GRS certified material advantages

GRS (Global recycled standard) certification is a product standard of textile industry, which enables retailers and consumers to know which parts of a specific product are recycled materials and how to deal with these materials in the supply chain

For GRS certified products, the recycled content must be more than or equal to 20%, and the whole supply chain from raw material supplier → chemical fiber processing → yarn → textile → printing and dyeing + finishing → fabric → finished product industry and trade → trading company needs to be supervised and passed GRS certification.

GRS certification audit has four parts: social responsibility, environmental management, chemical management, product regeneration requirements and supply chain requirements. The hardware requirements of enterprises are mainly reflected in social responsibility and environmental practice. For example, whether the fire-fighting hardware of the enterprise meets the requirements of laws and regulations, whether there is an environmental impact assessment report (EIA), whether the emission detection items of hazardous waste and waste water meet the requirements of GRS, and whether the chemical control meets the requirements.

With the global increasing emphasis on green, environmental protection and sustainable economic development, more and more international brand giants require suppliers to provide GRS certificates.

Burberry announced that by 2025, all products of the brand will be packaged with recyclable and degradable materials. So far, the brand has eliminated the plastic lamination in retail bags and clothing covers, reducing the use of 29 tons of plastic.

Adidas announced that it plans to replace new plastics with recycled plastics by 2024 to improve the environmental protection and sustainability of its supply chain.

In the domestic Jiangnan cloth clothing series of spring and summer 2019, most of the fabrics used by the brands are certified organic or recyclable natural materials, and the participation of harmful chemical components is avoided in the production process, so as to reduce the waste as much as possible, and reduce the consumption of water resources and other energy resources.

It can be said that if you want to get orders from big brands, GRS certificate is a stepping stone, and it is also the mainstream trend in the future. It can not only make enterprises enter the brand circle, but also enhance their own brand awareness and continuous innovation.