Climate Change Data

Nan Ya Plastics

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020)

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Circular Economy
  • Environmental Performance
  • Sustainable Products
  • Supply Chain Transparency
  • Social Responsibility

Environmental Achievements

  • Recycled 65,000 metric tons of plastic bottles into rPET yarn in 2019
  • Expanded recycled processing capacity to 174,000 tons/year in 2020
  • Achieved significant reductions in energy and greenhouse gas emissions of recycled chip compared to virgin chip production (87% energy consumption reduction and 77% CO2e emission reduction for mechanically recycled polyester; 56% energy consumption reduction and 43% CO2e emission reduction for chemically recycled polyester)

Social Achievements

  • Partnered with organizations in Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, and Taiwan that collect plastics near the ocean for recycling
  • Pursue Fair Trade certification to ensure positive impact for workers

Governance Achievements

  • Obtained GRS 4.0 certification
  • bluesign® certification for select manufacturing sites
  • Pilot SAC’s Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM)

Climate Goals & Targets

Short-term Goals:
  • Represent 2% of the global production of rPET by 2021

Environmental Challenges

  • Sourcing recycled PET bottles and flake due to import restrictions
  • Garment cutting scrap resulting in up to 30% wastage per linear yard
Mitigation Strategies
  • Built proprietary flake-to-chip facilities on-site at bottle collection facilities in Thailand, Philippines, and Vietnam
  • Created SAYA Next®, an advanced mixed content recycling program including recycled fabric scrap and overstock fabric and yarn
  • SAYA RSCUW project addresses garment industry waste: cutting scrap and overstock fabrics

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Partnerships with over 40 recyclers globally
  • GRS 4.0 certification for traceability

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Global Recycled Standard (GRS) 4.0, Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM), Higg Material Sustainability Index (MSI), OceanCycle Certification

Certifications: GRS 4.0, bluesign®, OEKO-TEX Standard 100®

Third-party Assurance: Bureau Veritas (for Higg vFEM)

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • SAYA Now®
  • SAYA Next®