The First Report On China'S Circular Fashion Industry Issued: Calling For Joint Promotion Of Circular Development Of Textile And Garment Industry

On October 20, 2020, Social responsibility Office of China Textile Industry Federation 、 Allen · MacArthur Foundation and Lenzing Group Jointly released《 Circular fashion: Prospect of China's new textile economy 》Report.

Driven by the rising voice of sustainable development and the urgent need for new development opportunities, fashion industry is rethinking the way of textile and garment manufacturing, consumption and processing. Circular fashion is an industrial system solution that different stakeholders are actively promoting in order to realize the sustainable development of the industry. According to the principle of circular economy, fiber, textile and clothing can play the maximum value in the process of design, production, use and recycling, reduce the consumption of resources and the generation of waste, and reshape a more responsible and resilient industrial future.

China has been vigorously promoting circular economy since the eleventh five year plan. Under the guidance of the national circular development strategy, China's textile and clothing industry has made progress in the circular transformation, and has initially formed its own basic characteristics of circular development. The optimization of raw material structure, the improvement of resource utilization in manufacturing and the recycling of waste textiles are the three key areas of industry recycling practice.

Specifically, the proportion of recycled fiber processing in China is increasing, from 9.6% in 2010 to 11.3% in 2015, and the preliminary estimate is that the output in 2018 will exceed 7 million tons; a variety of bio based chemical fibers have also achieved industrial development, and have been applied in different fields such as clothing, home textile, medical treatment and health; energy saving and consumption reduction and resource recycling level in textile manufacturing are also improved A large number of new technologies have been broken through and widely used; the industrial chain of waste textile recycling, sorting and comprehensive utilization has been basically completed; the "zero abandonment of old clothes" activity has been carried out continuously, and the extended producer responsibility system has also begun to be practiced at the enterprise level. According to incomplete statistics, in 2018, China's waste textile resource utilization proportion reached 17%.

In recent years, the design and consumption links have also shown a new trend conducive to industrial cycle transformation. The practice of green design is gradually increasing, and the trend of sustainable consumption is also gradually emerging. Some consumers begin to turn to green textile and clothing consumption. According to the survey of 5002 consumers' consumption awareness in 2019, more than 67% of consumers begin to pay attention to sustainable products, and about 26% of consumers say that they will not only pay attention to sustainable products, but also purchase them on purpose. Consumers' awareness of second-hand clothing / clothing rental is also increasing, and some new business models such as leasing, sharing, second-hand resale and other services have also begun to rise.

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However, as a whole, China's textile and garment industry is still in the initial stage of development due to its large volume and scale, variety of products and long industrial chain. There is still a lot of room for improvement in the recycling practice, including the substitution scale of non renewable raw materials, the resource utilization level in the manufacturing process, the recycling and reuse of waste textiles, and the design and consumption based on the principle of circular economy. With the increasingly tense pressure of resources and environment, it is imperative to accelerate the circular transformation of China's textile and garment industry and expand the scale of related practices.

To accelerate the industrial cycle transformation, we need to take targeted measures from different dimensions such as technology, policy, market and consciousness, unify the vision and goal of circular development, clarify the main responsibilities of all stakeholders, and promote the joint cooperation of the upstream and downstream links of the industrial chain. "Circular fashion: China's new textile economy outlook" puts forward the vision of China's new textile economy, as well as five objectives and suggestions for system transformation based on raw materials, design, manufacturing, consumption and post waste links.

It includes:

Objective 1. Further optimize the structure of raw materials and reduce the consumption of non renewable resources.

Objective 2. Turn to textile design based on the principle of circular economy.

Further improve the efficiency of manufacturing process.

Objective 4. Innovate business model and expand green consumption.

Objective 5. Promote the recycling and upgrading of waste textiles.

Yan Yan, director of the Textile Industry Federation, presented a report on the "sustainable development of textile industry in 2020" and "China Textile Industry Association for sustainable development" on October 21.

Yan Yan, director of social responsibility Office of China Textile Industry Federation He pointed out: "the epidemic situation makes people begin to think deeply about the relationship between man and nature. China's textile and garment industry is speeding up the construction of a green cycle low-carbon industrial system, based on the global value chain to promote the transformation and upgrading of the industry, so as to achieve a more responsible and more resilient industry in the future. This research has a history of nearly one year. It systematically combs the recycling practice and achievements of China's textile and garment industry since 2005, and based on international practice and trend, it elaborates and prospects the future opportunities of China's industry, which is believed to provide a useful reference for the industry to explore the way of circular development. "

Allen · MacArthur Foundation “ Circular fashion initiative ” Project Leader Francois Souchet "Recycling fashion creates opportunities for the industry to deal with waste and pollution problems and for long-term and more dynamic development. In the recycling fashion system, textile and clothing is composed of safe and renewable materials, the service life of the products is extended, and after being discarded, it can be reused and remanufactured to return to the production and consumption end. With the continuous development of global circular fashion, the release of "circular fashion: China's new textile economy" marks an exciting milestone. It not only highlights that China's fashion industry can lay a solid foundation for the global circular transformation, but also looks forward to the vision and goal of the industry's future accelerated development. ?“

Hu Jian, senior executive vice president, North Asia, lancing group, Austria Only through full cooperation with the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain can we achieve the goal of sustainable and circular development. Therefore, Lanjing is very happy to participate in the cooperative research and report preparation of "circular fashion: China's new textile economic outlook". Starting from a global perspective, the report focuses on the circular transformation of the fashion industry. Through a large number of surveys, cases and data analysis, the report combs the innovation practice of international circular fashion and the current situation and opportunities of China's fashion industry, providing systematic thinking and forward-looking planning solutions for all stakeholders in the value chain.

The development of circular economy is an important way to achieve high-quality development of China's textile and clothing industry. In recent years, a variety of uncertain factors have increased the difficulty and risk of world economic recovery. The outbreak of new coronavirus pneumonia in the world in early 2020 has intensified the vulnerability of global business environment. The highly international textile and garment industry is facing severe challenges. In the new era of increasingly complex environment, different stakeholders in China's textile and garment industry, including government departments, enterprises, designers, associations and research institutions, as well as consumers, should be based on the global value chain under the common vision of circular development, carry out larger and deeper coordination and cooperation, seize new growth opportunities, and build a more resilient industrial value chain.

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Social responsibility Office of China Textile Industry Federation

The former of the people's Republic of China is the national textile industry organization. In 2005, the social responsibility Office of China Textile Industry Federation was established, which is the first national permanent social responsibility organization. Its main responsibility is to establish and improve the public governance platform of industrial social responsibility and lead the sustainable development of the industry.

In 2015, the social responsibility Office of China Textile Industry Federation formulated the social responsibility development goals of China's textile industry, covering 12 indicators of three dimensions of economy, society and environment. In order to implement the development goal of industrial social responsibility, the social responsibility Office of China Textile Industry Federation cooperates with the government, institutions and relevant enterprises to promote the sustainable innovation pioneer project, promote the sustainable development of the industry from the four topics of chemicals, water management, carbon emission and climate change, and circular economy, and establish the textile supply chain green manufacturing industry innovation alliance to accelerate the sustainable development Innovation and cooperation.

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Allen MacArthur Foundation Is a UK based charity dedicated to promoting a circular economy to address some of the major challenges of our time, such as waste, pollution and climate change. In circular economy, nothing will become waste. Everything has value and can create benefits for society, environment and economy. The foundation and its strategic partners BlackRock, Danone, DS Smith, Google, H & M group, Intesa Sanpaolo, IKEA, Philips, Renault and SC Johnson, Solvay, Unilever, Eric and the Eric and Wendy Schmidt fund for Strategic Innovation, sun, MAVA foundation and a wider network of enterprises, governments, institutions and cities, universities, and new entrepreneurs cooperate to explore opportunities and develop circular economy plans.

In May 2017, "circular fashion initiative" was released as "circular fiber initiative" at the Copenhagen fashion summit. The initiative brings together industry leaders including Burberry, gap Inc., H & M group, HSBC, PVH and Stella McCartney as core partners to promote collaboration between industry leaders and other major stakeholders to reshape the fashion economy in the 21st century. The goal of the initiative is to ensure that clothing is made of safe and renewable materials, and that new business models will increase the service life of clothing and transform old clothes into new ones. This new fashion economy will benefit business, society and the environment.

Lenzing AG

Founded in 1938, the company is one of the world's leading companies in the production and sales of lignocellulose in Austria. Lanjing's products range from dissolving pulp to cellulose fiber with its main raw material, as well as bio based energy, bio refining products and by-products. Owned by Tencel ? , Tencel ? 、REFIBRA ? , Yuefei fiber ? 、LENZING ? , Lanjing ? 、ECOVERO ? And cyclogenic fiber ? 、VEOCEL ? Weiyi silk ? And other brands.

Lanjing's business model is not limited to traditional fiber producers. Lanjing group also cooperates with customers and partners to develop innovative products around all aspects of the value chain to create added value for consumers. Lanjing Group strives to realize the efficient utilization and processing of all raw materials, and provides solutions to help the textile industry adjust its direction and realize closed-loop economy.