Mitigation in the textiles and leather industry

  • Knowledge partner
    Knowledge partner
    Country of registration
    Japan
    Relation to CTCN
    Network Member
    Knowledge Partner
    Sector(s) of expertise
    Renewable energy
    Energy efficiency
    Forestry
    Transport
    Waste management

    The Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC) is an entity that supports the UNEP’s International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), based in Japan.

  • Objective

    Domsjö Fabriker is part of the Aditya Birla Group, which is the world’s largest producer of viscose fibers. We develop future textile materials from northern spruce to catwalks worldwide. By working together with our customers, we want to make a difference. We are already involved in creating a sustainable bioeconomy that utilizes forest as the unique recourse that it is.

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    Background

    In 2012 China’s government tasked the textile sector to reduce energy intensity 20% by 2015 compared with 2010 levels. During that year an earlier REEEP-funded project with Azure International created a capacity-raising energy efficiency programme which brought together the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) four leading brands (Levi Strauss adidas group H&M and GAP) the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and 13 textile suppliers.

  • The purpose for the document is to serve as a base document for a national discussion process, in Guatemala. The document is a proposal that will generate an inter-sector discussion that, through pro active and respectful dialog will create a consensus in the vision of the first explicit energy policy for the country.

  • A template for collecting energy efficiency data for Chinese textile industry factories. The template will help industry players to identify energy efficiency measures that will improve their environmental performance and reduce their costs. Guidelines on how to collect and analyse this data has been produced and can be downloaded on these Toolkits pages as well: "Guidelines for data collection, management and analysis of energy efficiency data for Chinese textile industry factories."

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    Guía completa sobre cómo construir esta secadora de bandejas. Do a better description like English one? Comprehensive guide on how to make Practical Action's tray dryer, consisting of a cabinet of trays and connected to a thermostatically controlled heat source.