Chinese Brand Clothing Actively Responds&Nbsp; Crisis Of "De NPE"

For ordinary people, food, clothing, housing and transportation are the foundation of life. Recently, an investigation report released by an NGO organization triggered public concern about the safety and environmental protection of "clothes". This report directly refers to Nike, Adidas, Puma, Converse KAPPA、 Li Ning, H&M, etc well-known The clothing brand claims that its products contain nonylphenol ethoxylate (NPE) residues.

Among the clothing brands involved, Li Ning is the fastest Chinese enterprise to make a statement. On August 22 and 24, they successively released statements on the official website, not only answering the focus question of "whether the products meet the European REACH standard", but also making a positive commitment to achieve environmentally friendly emissions in the supply chain.

On August 26, Li Ning Company held a press conference at its headquarters in Beijing to further supplement its previous commitment to environmentally friendly emissions: on the basis of the original commitment, it will make greater efforts to eliminate chemicals affecting the environment in the supply chain in 2019 to achieve environmentally friendly emissions; Include NP, NPE, etc. in the chemical control list, and promote suppliers to strictly comply with this requirement in all aspects; In the next four months, we will closely communicate with more than 200 suppliers, industry authorities, NGOs and other organizations to discuss the specific implementation methods for achieving the environmental friendly emission target in 2019, and publish them in the social responsibility report at the end of 2011.

At the meeting, the reporter of China National Economy News put forward "Li Ning product Zhang Xiaoyan, Director of the Department of Policy and External Public Affairs of Li Ning, said that all products designed and produced by Li Ning are safe, reliable and fully comply with relevant national and EU standards.

The European Union issued the REACH Regulation in 2005, which clearly stated in Annex 17 that the NPE added to chemical auxiliaries sold in the EU market for textile production should not exceed 1000 mg/kg. All products of Li Ning have passed the test of a third-party international testing agency. They are safe, non-toxic, and can be sold in any EU country. Consumers can wear and use them with confidence.

Zhang Xiaoyan also said that as the majority brand How to control the hazards of NPE in a controllable range and maximize environmental protection is a global issue. For a long time, many textile and clothing enterprises, including Li Ning, have been committed to solving this problem. Although some achievements have been made, it will take some time to achieve the final victory. As a well-known enterprise in China's sports industry, Li Ning will continue to increase investment in key links such as material research and development, production process, inspection and testing with a responsible attitude, shorten the time required for "de NPE", and contribute to eliminating the impact of harmful substances on the environment and leading the healthy and green development of the industry