HanesBrands, a leading marketer of everyday basic innerwear and activewear, has won seventh consecutive US EPA Excellence Award – Environmental Achievement, for continued excellence in energy conservation, carbon emissions avoidance and environmental sustainability.
“We are honoured to earn another partner of the year award, and the credit goes to each of our more than 65,000 worldwide employees who are committed to the cause of energy management and environmental responsibility. We are proud of our achievements as a leading global apparel company,” said Javier Chacon, Chief Global Manufacturing Operations Officer, HanesBrands proudly.
The key highlights of the brand’s accomplishments on the sustainability front include Construction of a 5.5 Megawatt biomass-fuelled heat-and-power plant to support operations in El Salvador and avoid energy derived from heavy oil; Initiation of an annual companywide global energy summit for executives, managers and engineers to plot achievement of long-term 2020 environmental performance goals; Addition of five additional plants achieving Energy Star Challenge for Industry recognition for reducing energy use by more than 10 per cent; and Continued commitment to responsibly produced cotton and energy efficient yarn processing.
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HanesBrands claims to have reduced its energy usage by 25 per cent, water use by 31 per cent and carbon emissions by 21 per cent, since 2007. Last year, Hanes derived 25 per cent of its worldwide energy needs from renewable sources, including biomass, hydroelectric, geothermal and wind. Hanes is the only apparel company to ever be honoured by Energy Star in the program’s 25-year history.