Wei Ye

vice president responsible for circular and sustainable solutions

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Presentation

Raising sustainability content through steelcord innovations

For many years, steelcord has been one of the hurdles ahead of tire makers who want to increase sustainable content in their tires. In this paper, Xingda sets out its plans to raise circular content in its steelcord, so that tire makers can increase their own sustainable content. Xingda aims to source 15% of all raw materials from recycled steels this year (2025) and to raise that to 40% by 2030. In addition to targets of carbon neutrality by 2050, the plan calls for less waste and more recycling of waste products, reduced packaging and low-carbon operations. Xingda has affirmed its sustainability credentials with affirmations from Ecovadis (Gold), CDP (A-), SBTi and other independent authorities.