2010 Wave Of Carbon Footprint Tax Hits

Foshan City

Status quo: low carbon technology benefits enterprises

Low carbon economy is sweeping the globe in an irresistible trend.

Experts and enterprises attending the meeting believed that low carbon industries had great impact on China's textile industry, but there were also opportunities.

Guangdong's Yida, Sanshui Jia Lida and other local printing and dyeing enterprises, which have made significant progress in low-carbon emission, energy saving and emission reduction, have shared the successful experience of saving water and electricity, upgrading dyeing and finishing equipment and improving technology to promote low carbon textile production.

"Through the implementation of energy saving and emission reduction, energy saving and environmental protection equipment, improving technology, reducing wastage, recycling and so on, Guangdong Yida Textile Co., Ltd. can reduce 600 tons of sulfur dioxide emissions annually, save water 80% to 600000 cubic meters, save 12000 tons of steam annually, reduce power consumption by more than 70%."

Zhang Yugao, director of research and development at Yida company, said that because of the successful implementation of low carbon textile production, it has become the fabric supplier and garment manufacturer of many famous clothing brands in the world.

And a few years ago, we invested in the construction of the first solar water heating project in China's printing and dyeing industry.

The person in charge of the enterprise believes that the Foshan area is rich in solar energy resources, and the most widely used textile industry, the use of solar energy as the production equipment of hot water, will contribute to the sustainable development of enterprises.

Change: "

"The competition pattern of the world textile is changing, and the advantage of low labor cost will be further weakened in China. The right to speak, the competitiveness of manufacturers, the speed of brand, information and market reaction, the mastery of key technologies and technologies, and the development and application of new materials and new resources will play a decisive role."

Donghua University Professor Xi Dali pointed out that according to the European Union's "carbon footprint tax", we will identify and track the emissions of textile and clothing products from the raw materials to pportation, processing, production, consumption and destination of the whole life cycle.

The corresponding new trade barriers are heavy taxes on textile and clothing products that exceed emissions.

"This will be a serious test for the textile and garment industry, and we must not take it lightly."

At present, the "carbon footprint tax" has been implemented in individual countries of the European Union. WAL-MART has also asked for the start of 2012, and the procurement products must identify carbon emissions. Xi Dali disclosed that at the macro level, a number of domestic experts are collecting and sorting out the basic data of the carbon emissions of China's textile and clothing industry, preparing for the formulation of China's carbon emission standard.

He stressed that textile export enterprises must also step up their response.

Suggestion: implement "green"

In the face of the full arrival of low-carbon economy characterized by low energy consumption, low pollution and low emissions, how should Foshan's textile and garment industry respond?

Some experts have suggested that the low carbon way for textile enterprises is to implement "green supply chain management".

That is, from product design, procurement, manufacturing, assembly, packaging, pportation, use to recycling after disposal, every link should take full account of resources and environmental problems, so as to maximize the use of resources and reduce environmental pollution.

Xi Dan Li believes that the "carbon footprint tax" is put forward by developed countries through the formulation of leading energy conservation and environmental protection standards, setting up technical and standard barriers to ensure their superiority in developing countries in international competition.

He stressed that the reality is that "the rules are ordered by them, but they bring a series of problems that we must consider now.

In particular, enterprises that produce export products should change their ideas. "