EPA Crackdown results in thousands of factory shutdowns in China
10 October 2017
Do you source material from China? A recent news report has identified that tens of thousands of factories in China have been shutdown in a "EPA" crackdown since June 2017.
Some factories are receiving no warning and are subject to immediate shutdown for non-compliance. There are many affected industries including Leather, Textiles and Chemicals and the regions known to already be affected are: Shandong, Henan, Hebai, Tianjin, Beijing, Zhejiang, Jilin, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Guandong.
The results of this could be far reaching and LWG have tannery members in many of the areas above.
Our recommendation to our members is to check your supply chain to...