Smart Myanmar has urged all the apparel factories in Myanmar to minimise the use of fuel.
It might be recalled that when the 4-year project (2016 to 2019) was started two years back, it strongly endorsed and promoted ‘sustainable consumption and production’ of apparels that are ‘Made in Myanmar’.
It was a concept that laid stress on efficient utilisation of resources in addition to enhancing social responsibility.
In the wake of the project’s success, Smart Myanmar has launched another 4-year project that focusses on strongly implementing the activities that were a part of the earlier project.
Most importantly, it intends to introduce some new activites too that encourage transparency in buying practices in the country.
The project not only focusses on investment in good steam system (to avoid wastage of steam) but also recommends garment factories to use solar thermal system. The solar thermal system helps save energy by minimising the usage of fuel that is required to heat the water.
The project also intends to recommend factories to go for fabric scrap boilers so as to burn the fabric scraps safely. Smart Myanmar also would ask factories to address issues such as water pollution in the environmental policies of the company.
Garment has quickly emerged as the fast-growing sector in Myanmar’s economy and if the factories adopt the recommendations suggested by Smart Myanmar, it will not only help the factories in reducing the cost but also help the country in easily heading towards its 2020 export projection of US $ 8-10 billion.
