Brandix wins Gold at National Cleaner Production Awards
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Sujith Paaris, Rohitha Kusumsiri, Mapahamilage Harischandra,
Samantha Withanage, Manojini Ratnayake (with the Gold Award),
Samantha Balasooriya, Roshan Junkeer, Suresh Fernando and Neil
Jayamanna (Standing from left to right) all from the Seeduwa
Green Plant soon after the award presentation.
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Brandix Green Plant in Seeduwa, the world's first and only
Platinum-rated Green apparel factory, clinched the Gold Award at the
National Cleaner Production Awards 2008, in recognition of its
environment-friendly production practices.
The factory which won the top award in Large Organization category,
also received an award for energy efficiency and a merit certificate for
excellence in resources efficiency, at a gala awards ceremony held at
Trans Asia Hotel last week.
Awards recognise organizations that have voluntarily adopted cleaner
production to generate demonstrable benefits such as quality
improvement, easier penetration of and easier legal and regulatory
compliance, new market opportunities, improvements in work environments,
better public image and easier legal and regulatory compliance.
Brandix Casualwear Managing Director AJ Johnpillai said cleaner
production is motivated by environmental imperatives but also makes
economic sense as it could increase production efficiency while
minimising waste and emissions.
"Cleaner production increases the productivity of a business by
ensuring a more efficient use of raw materials, energy and water and
also promotes environmental compliance.
The Brandix Green Plant has been recognized internationally as a
model for all of these aspects," he said.
The Brandix Green Factory at Seeduwa was rated Platinum under the
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building
Rating System of the US Green Building Council (USGBC). |
