Canopy signs up six Chinese viscose manufacturers
09/03/2016
To date, 60 brands and designers, representing more than $85 billion in annual revenues, have signed to its campaign, “triggering deep shifts within the viscose supply chain”, Canopy said on announcing the news.
The six Chinese manufacturers are Shandong Yamei Sci-tech, Tangshan Sanyou Xingda Chemical Fiber Group, CHTC Helon, Nanjing Chemical Fiber, Zhejiang Fulida and Xinxiang Chemical Fiber. All six will develop new policies for sourcing pulp without endangering threatened forest ecosystems or high-carbon rainforests.
“Leading brands and designers continue to send a clear market signal to the world’s main viscose manufacturers in China,” said Nicole Rycroft, Canopy founder and executive director. “The leadership of these six producers means that viscose manufacturers representing close to 65% of global production are now committed to the campaign, which has established the now global trend that endangered forest fabrics are out of vogue.”
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