to the preliminary judgement of China Leather Association, leather manufacturing enterprises with annual output of less than 30 thousand pieces will be eliminated in 12th Five-Year, and it is estimated that 1000 enterprises will be involved.

The main pollutants dropped by 10%.

"The plan has not yet been finalized, but the emissions of COD and NH3-N compounds are basically 10% lower than those in the late 11th Five-Year.

The task is very arduous, but we will try our best to finish it. "

Su Chaoying said.

It is understood that one of the sources of pollution in the traditional synthetic leather industry is the raw material, oil polyurethane, which is used in leather making. The polyurethane is made from toluene, xylene, acetone, acetic acid, ethyl ester and two methyl formamide (DMF) as the main solvent. There are certain toxic and auxiliary uses. The waste gas and waste liquid produced by the production are easy to pollute the environment.

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Finished shoe enterprises

As a brand shoe enterprise, AOKANG regards green procurement as its primary task. By formulating strict production standards, technological processes and ensuring first-class quality, it adopts environmentally friendly, low carbon, non-toxic, recyclable materials to achieve high quality and low pollution output of products, and applies advanced science and technology and innovative design concepts to improve the added value of products, which not only meets the individual needs of consumers, but also protects consumers' physical and mental health and safety, and further expands the brand's influence in the international market industry.

At the AOKANG supplier conference in June 9th, more than 200 raw materials suppliers from across the country received a special gift: AOKANG shoe material green procurement standard.

This special gift marks AOKANG's first move to create "low carbon" leather shoes among many shoe companies in China.

"This is our access threshold for raw material suppliers. After we purchase raw materials and select suppliers, we will gradually assess this standard. If we fail to meet this standard, we will not be able to do business with AOKANG."

Wang Zhentao, chairman of Zhejiang AOKANG footwear Limited by Share Ltd, told reporters that green, environmental protection and low carbon will be the trend of the footwear industry in the future. AOKANG will take the lead in combining the upstream and downstream industry chain.

As a leading enterprise in the industry, AOKANG attaches great importance to and actively participates in the standardization management of footwear, and has established a perfect enterprise standardization system based on technical standards.

In order to ensure the environmental quality of products from the source, AOKANG has formulated and launched the green procurement standard for shoe materials.

The standard specifies the green procurement requirements for leather, textile fabrics, substrates, buckles, shoes chemical materials and packaging materials, and is suitable for the design, production and sale of products and their manufacturing processes.

However, with the increasingly narrowing of globalization, the continuous competition and the worsening of the global environment, energy conservation and emission reduction has become a magic weapon for all companies to improve their overall strength.

While carrying out the practice of environmental protection, enterprises may inevitably encounter problems of capital and technology. However, as long as shoe materials, chemical products and finished footwear enterprises persist in and invest, they will achieve great results and realize their true value.

Therefore, enterprises should start from every aspect of the operation, actively advocate the environmental protection concept of energy conservation and emission reduction, and make unremitting efforts to achieve the three benefits of the economy, society and environment, and lead the new trend of low-carbon and environmental protection.