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Corporate Environmentalism Seminar

By Subra ⋅ May 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

On Wednesday, I attended a seminar on corporate environmentalism organised by the American chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka. All in all, it was fairly good with some great speakers, a couple of whom could perhaps have done better. One of my colleagues looked very pleased with himself that almost all the keynote speakers have [...]

MAS Intimates Thurulie

By admin ⋅ May 7, 2008 ⋅ One comment

The MAS Intimates Thurulie Factory in Thulhiriya, Sri Lanka, is the world’s first garment eco-factory. MAS Holdings worked in collaboration with Marks & Spencer, and now this unprecedented $7 million venture is fast becoming the benchmark for other green garment factories.
This is the first Marks & Spencer Plan A factory and they intend to [...]

Green Factories - win / win?

By noor ⋅ April 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

This is the first in a series of posts about the development of green factories. We will be focusing on developments in the garment industry in South-Asia.
The definition of a “green” factory is multi-faceted and there are several ways in which a factory can be classed as a “green” one. These include basic factors such [...]

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