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China releases national standard for green product evaluation of apparel and accessories made from leather and fur – GB/T 44838-2024.
On November 28, 2024, the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) issued GB/T 44838-2024: Green product assessment—Apparel and accessories for leather and fur, which will take effective on June 1, 2025.
The scope of this standard covers the green evaluation of various leather and fur clothing products, including leather garments, fur garments, double-face garments and their accessories (e.g. collars, shawls and scarves).
The main assessment requirements of GB/T 44838-2024: Green product assessment—Apparel and accessories for leather and fur
| No. | Item name | Content overview | |
| Assessment requirements | Basic requirements | Environmental protection compliance | |
| Advanced technical processes and equipment | |||
| Management and disposal of chromium-containing waste | |||
| Management system | |||
| Product quality | |||
| Assessment indicator* requirements (* There are two types of indicators: first- and second - level indicators. First-level indicators are taken as examples in the table, and for second-level indicators, please refer to the standard text) | Resource attributes | ||
| Energy attributes | |||
| Environmental attributes | |||
| Quality attributes | |||
| Low-carbon attributes | |||
| Recommendation requirements | Advanced technical processes | ||
| Green supply chain management | |||
| Establish and operate an energy management system | |||
| Use renewable, low-carbon and clean new energy sources | |||
| Recycle and reuse waste leather and fur clothing, and clearly indicate that they are ‘refurbished’ before selling | |||
| Conduct green product design | |||
| Calculate or verify the carbon emissions of enterprises | |||
| There are two grades: green benchmark products and green products. The assessment is based on the degree of compliance with the basic requirements, assessment indicator requirements and recommendation requirements. | |||
Details of the technical content
For more information, please refer to the standard GB/T 44838-2024: Green product assessment—Apparel and accessories for leather and fur, or contact SGS directly.
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