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China releases national standard for green product evaluation of footwear products – GB/T 44867-2024.
On November 28, 2024, the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) issued GB/T 44867-2024: Green product assessment—Footwear products, which will become effective on June 1, 2025.
This standard applies to the evaluation of green attributes in various footwear products.
The main assessment requirements of GB/T 44867-2024: Green product assessment – Footwear products
| No. | Item name | Content overview | |
| Assessment requirements | Basic requirements | Environmental protection compliance | |
| Advanced technical processes and equipment | |||
| Solid waste management and disposal | |||
| Management system | |||
| Product quality | |||
| Assessment indicator* requirements (* There are two types of indicators: first- and second - level indicators. First-level indicators are taken as examples in the table, and for second-level indicators, please refer to the standard text) | Resource attributes | ||
| Environmental attributes | |||
| Quality attributes | |||
| Low-carbon attributes | |||
| Recommendation requirements | Green supply chain management | ||
| Conduct green product design | |||
| Establish a recycling management system for production waste and post-consumer waste | |||
| Calculate or verify the carbon emissions of enterprises | |||
| Use renewable, low-carbon and clean new energy sources | |||
| There are two grades: green benchmark products and green products. The assessment is based on the degree of compliance with the basic requirements, assessment indicator requirements and recommendation requirements. | |||
Details of the technical content
For more information, please refer to the standard GB/T 44867-2024: Green product assessment—Footwear products, or contact SGS directly.
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