Summit Forum: Sustainable Development Of Shoemaking Industry

Between 1981 and 1990, PeterT.Mangione has been the United States of America. Wholesale footwear The chairman of the trader has extensive knowledge and experience in retailing, purchasing, logistics, social responsibility, product safety, customs, trademarks and government regulations.

Thank you very much.

I am a good friend of China Leather Association. I am very grateful to them for inviting me to today's meeting.

Our audience has been very patient and has been sitting here for four hours. I think I'll take a minute to ask you to stand up. OK, let's stretch our arms and stretch our arms.

Let's talk about the following. Shoemaking industry Sustainability. The speakers in front of you spoke very well just now. I was the first person to talk about downstream industries. In the past 30 years in the United States, I had been a shoe wholesale Association.

Speaking of the footwear industry, we know that 90% of the shoes sold in the United States are made in China, and some shoes are one hundred percent. Therefore, China is very important to the footwear industry in the United States.

The supply chain of shoe industry in China has also been faced with great challenges and pressures, because the cost is spiralling. We looked at the past 15 years, for example, in China, we saw that the past 15 years were almost heaven, but in recent years, the heavens began to decline. The cost of social security is rising, and all the costs are rising, as well as the introduction of labor service law and the vacancy of labor services. In Dongguan, 20% or 30% of workers are vacant, and there are some environmental regulations.

Environment overview, how do we make better use of some chemical products in tanning technology, in our production process, these chemicals are very harmful, not only for the environment, but also for the public.

The shoe industry is now very active in removing these chemicals, both from a health and safety perspective. It is also for environmental reasons. The chemical standards of our shoemaking are actually quite loose. In fact, many of our chemical materials are no longer allowed in some shoe making industries.

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Now we can only use some less poisonous chemicals. Mentioned several times is environmental protection and energy saving, energy saving is very important for us.

Sustainable planning cases: Nike and Adidas. In fact, the cost center can become a profit center, which can enhance the effectiveness of the economy. Like Nike, we found that 42% of all products turned into waste. They also pay great attention to the use of some environmentally friendly technologies, and also Adidas, which, like Nike, is very concerned about environmental protection and energy saving projects. Now let me share with you. Adidas Photos of products.

We can see that Nike has also launched innovative projects, which are very advanced in the industry. For example, the reuse of waste materials, the development of materials, the negation of material selection. They have done a good job in the development of design and materials.

Adidas is also very good at controlling some volatile organic compounds, and the amount is decreasing with time. Adidas, Nike, and some sports footwear companies have turned production into the production of water machines, which can well reduce the amount of volatile organic chemicals to the lowest point. All have a great impact on the ultimate impact of our environment.

Then we will introduce the comprehensive disposal of waste. Before I talk about this problem, let's take a look at some of our environmental photos. We have some companies who are very aggressive in marketing. They may advertise that their products are very green. These companies, especially in some environmental protection shoes industry, have many companies who are looking at such a very small market.

Of course, what is environmentally-friendly shoes? Actually, this is a very small market, a very monographs market, but this market has received a lot of attention from the media. For example, there is a website called a tree hugging person. I don't know if I have seen this website. No, this website is actually a very environment-friendly website, including many environmental protection content. This website also gives environmentally-friendly awards, and also promotes environmentally friendly products. (photo): here are his shoes. They also describe the shoes on the website. The shoes are made of recyclable plastics, and shoes made of vegetable oil seams. The sole is made of wood and recycled materials. The material of the whole shoe body is used to some reused materials, or the design of low impact on the environment.

You can see the recyclable materials used by their company's products. There are also other award-winning companies. They also use recycled plastic bottles to create some synthetic materials for shoemaking industry. So there are many brands that aim at market opportunities. They promote their brands into products that are very eco-friendly, and use lots of environmentally friendly materials. For example, these brands of Decker, s, some polyester they use, or recyclable water bottles and so on. Such shoes have a better ecological footprint than traditional shoes.

(photo) this picture can show you the shoes of textiles, which are very expensive. In the shoemaking industry, several companies have also adopted some cooperative action plans to reduce the impact on the ecosystem and shoulder their social responsibilities. From the cloth until the final waste treatment process, the product is graded. On the legal level, if you do not follow the industry and national standards well, your company will be liable to be complained or subject to some legal proceedings.

If you want some high environmental protection companies to become their suppliers, your company must achieve such a minimum threshold. Consider the consumption of water, the utilization rate of water, the purification of waste water, the content of VOC, and the amount of energy consumed. Finally, we should also consider product packaging. When there is a lot of paper wrapping outside the product, it is actually a waste. So if you are in papermaking, I also very much want to warn you that it may reduce the amount of paper in the future.

There are also some packaging bags, some processed bags and products, all of which are very important for American enterprises. Not only from the government level, but also from the consumer market level, the company also hopes to attach importance to this environmental protection concept.

Finally, let's talk about the green supply chain in the retail industry.

If you compare wat mart's photos two years ago and ten years ago, this picture is totally different. Now, in order to promote environmental protection, they have removed the boxes of shoes, which is environmentally friendly. As we all know, warmart is a very large supermarket. He also took a big hand to remove all the cartons of shoes, on the one hand, in order to save costs, on the one hand for cost. Of course, the price of this shoebox is not very high, but the sales volume of shoes is relatively large, and it can save a very big cost for enterprises.

In addition, you can see pinch shoes, and no cartons are provided. I'll talk about it here.

If you want to communicate with me, I will be right here.