Unlike European towards eco-friendly issue’s focus and implement, Taiwan has national difficulty on promoting environmental issues. More than ten years ago, recycle has started implementing in school, drive household doing recycle. From family to industry, Taiwan has many small traditional industries, seldom older generation can accept the concept of environmental sustainability. However, many huge traditional industries have implemented sustainable development to react to international trend.
Business model starts from enterprise energy saving, from turning off lights when leaving to water saving, reduce electricity consumption through sustainable building, lower down the cost equals to increase company’s profit. Implementing sustainable development may not see positive effect in a short time, but can show big difference and enough competitiveness when facing competitors. Taiwanese have unbeatable spirit as Taiwanese buffalo. From farm hands in the early times to active brains nowadays, aim to continue the beauty of Taiwan, this is the hope of creating new opportunity and transform for Taiwanese textile industry.
People’s demand towards clothes gradually changes, in early times one cloth can last long, now one year can throw away dozen clothes. That is the reason textile industry rose again.
The advantage and competitiveness of Taiwanese companies are creativity, innovations and cross-industry alliance. However, each step is still conscientious, we have to put ourselves up to the challenges and keep trying to avoid falling behind the times.