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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
No Known High Risk
Tangshan Sanyou completed and released the results of their third CanopyStyle Audit in September 2023. The audit confirmed that Tangshan Sanyou developed a due diligence system to implement its sourcing policy.
Key Improvements Required
- Accelerate the of use of Next Generation Solutions in order to meet or exceed the aspirational targets outlined in the Next Generation Vision for Viscose in all its product lines.
- Continue to engage dissolving pulp suppliers, with Canopy’s support, to confirm low risk and/or risk mitigation measures and work towards elimination of all risk by 2025 to maintain dark green shirt.
- Continue to procure higher volumes of FSC 100% or FSC Mix certified inputs from sources that have achieved FSC Forest Management certification on the ground.
Areas where the company is showing leadership
Tangshan Sanyou has demonstrated leadership by maintaining its dark green shirt in 2023.
Sourcing:
- Conducted its third CanopyStyle Audit.
- Increased its use of FSC-certified fibre.
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.
- Is looking at opportunities to support organisations involved in forest conservation.
Next Gen Solutions:
- Commercial production of viscose staple fibre made from 30-50% post-consumer recycled cotton textiles called Revisco (used with both Sodra Once More and Renewcell’s CIRCULOSE®).
- Publicly announced its intention to scale up Revisco to 200,000 tonnes pending brand demand. Has retrofitted its production line to allow for the production of more Next Generation fibre. Actively promotes its collaboration with Canopy and the use of Next Gen fibres.
Number of man-made cellulosic fibre and dissolving pulp mills + location and production volumes
Viscose staple fibre, lyocell staple fibre
Tangshan Sanyou produces a viscose staple fibre made from 30-50% post-consumer recycled content dissolving pulp called ReVisco. This product was the first MMCF containing post-consumer recycled textiles.
The Tangshan Sanyou Group Company Limited produces man-made cellulosic fibre and nonwovens, dissolving pulp, standard viscose fibres, rayon, and others including bamboo, modal, pearl, corn protein, dope-dyed. Tangshan Sanyou owns two viscose mills and one dissolving pulp mill named Tangshan Sanyou Xingda Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. and Tangshan Sanyou Yuanda Fiber Co Ltd., are located in Caofeidian District, Tangshan, Hebei Province, China. Sanyou’s MMCF contains a small portion of non-forest-based raw materials that are not assessed by the CanopyStyle Audit, such as bamboo sourced from China.
Together these mills have a combined viscose capacity of 800, 000 tonnes and 8,000 tonnes of lyocell.