【Top 10 CSR Events in China】No.08 2015 Marks the 10th Anniversary of Social Responsibility Development in China’s Textile and Apparel Industry

 Since 2006, China WTO Tribune has set up annual columns of the top 10 CSR events in the past year of both China and the world. China WTO Tribune presents you the Top 10 CSR Events in China. The Top 10 International CSR Events will be released in the next issue.

No. 08   2015 Marks the 10^th Anniversary of Social Responsibility Development in China’s Textile and Apparel Industry
 

On Dec. 10, the 2015 social responsibility annual conference of China’s textile and apparel industry was convened. This also marks the 10^th anniversary of social responsibility development in the industry. Through 10 years of efforts, we embed the social responsibility system into the industrial development planning. As a result, the responsible competitiveness of the textile industry has been improved.
Reasons for Selection:
China Textile Industry Association has developed industrial social responsibility for 10 years, and initiated ten “firsts”, including China’s first standing social responsibility promotion institution and China’s first online sustainability report compilation and release platform, which makes it the benchmark of industrial social responsibility development. Meanwhile, China’s textile and apparel industry performs social responsibility, improves enterprise core competitiveness and sustainable development strength, which makes it the role model of industrial responsibility competitiveness. Moreover, industrial social responsibility development makes proactive contributions to accelerate the transformation of economic growth mode in the new normal, participate in international competition through China’s traditional manufacturing industry’s “going global”, and train a number of talents with social responsibility expertise. The past ten years witnesses the industry’s leading role, and in the next10 years the industry will make further exploration and continue to play its dominant role.
Related Events:
 From Dec.2 to Dec. 3, at 2015 International Workshop on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains, China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters officially released Chinese Due Diligence Guidelines for Responsible Mineral Supply Chains, the first guide on due diligence in the industrial supply chain.
On Dec. 9, the release conference of 2015 Excellent Cases of Social Responsibility fulfillment by Chinese Foreign-Invested Enterprises was convened. At the conference, index of social responsibility fulfillment excellent practices by Chinese Foreign-Invested Enterprises was released.
On Dec. 28, China Insurance Regulatory Commission launched CIRC Guidelines on Insurance Industry Social Responsibility Fulfillment to promote modern insurance industry to better adapt to the development of economic society.