Developing a greenhouse gas management evaluation system for Chinese textile enterprises

With increased attention on the global warming phenomenon, greenhouse gas management has become an important issue, especially in textile industry. Therefore, an effective greenhouse gas performance appraisal system is necessary for textile enterprises to assess their sustainability and recognize their weakness in the greenhouse gas management. However, few studies have identified the comprehensive connotation of the enterprise's greenhouse gas management. And there is no relevant research targeting at analyzing the textile enterprises' greenhouse gas management performance. This paper aims at providing a better understanding of the greenhouse gas management and establishing an evaluation system for textile enterprises. The system divided the evaluation into four categories, including Greenhouse gas management commitment and policy, Greenhouse gas management target and program, Implementation and operation, and Corrective action and public reporting. Literature review, expert interview and on-site investigation were used to supplement the indicators and the weights were determined by Monte Carlo-Analytic Hierarchy Process method. Case studies were conducted on eight typical Chinese textile manufacturers to verify the effectiveness of the evaluation system. The result shows that the new evaluation system can reflect the actual greenhouse gas emission performance of textile enterprises. And the system not only allows textile enterprises to recognize their weakness in the greenhouse gas management and better improve their management level, but also provides reference and experience for other industries to draw upon in establishing the greenhouse gas evaluation system.