National Sustainable Development Award – Soft Power Innovation

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To recognize DA.AI Technology's efforts to develop eco-friendly products and management, The Plastic Industry Technology Development Center has nominated DA.AI Technology Co. Ltd and won its 2013 National Sustainable Development Award. The National Executive Council’s National Development committee gives these awards to industries and organizations that continue to develop their potential, to advance localization within daily life.

DA.AI continuously invests in its product R&D program. First, it enthusiastically promotes its eco-brand regenerated products that were produced from recycled PET bottles. This helps with environmental protection and nature resource ecological action. Each year Taiwan recycles enough PET bottles, to be squashed and stacked up to 1,600 meters high, or equal to three Taipei 101 building. Such PET bottles won’t degrade in landfill for some 1,000 years. Incinerated, they will pollute the environment and speed up globe warming. In its five years, DAI.AI has helped transform over 300 million drinking water PET bottles into eco-friendly products. The energy saving is equivalent to growing 90,000 20-year trees; and saves enough water to satisfy the needs of 1.68 million Taiwanese people.

Through innovation, sustainable development and gaining environmental protection certificates, DA.AI's brand has earned a world-wide reputation for quality. DA.AI carefully followed Netherlands Peterson Control Union standards to process eco-product textiles, and received the Globe Recycle Standard (GRS) certificate. After years of effort, DA.AI’s eco-polyester received EPA’s environmental protection mark. This international mark means that DA.AI’s recycled poly chips, polyester and grey eco blankets have received water and carbon footprint certification from Germany’s TÜV Rheinland and Japan’s EPA. The company also received Cradle to Cradle Silver CertifiedCM by Cradle To Cradle Products Innovation Institute (C2CPII). More than 400 DA.AI eco-products have been certified with Taiwan MIT Smile Mark—more than any other textile brand in Taiwan. And as of this September, DI.AI’s quality control and site facilities are successfully BSI ISO 9001/14001 certified: proof that DA.AI technology fully meets the international standard.

With its focus on environmental, social responsibility and green generation missions, the corporation must constantly be upgraded to reflect the concept of “Small is beautiful, Beauty is practical.” and keep pace with bigger corporations.