Crystal International Group, a manufacturing giant headquartered in Hong Kong, has obtained EDGE green building certification for its new knitting factory Regent Garment Factory Limited in Vietnam. The plant received a “Built Environment Certificate” in recognition of its energy-saving and water-saving use of raw materials and its compliance with EDGE’s “Excellence in Design and Efficiency” standards.
EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies), established by IFC (International Finance Corporation), a member of the World Bank Group, is a green building certification system for emerging markets. EDGE is committed to building in 170 Several countries are rolling out next-generation green building certifications and include a cloud-based platform to calculate green and utility savings. Green buildings can obtain Level 1 EDGE certification when they save at least 20% of energy, water and inherent energy in building materials and meet green building standards. The new factory saves energy by 28%, water by 37%, and reduces the inherent energy of materials by 44%. It is expected to be completed in 2021. Crystal International has received a preliminary certificate at design time and will receive a final certificate upon completion of construction.
Crystal International has been promoting environmental protection efforts for many years and has taken proactive actions to promote environmental protection at its factories and headquarters. This is the first built environment certificate recognized by Crystal International. It shows a further commitment to sustainability at an early stage in green building design, beyond production processes, offices, products or water treatment. By meeting EDGE standards, new factory buildings will be able to achieve resource efficiency and improve operational performance.
The group plans to integrate sustainable design concepts into future building plans, which will not only achieve energy and water conservation, but also support the enterprise group’s long-term response to climate change. Sustainable development goals.
Crystal International has about 20 production facilities in 5 countries including Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Crystal International produces home clothes, jeans, and underwear. , sweaters, sportswear, outdoor clothing. The group joined the “Jeans Redesign” program at the beginning of 2021 to achieve denim recycling.
Note: The “Jeans Redesign” program led by the British environmental charity “Ellen MacArthur Foundation” is sponsored by The British circular economy charity launched the Make Fashion Circular initiative, which aims to help fashion brands and manufacturers change the way jeans are produced by solving waste, pollution and the use of harmful substances.
