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VIYELLATEX GROUPBridging Progress & Sustainability

Sustainability / Green Initiatives

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Introduction

Started as a small family business of knit apparel manufacturing in 1996

Leading multi-dimensional business conglomerate of Bangladesh

Have since diversified the business in different sectors

Knitting

Dyeing

ProductionLogistics

Support

Spinning

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PROFIT(Economic

Sustainability)

PEOPLE(Social

Sustainability)

Taking care of our planet and its

people

In an economically sustainable

and viable way

Sustainability…

is 3Ps

PLANET(Environmental

Sustainability)

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Carbon Reduction Strategies

Reusing Condensed steam -saves 180,000 m3 of natural gas every month

Using Dryer Exhaust – saves 7500 m3

of natural gas every month

Co-Generation Chiller & Boiler – saves 140,000 m3 of natural gas every month

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Carbon Reduction Strategies (contd..)

Energy Efficient lighting & machinery – resulting in 35% of energy costs

Evaporative cooling pad –replacing conventional cooling systems, that saved 632,458 m3 of natural gas in the last fiscal year

Steam traps in ironing devices –type of automatic valves to remove condensate without steam escape

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Water Reduction Strategies

Waste water of effluent treatment plant re-used for toilet flushing for 7500 workers – saving 44.2 million liters of water per year

Drop and fill process at dyeing unit – saving 650,000 liters of water every month

Rain Water harvesting system –saving 45 million liters of water per year

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3R (Reduce, Reuse &Recycle) programs

Participation in the Paper Recycling program of Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) and Shishu Polli Plus, for generating envelopes, greeting cards, etc

Organic Compost fertilizer – from food residue, kitchen waste and micro-cotton dust, producing 31,086 kg of compost fertilizer every month

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Carbon Offsetting program

Building of environment (green) friendly factories – in 2013, two such factories will go into operation.

Plantation – To offset existing emissions, we plan to plant 6 million trees by 2015

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Social / Medical Camps

0-5 Clinics – held quarterly

Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) – held monthly, to provide women & children medical services

Eye camp

Blood Donation program

Antenatal care (ANC) – a continuous program where medical services such as ultra sonograms are provided to pregnant employees

Employment of 72 physically challenged people

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Promoting Education

BIKASH school – a school for the physically challenged and underprivileged children

Early Childhood Development (ECD) – a school project in association with PVH, USAID and Save the Children, where 7 schools are being administered.

Work to Learn Advanced – an apprenticeship program in association with UCEP & Save the Children.