Hanes plants in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras,
Thailand and Vietnam increased energy efficiency by 18 percent to
achieve EPA Challenge for Industry Status
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 24, 2016--
HanesBrands (NYSE: HBI) announced today that five additional company
manufacturing plants have earned U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Energy Star Challenge for Industry awards by reducing energy use by an
average 18 percent.
To date, 23 of the company’s manufacturing facilities have earned the
honor, helping the company reduce energy use as well as the
corresponding greenhouse gas emissions that result from energy use. To
earn Challenge for Industry status, manufacturing plants must reduce
their energy use by 10 percent within a five-year period.
Located in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Thailand and
Vietnam, the latest five company plants to achieve Challenge honors have
benefited from a coordinated company wide energy management initiative
and employee-driven energy-saving ideas, as well as investments in
technological improvements, including advanced heat recovery, air
conditioning and compressed air systems.
“The employees at all five plants should be commended for their success
in reducing energy use and protecting the environment,” the EPA’s Jean
Lupinacci, director of the Energy Star commercial and industrial branch,
wrote in award letters to each of the plants.
Unlike most apparel marketers, Hanes owns the substantial majority of
its manufacturing supply chain and can make a significant contribution
to responsible environmental practices. Since 2007, the company has
reduced its energy use by 23 percent, its carbon emissions by 25 percent
and its water use by 31 percent. More than a quarter of the company’s
worldwide energy use comes from renewable sources such as hydro,
geothermal and biomass.
“Sound environmental practices make good business sense, although
achievement requires significant planning and effort,” said Kurt
Schwalbe, Hanes director of engineering and energy management. “We are
proud of our organization’s commitment to environmental practices from
the executive suite to the plant floor. That’s why we are the only
apparel company to be a multiyear sustained excellence award winner from
EPA Energy Star.”
For more information on Hanes’ award-winning corporate social
responsibility efforts, visit www.HanesforGood.com.
For more information about Energy Star, visit energystar.gov.
HanesBrands
HanesBrands, based in Winston-Salem, N.C., is a socially responsible
leading marketer of everyday basic innerwear and activewear apparel in
the Americas, Europe and Asia under some of the world’s strongest
apparel brands, including Hanes, Champion, Playtex, DIM,
Bali, Maidenform, Flexees, JMS/Just My Size, Wonderbra,
Nur Die/Nur Der, Lovable and Gear for Sports. The company
sells T-shirts, bras, panties, shapewear, underwear, socks, hosiery, and
activewear produced in the company’s low-cost global supply chain. A
member of the S&P 500 stock index, Hanes has approximately 65,300
employees in more than 40 countries and is ranked No. 490 on the Fortune
500 list of America’s largest companies by sales. Hanes takes pride in
its strong reputation for ethical business practices. The company is the
only apparel producer to ever be honored by the Great Place to Work
Institute for its workplace practices in Central America and the
Caribbean. For six consecutive years, Hanes has won the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star sustained excellence/partner
of the year award – the only apparel company to earn these honors. The
company ranks No. 246 on Newsweek magazine’s green list of 500 largest
U.S. companies. More information about the company and its corporate
social responsibility initiatives, including environmental, social
compliance and community improvement achievements, may be found at www.Hanes.com/corporate.
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