Sri Lanka's Star Garments achieves carbon neutrality

31 Jan '20

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Sri Lanka’s Star Garments group, owned by the US-based Komar, has now been certified CarbonNeutral for its entire portfolio of 14 factories. The company earned the certification from the Sustainable Future Group (SFG), a Sri Lanka-based sustainability verification and certification body. SFG is the regional partner of UK-based Natural Capital Partners (NCP).

The CarbonNeutral certification is given by NCP to companies that have reduced their carbon footprint to net zero in accordance with The CarbonNeutral protocol.

The protocol is the global standard for carbon-neutral certification, assisting businesses to measure greenhouse gas emissions and help reduce it with credible solutions.

Having achieved its carbon-neutral status two years ahead of schedule, Star Garments is currently the largest company in Sri Lanka and the only apparel company with all 14 of its facilities assessed and certified, according to media reports in the country.

Meanwhile, industry experts predicted Sri Lanka’s garment exports may drop till April 2020 due to poor conditions in key markets after growing 5.1 per cent to a record $5.3 billion in sales in 2019.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)