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Sustainable Chemical Management
PARTICIPATION IN ZDHC: The company is an active participant in ZDHC, where all of their viscose and modal facilities have joined the ZDHC Supplier Platform and have access to the MMCF Module.
CHEMICAL RECOVERY: All of the company’s MMCF viscose and modal facilities have reached at least the Progressive level in their chemical recovery parameters and limit value, according to Chapter 1: ZDHC MMCF Responsible Fibre Production Guidelines V2.2 (Evaluation will start in 2024)
WASTEWATER: All of the company’s MMCF viscose and modal facilities have reached at least the Progressive level in their wastewater discharge parameters and limit values, according to Chapter 2: ZDHC MMCF Wastewater Guidelines V2.2 (Evaluation will start in 2024)
AIR EMISSIONS: All of the company’s viscose and modal facilities have reached at least the Progressive level in their hazardous chemicals’ air emissions parameters and limit values, according to Chapter 3: ZDHC MMCF Air Emissions Guidelines V2.2 (Evaluation will start in 2024)
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Risk of sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests
Supplier Audit Underway
Daiwabo underwent its first CanopyStyle Audit in August 2022, which was unable to determine low risk for one of its suppliers. This audit was published and the company is now undergoing additional verification auditing of that supplier.
Key Improvements Required
- Complete the supplier verification audit and, if needed, adopt measures to eliminate or mitigate risk.
- Where virgin fibres are unavoidable, and they are not coming from key priority Ancient and Endangered Forests, procure higher volumes of FSC 100% certified inputs from sources that have achieved FSC Forest Management certification on the ground.
- Increase production and commercial availability of their Next Gen product, Recovis, and increase the proportion of recycled content.
- Make a public commitment to targets and timelines associated with increasing Next Gen production.
Areas where the company is showing leadership
Daiwabo has achieved a green shirt for the second year in a row.
Sourcing:
- Published its 2022 audit, has worked to understand possible risk and is now conducting a supplier verification audit.
- Has taken action to understand, and has committed to act on potential risk within sourcing based on the preliminary risk assessment.
Conservation:
- Supported the call for implementing protection of at least 30% of the world’s Ancient and Endangered forests by 2030, in a follow-up letter from MMCF producers to countries that are party to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
- Demonstrated an awareness of the status of Ancient and Endangered Forests in the countries from which they source and efforts to protect them.
Next Generation Solutions:
- Actively supports the development of innovative and alternative fibre, including participation in a project with the Hong Kong Research Institute for Textile and Apparel (HKRITA) to develop technology and equipment to separate used blended clothing into polyester and cotton, currently entering commercialization.
- Has a product which contains a small amount of Next Generation fibre (percentage not publicly available).
Number of man-made cellulosic fibre and dissolving pulp mills + location and production volumes
Daiwabo Rayon produces a product called Recovis that contains a small amount of a pre-consumer recycled cotton.
Daiwabo Rayon Co., Ltd. owns one viscose rayon mill operating in Osaka, Kansai, Japan, and produces rayon fibre processors for spinning, nonwoven, paper, and other uses at 30,000 tonnes per year. It is a subsidiary of Daiwabo Holdings Co., Ltd.
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