| In2013, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change，IPCC report，globalwarming is caused by human activities in the possibility of more than99%.As a result，characterized by low energy consumption, low pollution, low emission and highly efficient, highefficiency, high benefit, low carbon economyis born at the right moment.According to the U.S.energy information administration, the textile industry is the fifth big contributors to CO2emissions,while China has become one of the largest country in the world in carbonemissions.Textile and apparel industry is one of the traditional pillar industries of nationaleconomy in China, playing an important role in aspects suc as absorbing employment, exportand so on. Apparel industry in China has a high carbon-footprint nature in the face ofinternational carbon labels, carbon tariffs and other green barriers all over the world and thedomestic pressure of energy conservation and emissions reduction, upgrading traditional apparelindustry based on low carbon-footprint is imperative.This paper improved the closed loop of theapparel industry, as well as took a specific analysis of the carbon footprint of chains of thegarment industry from the perspective of whole life cycle of clothing.The conclusion shows thatfabric processing and consumers use composes the vast majority of the carbon footprint.Powerconsumption of stores’ operating lighting and air conditionings mainly leeds to indirect carbonemissions.At the same time,clean production, energy savings and consumption reducingmeasures, energy saving equipment installed has been taken to reduce carbon footprint and hasalready obtained significant carbon reduction effect. Based on Carbon footprint analysis inapparel industry chain, combined with the existing advanced clothing enterprises’ low carbonmeasures, the paper puts forward the low carbon model ideas of apparel industry,which will put up suggestions to promote low carbon upgrade of China’s garment industry. |
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