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.
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Visitors from Marks & Spencer with
senior representatives of Brandix at the Brandix Eco Centre. |
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. |