CHINA’S FINISHING SECTOR READIES TO INJECT MORE SUSTAINABILITY INTO SYNTHETIC DYE SEGMENT

Although China’s 13th Five-Year Development Outline for the Textile Industry (2016–2020) mandated sustainability improvements for China's entire textile industry, the government’s efforts to improve the environmental performance of the country’s synthetic dye segment have gained visible momentum more recently, under the 2021-25 14th Five-Year plan.    Illustrating this, in June 2022, prominent and self-proclaimed Shanghai-based “green fashion” brand klee klee (NOTE TO EDITOR – BRAND NAME IS ALL LOWER CASE), which uses eco-friendly materials ...


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