GRS Certification Has Become A Necessary Threshold For Textile Enterprises To Go International

Recently, it was learned from the Symposium on 2020 sustainable development certification system and green dyeing and finishing technology held in Quanzhou that more and more textile enterprises are paying attention to sustainable development certification. The green and environmental protection development of textile industry and printing and dyeing industry is not only a trend, but also a necessary threshold for enterprises to go international.

The event was sponsored by China Textile Institute of garment and accessories industry, and participated in by Dongguan inspection factory home, Shishi clothing surface accessories industry cluster window service platform, China Textile Association inspection (Quanzhou), national textile fabric Museum Shishi Museum, Quanzhou talent house, Shishi dyeing and finishing trade association, Fujian textile and garment export base chamber of Commerce, etc More than 300 representatives from enterprises, business associations and relevant institutions in Colleges and universities attended.

According to reports, the current GRS certification has become the threshold for textile enterprises to connect with the international market, and is also a key link in the current industry upgrading. The so-called GRS certification is the abbreviation of the global recycling standard, which is the verification standard for recycled fiber developed by the international environmental certification agency regulatory Union certification body.

According to the relevant person in charge of Dongguan factory house, for a long time in the past, recycled fiber was synonymous with low-grade products, but in recent years, the recycled fiber industry is not the original situation. With Adidas, INDITEX (a world-class fashion retail company), H & M and other brands continue to require suppliers to provide more environmentally friendly fibers, the use of recycled fibers is gradually increasing every year. For example, Adidas proposes to fully use recycled polyester fibers in 2024, INDITEX will achieve 100% raw material sustainability by 2025, and H & M will fully use 100% recycled materials by 2030. Recycling recycled fiber is the recycling of waste resources, so that the limited resources can be infinitely recycled, which has become the development requirements of the global textile industry. "For textile enterprises that want to export, GRS certification has become an inevitable requirement."

It is understood that if an enterprise wants to apply for GRS certification, its upstream suppliers of renewable raw materials should also have GRS certification certificate, and their suppliers should also provide GRS compliance certificate when carrying out GRS certification of the enterprise. In 2010, fildi company of the United States was the first enterprise in the world to obtain GRS certification. The recycled cotton blended yarn produced by the company was recycled and spun from the "pre consumer cotton textile waste" which was originally discarded by the factory. The company collects various corner fabrics generated in the cutting process, and then classifies the waste cloth according to different colors, and then breaks up the fiber and spins the recycled cotton blended yarn again The fabric is then woven into grey fabric and supplied to the weaving mill. On the one hand, not only to borrow the fabric itself, but also to reduce the waste of chemical industry and waste water.