Adaptation to Climate Change GTZ Initiatives in India

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Carbon Footprint Apparel Industry Presented
by Ms. Pamposh Bhat, Director Climate Change
Mitigation GTZ CDM India
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Carbon Foot Printwhat does it mean?

• The carbon footprint is a measure of the
  exclusive global amount of carbon dioxide (CO2 in
  Kgs or tonnes) and other greenhouse gases emitted
  by a human activity or accumulated over the full
  life cycle of a product or service.

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Preliminary brainstorming for GHG Intensive
Activities
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The Carbon Footprint can be Efficiently and
Effectively Reduced by Applying the following
steps

• Life cycle assessment (LCA) to accurately
  determine the current carbon footprint
• Identification of hot-spots in terms of energy
  consumption and associated CO2-emissions
• Usage of Renewable energy sources
• Optimisation of energy efficiency and, thus,
  reduction of CO2-emissions and reduction of other
  GHG emissions contributed from production
  processes
• Identification of solutions to neutralise the CO2
  emissions that cannot be eliminated by energy
  saving measures. This last step includes carbon
  offsetting investment in projects that aim at
  the reducing CO2 emissions, for instance tree
  planting.

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Underlining Facts about the Indian Textile
Industry

• One of the largest and oldest sectors in the
  country.
• Employs nearly 35 million persons (After
  agriculture is the second-highest employer in the
  country)
• Contribution 4 of GDP 14 of Industrial
  production
• 9excise collection 16of countrys total
  export earnings
• Highly fragmented sector and comprises
  small-scale, non-integrated spinning, weaving ,
  finishing and apparel- making enterprises.
• The textile industry is among the SME intensive
  sectors in India. Based on UNIDO study conducted
  on SME Clusters in India, some noteworthy
  clusters include Ludhiana (95 of countrys
  woolen knitwear produced), Panipat (75 of
  countrys total blanket produced), Tirupur ( 80
  of countrys hosiery exports).
• SOURCE www.dnb.co.in/SMEstextile/overview.asp

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GHG Mitigation Options for Textile Industry

• Yarn Formation Stage
• Installation of Variable frequency drive
  equipments
• Installation of automated capacitor banks to
  maintain the power factor close to infinity.
• Fabric Formation Stage
• Steam trapping leading to effective condensate
  removal thus energy efficiency.
• online monitoring of boiler efficiency
• Flash steam recovery and usage for low- pressure
  application or use for feed water for heating.
• Use of solar energy for water heating instead of
  fossil fuel used in boilers.
• Wet Processing Stage
• Use of solar energy for water heating instead of
  fossil fuel used in boilers.

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Fragmented Industry
Growing Domestic Market
Technological Obsolescence
Effect of Historical Govt. Policies
Abundant raw Material Available
Low Cost Skilled Labor
Lower Productivity
Strengths
Weaknesses
SWOT Analysis of Indian Textile Industry
Threats
Opportunities
Regional Alliances
Ecological and Social Awareness
Scope for RD and Product Development
Competition in Domestic Market
Fishbone Diagram for SWOT Analysis of Indian
Textile Industry
Represents the issues that CDM Could Address
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Clothing is Responsible for Approximately one ton
of each Individuals CO2 Emissions (including
washing and drying)

• WHATS IN IT FOR YOU- THE APPAREL INDUSTRY?
• Brand differentiation
• Opening of new markets
• Safeguard client relationships
• Secure brand value and reputation
• Achieve competitive advantage over competition
• Fulfil major Corporate Social Responsibility
  objectives
• Capture market share from those who fail to take
  action
• Demonstrate environmental responsibility to
  customers and shareholders

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..Carbon will be the currency of coming age..

• HOW YOU CAN PROFIT ?
• You are experiencing the birth of a new
  industry based on low-carbon products and
  services. You may plan to become part of it, help
  shape the future and profit, or you can plan to
  do nothing, as the world around your business
  changes rapidly.
• IF YOU DO NOTHING?
• There is only advantage for first movers or
  industry leaders, once equilibrium is reached,
  there will be no more advantage to be gained, but
  only disadvantage for those who failed to move,
  or who were last to be seen doing so.

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Points to be noted

• Conventionally farmed cotton has a greater
  footprint than organic cotton because of its
  dependence on petroleum based chemical
  fertilizers and pesticides.
• Larger sizes or heavier weight clothes will have
  a correspondingly greater footprint. The more raw
  materials needed to make a product, the higher
  its carbon footprint.
• Cotton garments produced in countries using
  highly mechanised supply chains will have a much
  greater footprint than those using more manual
  labour-based production methods.
• Basically, countries that mainly use agricultural
  machines for farming that run on fossil fuels,
  will have a much higher carbon footprint than
  those that are more labour intensive.

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• How to reduce carbon footprint?
• Low impact farming
• Environment friendly production methods
• Renewable energy
• Low water footprint
• Waste water treatment
• Transportation
• Bio degradable packing
• Wash Cool / Line Dry

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EarthPositive Apparel The leading case study

• Carbon Trusts (an UK Govt. Establishment) first
  carbon reduction label for textile products
• Earth Positive is a unique product, a unique
  concept and has sell-through into every
  conceivable industry sector.
• A green revolution in the promotional Carbon
  neutral apparel
• The purpose of EarthPositive apparel is to pass
  forward competitive advantage to companies
  looking for ways to act on climate change using
  real products.
• The development project for EarthPositive
  apparel, that has taken two years to complete,
  will provide the apparel industry with a
  blueprint in ethical and sustainable production.

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• The only course of action to change
  business-as-usual practices and genuinely reduce
  any emissions that contribute to global warming
  is the reduction of on-site energy consumption,
  and a switch from fossil fuel to renewable
  energy.

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• Changing consumer attitudes to climate change,
  present forward-thinking companies with an
  opportunity to develop and market low-carbon
  products and it may act to promote or safeguard
  the reputation and brand value of a firm thereby
  supporting both the book and market value of the
  company Hence time is ripe for the Indian
  apparel/ textile industry to choose the path of
  being Carbon Neutral

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• THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION