Product Carbon Footprint Released In The New Spring Of 2025 - Low Carbon Denim Innovation Landscape

In order to thoroughly implement the national "double carbon" strategic goal and actively promote the green and low-carbon transformation of the industry, on March 12, the theme activity "Carbon Footprint Release of Textile and Garment Industry Products" was jointly hosted by the Social Responsibility Office of the China Textile Industry Federation and the China International Textile Fabric and Accessories Expo, and undertaken by the China Textile Information Center, It was held in Shanghai National Convention and Exhibition Center. As one of the core agendas of the Sustainable Development Forum of China International Textile Fabrics and Accessories (Spring and Summer) Expo, this event attracted more than 100 leaders, experts and entrepreneurs from international organizations, research institutes and well-known textile and garment enterprises at home and abroad to participate.

This activity focused on the full link value of carbon footprint management, covering the multi-dimensional knowledge hub of "methodological innovation - technical facility upgrading - certification mechanism optimization - standard localization adaptation" in the field of carbon footprint, closely centering on the policy guidance of the Implementation Plan on Establishing a Carbon Footprint Management System The core issues of the whole industry chain, such as the improvement of the textile and clothing industry database, were discussed in depth, giving consideration to both academic and commercial depth, and providing practical guidance for industry enterprises to build a scientific and standardized greenhouse gas disclosure mechanism and explore low-carbon transformation paths.

It is worth noting that Qianjin Cowboy released the carbon footprint accounting results of five products at this theme activity. By comparing the carbon footprint results of traditional art similar products in 2021, the results of various carbon reduction practices were quantified, so that consumers could intuitively feel the green attributes of the new series of products. The carbon footprint accounting of the released products and the original process series products was completed through the LCAplus system of CNTAC-LCA working group.

Yan Yan, Vice President of China Textile Industry Federation

Yan Yan, Vice President of China Textile Industry Federation, stressed in his opening speech that as a pillar industry of the national economy, the textile and clothing industry is undergoing a profound change from passive adaptation to active leadership. Since the launch of the "Fashion Climate Innovation 30 · 60 Carbon Neutralization Acceleration Plan" in 2021, the whole industry has formed a green transformation pattern of coordinated promotion. President Yan pointed out that the current industry transformation has broken through the stage of single point innovation, and it is urgent to build a symbiotic green industrial chain ecosystem, and realize the overall leap of the industry through systematic restructuring.

Wang Laili, Professor of Zhejiang University of Technology

Wang Laili, an expert of CNTAC-LCA and professor of Zhejiang University of Science and Technology from China Textile and Clothing Industry Life Cycle Working Group, introduced the international and domestic standards related to carbon footprint accounting of products, and focused on the applicable standards of carbon footprint accounting of textile products. The key technology of its accounting covers all stages of the life cycle of the industrial chain. "In the accounting process, the collection and screening of data involves data distribution and data accumulation, which requires professional management tools; while the selection of emission factors needs to consider the regional, timeliness and comprehensiveness of the database to achieve the accuracy of the accounting results." At the same time, he said, "Accurate accounting is only a basic requirement for accounting tools, which should also realize the function of low-carbon evaluation to reflect the green attribute of textiles."

Kong Yan, Assistant Researcher of Sustainable Development Cooperation Department of China Textile Information Center

"Carrying out carbon footprint accounting of products is not only a policy guide, but also an active choice of consumers." Kong Yan, assistant researcher of the Sustainable Development Cooperation Department of China Textile Information Center, made a special report on the "Progress of Carbon Footprint Work of Fashion Industry Products", focusing on the introduction of LCA systematic and data-driven tool - LCAplus, a green assessment system for the whole life cycle of textiles. LCAplus is a digital industrial platform for one-stop product carbon footprint assessment, certification, and label promotion, which can help enterprises conveniently manage and disclose product environmental information, optimize product design and production processes, and provide all-round digital services for product environmental performance. The platform integrated ecoM sustainable materials database collects real data for fiber raw material products in different regions through field research and other methods to make up for the lack of LCA calculation for the textile and clothing industry in domestic and foreign databases. In the report, Kong Yan also shared some phased research results and reported on the future development plan of the platform.

Guo Zhaoyi, the business planning expert of Zhejiang Sima Clothing Co., Ltd

Guo Zhaoyi, a business planning expert from Zhejiang Sima Clothing Co., Ltd., shared the practice of sustainable development of Sima Clothing Co., Ltd. "Sima attaches great importance to corporate responsibility and actively practices sustainable development." Guo Zhaoyi said that from supply chain, products, to logistics and office environment, Sima has opened the whole chain of sustainable operation. At the same time, the Green Development Management Plan implemented by Sima covers various management measures such as green procurement, green suppliers and green production, and promotes green and sustainable development of the industry through the introduction of sustainable products, participation in carbon footprint product measurement and other aspects.

Li Ruishan, Assistant General Manager of Guangdong Qianjin Denim Co., Ltd

"The green mission of Qianjin Jeans is engraved in the DNA of enterprise development history, and it is the responsibility of society." Li Ruishan, assistant general manager of Guangdong Qianjin Denim Co., Ltd., introduced the practice road of Qianjin Jeans' green culture. From the material end, yarn and fabric end, to the clothing end, and then to the brand end and consumer end, the low-carbon development of advancing denim runs through the entire product life cycle; Practical measures such as production process, energy-saving process improvement, renewable energy use, equipment innovation, and the application of digital intelligent operation system help enterprises to achieve sustainable development.

Bian Linling, Director of Sustainable Development of Bureau Veritas Greater China

Bian Linling, Director of Sustainable Development of Bureau Veritas Greater China, introduced the key points and necessity of carbon footprint verification from the perspective of third-party certification verification. "In actual operation, the difficulty of verification lies in the collection of supplier data and the assurance of data quality." Bian Linling stressed that the selection of emission factors is crucial to the accuracy of accounting results. Whether it is the real data provided by suppliers or the background data of the database, it should adapt to the purpose and requirements of accounting.

Hu Xuerui, an assistant researcher of the Social Responsibility Office of China Textile Federation, shared and interpreted the group standard of the Textile Carbon Footprint Management System. The standard emphasizes continuous optimization and improvement, and forms a closed loop through "data driven system design and system feedback data optimization" by taking the "two cornerstones" and "three systems" as the starting point, so as to reduce the risks commonly existing in product carbon footprint accounting. Hu Xuerui said, "The group standard of the Textile Carbon Footprint Management System is a 'carbon reduction scale' provided for enterprises, so that carbon emissions can be seen clearly, managed and reduced."

In the exhibition area of the sustainable innovation zone held at the same time of the forum, the Social Responsibility Office of the China Textile Industry Federation also exhibited a number of carbon footprint certified products and their carbon reduction paths, as well as the demonstration of LCAplus platform, a green evaluation system for the whole life cycle of textiles, which attracted many visitors to stop and watch the experience, and the sustainable concept was widely recognized and affirmed.