Sun Ruizhe: To Promote The Green Capability Of Textile Industry Together

Sun Ruizhe, President of China Textile Industry Federation, delivered a speech at the launching meeting of China brand climate innovation carbon neutralization acceleration plan and taipingbird fashion clothing carbon neutralization vision conference

Sun Ruizhe, President of China Textile Industry Federation

June 1, 2021

It's a great pleasure to come to the Pacific bird fashion center to participate in the kick-off meeting of China fashion brand climate innovation carbon neutral acceleration program.

At present, the characteristics of the changes in the world in the past century have continued to evolve. As an important factor and long-term variable, climate change has a profound impact on the factor structure, value composition and industrial ecology of global industries. As of January 2021, 127 countries and regions in the world have proposed carbon neutral targets. Carbon peaking and carbon neutralization are leading to a wide and profound systematic change.

One is the greening of global competition and cooperation. Low carbon capability has become the core source of industrial security and competitive advantage. The international competition around the key technologies, important standards and supply system of green and low-carbon is becoming increasingly fierce. In March this year, the European Parliament passed the "carbon boundary adjustment mechanism" bill, which plans to impose border taxes on specific carbon intensive products. With carbon regulation as the direction, the global science and technology policy, industrial policy and trade policy have been adjusted rapidly.

The second is the transparency of the industrial system. With the development of science and technology, the environmental changes caused by products can be traced, and the environmental cost of each link of the industrial chain becomes more transparent and measurable. This makes the green constraint transmit from the enterprise itself to the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain and all stakeholders. The green manufacturing system of the whole industrial chain is forming around green materials, green technology, green production and circular development. Green development presents the trend of life cycle.

Third, the responsibility of the consumer market. Green development is changing from cost constraint to value source. With the increasing awareness of environmental protection, green consumption and sustainable fashion have become a trend. The development of carbon footprint standards and labels promotes the direct comparison of carbon emissions of products and realizes the screening and guidance of green consumption. The attitude and action of enterprises to deal with climate change is affecting product sales, market financing and Global trade.

In the face of new changes, the promotion of carbon neutrality is related to the adjustment of world structure and power balance, the game between geopolitics and economic and trade cooperation, and the development of industrial innovation and technological innovation. To build a green and low-carbon cycle industrial system is to build the ability of sustainable development of industry and the right to speak in the future.

As the focus of green development, textile and clothing industry has always been in the forefront of climate innovation and sustainable development in China. Since 2005, textile and garment industry is the first industry to promote social responsibility capacity building and sustainable development innovation practice in global supply chain and industry level. In 2017, China Textile Industry Federation launched carbon management innovation 2020 action, which is one of the first industries in China to propose carbon neutral target. In 2019, CFPA signed the UN climate action charter for fashion industry as a Contracting Party, participated in Global Climate Governance of fashion industry, and upgraded carbon management innovation 2020 action to climate innovation 2030 action. According to the climate innovation 2030 action line of China's fashion industry, we will rely on the advantages of industrial scale, shorten the identification and application cycle of emission reduction innovation and emission reduction technology, improve energy efficiency, and accelerate the low-carbon transformation; Strengthen industrial cooperation, create a low-carbon brand of China's fashion industry, and enhance the global low-carbon competitiveness of enterprises. At present, a number of industry leading enterprises and 100 billion level industrial clusters have announced their participation in climate innovation 2030 action, 50000 Industrial people participated in the action, and 384 management of major enterprises completed the climate training camp. The sustainable innovation of textile industry is being systematized and organized.

Last year, China announced the goal of achieving a carbon peak by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. This means that we should complete the reduction of the highest carbon emission intensity in the world, and realize the leap from carbon peak to carbon neutralization in the shortest time in global history. On May 26, the first plenary meeting of the central leading group on carbon peak carbon neutralization was held, marking an important step forward in the systematic promotion of national climate strategy system and policy.

In order to implement the "30 · 60" carbon neutral target, CFA actively promotes climate innovation based on the existing work. In December last year, a working group on life cycle assessment of China's textile and garment industry was established to actively promote the transition from end treatment to product life cycle management. Today, the opening of the carbon neutral acceleration program is the deepening and continuation of this work. Under the guidance of relevant departments and the support of technical institutions, CFA will support the climate innovation actions of 10 key brand enterprises and 50 manufacturing enterprises in the first batch, support the R & D, promotion and application of green and low-carbon technology, comprehensively promote credible low-carbon products and support sustainable consumption.

As a leading brand focusing on youth fashion in China, taipingbird has always adhered to the responsibility driven development and Innovation led by ideas. It is an active advocate and leader of sustainable fashion. As one of the founding members of the life cycle assessment working group of China's textile and garment industry, through the cooperation of the whole supply chain members, the enterprise cooperates with its supply chain partners (Huafu Fashion Co., Ltd. [national new color spinning product development base], Zhejiang Jiaming dyeing and finishing Co., Ltd. [National weft knitted fabric product development base] Anhui Cuisheng Clothing Co., Ltd.) has made joint efforts to establish an environmental footprint calculation model from cotton fields in Xinjiang to ready-made clothes, forming the world's first carbon footprint product based on the measured data of Xinjiang cotton. The introduction of carbon footprint label and the realization of information traceability have positive significance for improving the understanding of Xinjiang cotton and promoting low-carbon and responsible consumption.

Taipingniao is the first to join the carbon neutral acceleration program, and as the first brand enterprise to announce the carbon neutral vision, it will play a very good leading and demonstration effect.

Promoting carbon peak and carbon neutralization is not only the internal requirement of sustainable development and high-quality development in China in the new development stage, but also the inevitable choice to promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. 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. Whether Chinese fashion and made in China can gain greater respect on the basis of being welcomed by global consumers depends on whether they can become an important contributor to global climate action and a major leader in global sustainable production and consumption.

He who goes alone is fast, and the others are far away. It is hoped that more industry forces can join the Chinese brand carbon neutral acceleration plan, and jointly promote the upgrading of the industry's green capability with professionalism and innovation as the core; Taking the coordination and balance as the core, we should jointly promote the improvement of the industry green system; With openness and symbiosis as the core, we will jointly promote the enrichment of green ecology in the industry.

For the construction of green textile, beautiful China, let's work together! Thank you!