Envoy
Textiles, Remi Holdings and Plummy Fashions of Bangladesh are now world’s top
Green environment friendly RMG factories in the world. The top three factories
has succeeded keeping pace with the growing demand of Green factories across the
world. After Rana Plaza building collapse the RMG industries of Bangladesh faced
stern criticism worldwide. This achievement has taken the RGM (ready-made
garments) industry of the country to a new height.
Now owners
of Bangladeshi garment and knitwear factories are now building new green
factories and some are converting their factories into green. These green
environment friendly factories have higher production, less carbon emission, power,
water and gas saving systems. There are more than 30 green factories in
Bangladesh and other hundreds are building.
Envoy
Textile Limited is the 1st Denim producing green factory in the world;
the factory is located in Mymensingh district. BD Taka 14 billion has been invested to build
this environment friendly green factory. The Founder and Chairman of Envoy
Group Mr. Kutubuddin Ahmed (L) built this world class denim factory in
Mymensingh. This factory has World's First LEED Platinum Certified Denim
Manufacturing facility which is currently manufacturing of 100% Export Oriented
high quality Denim fabrics.
The Remi
Holdings tops as a green garment factory. They have invested BDT 1.4 billion to
modernize and make their factory green and environment friendly.
The Plummy
Fashion ranks first as a green knitwear factory across the globe, they have
invested BDT 2.4 billion to become green and environment friendly.
The LEED
certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) provide by the US
Green Building Council (USGBC). Green Textiles has a certified international recognition.
Certificate awarded after fulfilling some criteria’s and requirements. Points
need to achieve in different level of certification. The factory building must
ensure the highest standard of building construction. This year a total of
79,600 projects from 161 different countries has received LEED certificates.
Among them 30 garments, textiles and washing factories in Bangladesh have
received this certification.
Prerequisites
for LEED certification:
- Construction materials that create less carbon emission
- Hi-tech machinery for productions
- Saving electricity
- Preserving rainwater
- Having enough space for constructing other buildings
- Ensuring housing facilities
- Schools facilities
- Bazaars or shopping facilities
- Bus stands for the workers within 500 square meters of the factory
LEED
Platinum Certification winner factories:
In 2012 as
a first factory the Vintage Denim Studio received Platinum certificate. Envoy
Textiles of Envoy Group has a Platinum Certificate. Plummy Fashions has an LEED
Platinum. Genesis Fashions and Genesis Washing received Platinum Certificate. SQ
Group has three Platinum Certificates for three of its factories-SQ Birichina,
SQ Collblanc and SQ Celsius-2.
LEED Gold Certification
winner factories:
Shruti
Textile Mills achieved the Gold Certificate. Osman Interlinings in Dhaka EPZ
received Gold Certificate. Tosrifa Industries of Northern Tosrifa Group
achieved the Gold Certificate. Two factories of BITOPI Group have achieved Gold
Certificate; these are Remi Holdings and Tarasima Apparels. SQ Celsius has a Gold
Certificate. Regency Garments (unit-1) of Chittagong EPZ has a Gold
Certificate. The AKH ECO Apparels factory of AKH Group has a Gold Certificate. Sri
Lankan firm Univogue has a garment factory in Chittagong EPZ and achieved Gold
certification. Epyllion Style Factory of Epyllion Group in Gazipur also
received the Gold. Viyellatex in Gazipur has a Gold Certificate. Four factories
of Sri Lanka’s Kenpark in Chittagong and Karnafuli EPZ received the LEED’s gold
certificates. Another Sri Lankan factory named Hela Clothing was awarded gold
certificate by LEED. Valtex International BD Ltd also obtained gold
certification from LEED.
LEED Silver
Certification winner factories:
Epic
Garments Manufacturing Factory of Epic Group has an LEED Silver Certificate; the
factory is in Adamjee EPZ in Narayanganj. Other two factories of the same group
have Silver Certificates also, Epic Group is a Hong Kong based company. The
Saiham Knit Composite in Habiganj has an LEED Silver.
Environment-friendly
Green factories have been established in the country. These factories fulfill buyer’s
demands with the best compliance standards of the world. Now 150 factories are
being readied as environment-friendly ones. That will increase confidence of
buyers in our clothing industries. It will expand business as well.
Thanks a lot.
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