What: Chinese authorities are introducing their own green certification for textiles with 26 companies currently taking part in the project.

Why it is important: The stakes are high as the Chinese textile industry generates 70% of the fibers produced worldwide and the EU, its largest customer will soon require product traceability information.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has indicated that it’s working on the implementation of this future certification tool which would help reduce the industry’s carbon emissions.

The ministry stated that it will coordinate and support industry federations, high-value brand owners, and manufacturers to connect and participate in the improvement of the platform to promote it within the industry.

While no timetable for the deployment of the platform has yet been communicated, the move towards greater traceability comes at time when the EU will soon require importers to have dematerialized access to product traceability information.

In 2022, China exported EUR 43.2 billion worth of textiles and clothing to the European Union which is its largest customer.

Reborn, the future Chinese platform for sustainable textile certification