American & Efird celebrates success in new sustainability report
10/09/2013
At the time of the report’s publication, vice-president for the environment, sustainability and health and safety, John Eapen, said: “We remain especially proud of our zero liquid discharge plant in Perundari, India, the first in the thread industry, and of our 50% recycle-reuse facility in Dongguan, China. The water conserved by our facilities in India and China is equivalent to the daily water usage of nearly 7 million people in these countries.”
Analysis A&E carried out in compiling the report included a detailed study to measures its global carbon footprint, water conservation, energy consumption, recycling and waste reduction. This work is ongoing and since 2006 it has achieved a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, and a 20% improvement in water conservation. In addition, it has saved 95 million kilowatt hours of electricity, equivalent to the amount 20,000 families in Europe would use in a year.
Other successes have come in a “zero waste to landfill” initiative, with the company reaching 100% in Sri Lanka and 98% in the US.
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