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Regional
manufacturers tour Brandix Green plant
The Brandix Group’s world-first Platinum rated Green
Factory provided a learning experience to apparel sector manufacturers
in the region recently when it was chosen by global giant
Marks & Spencer (M&S) for a factory visit by several
senior apparel sector executives from India, and Bangladesh
as well as the United Kingdom.
The visitors led by Marks & Spencer’s ‘Plan
A’ Director Richard Gillies along with his Associates
Paschal Little and Ian Morris as well as Ravi Seshadri the
Regional Head of Technology for M&S South Asia undertook
a two hour tour of the Brandix Eco Centre at Seeduwa for a
first-hand look at how the plant has been redesigned to achieve
global benchmark ratings in energy and water conservation,
solid waste management and low carbon emissions.
Represented at the visit were well known apparel sector companies
such as Orient Craft, Arvind Mills Limited, Farida Shoes,
Crystal Martin, Hela Clothing, CREW BOS, Thomas Kershaw, MMS
UK, and Marks & Spencer operations in UK, South Asia and
Sri Lanka.
“Brandix takes great pride in its credo of being an inspired
solutions provider for branded clothing, and we were very
pleased to host several of our peers from the region,”
Brandix Director AJ Johnpillai said. “We hope our efforts
will be an inspiration to others to seek the highest achievable
levels of environment-friendly manufacture.”
The Brandix Green Factory in Seeduwa is the first and only
apparel manufacturing facility in the world to be rated Platinum
under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
Green Building Rating System of the US Green Building Council
(USGBC). The 130,000 square-foot complex is Brandix Casualwear’s
lead manufacturing plant for Marks & Spencer, and supports
M&S’ ‘Plan A’ a five-year, 100-point ‘eco’
plan to encourage suppliers around the world to make their
supply chains carbon neutral through Green manufacturing processes.
Formally inaugurated on April 25 this year by Marks &
Spencer CEO Sir Stuart Rose, the plant converted into an Eco
Centre at a cost of US $ 3 million has achieved a reduction
of carbon emissions by 80 per cent, an energy saving of 46
per cent, a reduction of water consumption of 58 per cent
and zero solid waste to landfill, eco-friendly indicators
as yet unmatched by any re-designed Green Plant anywhere in
the world.
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