See Green Industrial Co., Ltd.-Implementing a hazardous-substances management system for environmental innovation(旭聚企業股份有限公司)
Purchasing safe, healthy and environmental products has become a common practice for consumers in Europe and the United States. As the largest supplier of natural rubber yoga mats in the world, See Green sees product safety as its number- one priority. With the assistance of ‘Project Rising Star in Green Innovation for SMEs’, See Green invited up-stream suppliers to jointly implement a hazardous-substance management system to adopt a new process protocol ready for increasingly stringent international procurement standards.
See Green is the largest natural rubber yoga-mat manufacturer in the world. With its long-term experience of working with international leading brands, See Green grasps the importance of the intense attention directed to product safety.
Aside from being functional, the yoga mats are also required to be safe and environmental friendly. To make the mats environmentally friendly, See Green has attempted to recycle industrial waste and turn it into safe raw materials to achieve the goal of zero waste and mitigate negative environmental impacts. “To achieve the same profit, treating recycled material takes a lot more effort. But I feel a sense of purpose,” said the Chairman of the board Kao Guang-lung. Many clients from Europe and the United States appreciate the green principles of See Green and are willing to place more orders. Kao has foreseen the future trend of the international market in advance.
The environmental awareness of international buyers also zooms in on the toxic substances in raw materials, handing See Green another challenge to conquer. Project manager Dung Min-Ju explained, “We used to focus mostly on the functionality of materials. Without proper precautions in material control-system management, there might be quality flaws that undermine the increasing heightened material-safety requirements in the international market.”
To improve full-scale material safety and product quality control, See Green participated in the ‘Project Rising Star in Green Innovation for SMEs’ and implemented its hazardous- substances management system. During the management- system reform, supply chain management was another key focus. Suppliers and employees must understand the hazardous-substances control requirements in all materials to secure material safety.
At the same time, See Green underwent product carbon- footprint assessment jointly with its suppliers to find out the hot spots of high carbon emissions to enable further improvements. Holding “simple production” as the business value, and maximizing production with the smallest amounts of resources, See Green infused its operations with sustainability by its development of a hazardous-substance management and carbon footprint assessment, leading the partners of a green supply chain to expand their international competitiveness.
