Youngor Group
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Youngor Group Company Limited is a private textiles and clothing
enterprise in Ningbo
, Zhejiang
, China
. It is engaged in designing, manufacturing, selling clothing products with its "Youngor" Brand for gentleman
clothing. Youngor was established in 1993 and it was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
in 1998.
Youngor is primarily engaged in manufacture of apparels and textile products, as well as property development. Its major products are suits, shirts and casual wears, with the brand named Youngor, as well as woven fabrics. It also develops residential communities, villas and commercial office buildings in Ningbo
and Hangzhou
, Zhejiang province, as well as Suzhou, Jiangsu province. It operates its businesses in domestic and overseas markets.
brands including Nike
, Adidas
and Abercrombie & Fitch
- was the subject of a report by the environmental group Greenpeace
entitled 'Dirty Laundry'. Youngor is accused of working with suppliers in China
who, according the findings of the report, contribute to the pollution of the Yangtze and Pearl
Rivers. Samples taken from one facility belonging to the Youngor Group
located on the Yangtze River Delta
and another belonging to the Well Dyeing Factory Ltd. located on a tributary of the Pearl River Delta
revealed the presence of hazardous and persistent hormone disruptor chemicals, including alkylphenols, perfluorinated compounds and perfluorooctane sulfonate.
Clothing
Clothing refers to any covering for the human body that is worn. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic and is a feature of nearly all human societies...
enterprise in Ningbo
Ningbo
Ningbo is a seaport city of northeastern Zhejiang province, Eastern China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, the municipality has a population of 7,605,700 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 3,089,180 in the built up area made of 6 urban districts. It lies south of the Hangzhou Bay,...
, Zhejiang
Zhejiang
Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. It is engaged in designing, manufacturing, selling clothing products with its "Youngor" Brand for gentleman
Gentleman
The term gentleman , in its original and strict signification, denoted a well-educated man of good family and distinction, analogous to the Latin generosus...
clothing. Youngor was established in 1993 and it was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
Shanghai Stock Exchange
The Shanghai Stock Exchange , abbreviated as 上证所/上證所 or 上交所, is a stock exchange that is based in the city of Shanghai, China. It is one of the two stock exchanges operating independently in the People's Republic of China, the other is the Shenzhen Stock Exchange...
in 1998.
Youngor is primarily engaged in manufacture of apparels and textile products, as well as property development. Its major products are suits, shirts and casual wears, with the brand named Youngor, as well as woven fabrics. It also develops residential communities, villas and commercial office buildings in Ningbo
Ningbo
Ningbo is a seaport city of northeastern Zhejiang province, Eastern China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, the municipality has a population of 7,605,700 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 3,089,180 in the built up area made of 6 urban districts. It lies south of the Hangzhou Bay,...
and Hangzhou
Hangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
, Zhejiang province, as well as Suzhou, Jiangsu province. It operates its businesses in domestic and overseas markets.
Environmental Practices
In July 2011, Youngor - along with other major sportswearSportswear
Sportswear or activewear is clothing, including footwear, worn for sport or physical exercise. Sport-specific clothing is worn for most sports and physical exercise, for practical, comfort or safety reasons....
brands including Nike
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
, Adidas
Adidas
Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...
and Abercrombie & Fitch
Abercrombie & Fitch
Abercrombie & Fitch is an American retailer that focuses on casual wear for consumers aged 18 to 22. It has over 300 locations in the United States, and is expanding internationally....
- was the subject of a report by the environmental group Greenpeace
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
entitled 'Dirty Laundry'. Youngor is accused of working with suppliers in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
who, according the findings of the report, contribute to the pollution of the Yangtze and Pearl
Pearl
A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue of a living shelled mollusk. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is made up of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other...
Rivers. Samples taken from one facility belonging to the Youngor Group
Youngor Group
Youngor Group Company Limited is a private textiles and clothing enterprise in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. It is engaged in designing, manufacturing, selling clothing products with its "Youngor" Brand for gentleman clothing...
located on the Yangtze River Delta
Yangtze River Delta
The Yangtze River Delta, Yangtze Delta or YRD, also called Yangzi, or Chang Jiang Delta, Rive Chang Delta Tai Lake Region or the Golden Triangle of the Yangtze, generally comprises the triangular-shaped territory of Wu-speaking Shanghai, southern Jiangsu province and northern Zhejiang province of...
and another belonging to the Well Dyeing Factory Ltd. located on a tributary of the Pearl River Delta
Pearl River Delta
The Pearl River Delta , Zhujiang Delta or Zhusanjiao in Guangdong province, People's Republic of China is the low-lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea...
revealed the presence of hazardous and persistent hormone disruptor chemicals, including alkylphenols, perfluorinated compounds and perfluorooctane sulfonate.