MAS wins 10 awards at National Cleaner Production Awards
MAS walked away with 10 top awards at the National Cleaner Production Awards held recently which recognised over 40 companies for their resource efficiency and waste reduction manufacturing.
“MAS has its own ambitious zero-waste goals for 2020 with a broader goal to value enhance all our waste by 2025. Winning these awards simply underlines our long-term commitment in environmental stewardship and the work we will continue to do in the years to come” says Sharika Senanayaka, Director of Environmental Sustainability for MAS.
The National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC) started the Cleaner Production awards in 2007 to recognize and appreciate progressive enterprises that have voluntarily accepted cleaner production as a tool to increase their resource efficiency and at the same time contribute towards a cleaner environment.
The awards recognise industrial enterprises and service organisations who have worked to improve their production efficiency while at the same time contributing to the protection of the environment by eliminating or minimising their waste and emissions at operational stage by voluntarily adopting cleaner production and greener approaches.
This year NCPC Awards were held on 21st January 2019 at Waters Edge, Battaramulla with over 250 participants.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF AWARDS
The NCPC awards programme has extensively detailed environmental criteria. The structured method of evaluation is also unique in that it consists of desktop evaluations of applied companies, on-site evaluations by a team of evaluators and a final judgement made by a competent panel of judges. Companies undergo a highly objective evaluation conducted onsite before the awards are decided.
ABOUT NCPC
The National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC) was set up by United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) in 2002, on request of the Government of Sri Lanka. It was under Ministry of Industry and fully funded by Royal Norwegian Government through UNIDO. NCPC was institutionally set up as a not for profit guarantee company as Ceylon National Chamber of Industries (CNCI) and National Chamber of Exporters (NCE) as stakeholders in 2013. Board of Directors to NCPC are appointed in addition to two Chambers, from Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority, National Engineering Research Centre & Development Centre and National University System.
NCPCSL was setup to provide the services to the industry & business on improving resource productivity and reducing adverse environmental effects. The Centre has provided such services to more than 1,000 industrial and business enterprises in Sri Lanka on commercial basis as well as through various donor funded projects. NCPCSL has implemented projects for highly reputed agencies such as UNIDO, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), European Commission (EU Switch Asia), etc. NCPCSL has a sound track record on conducting international events very successfully in Sri Lanka.
ABOUT MAS HOLDINGS
MAS Holdings manages a portfolio of businesses and is positioned as one of the world’s most recognized design to delivery solution providers in the realm of apparel and textile manufacturing. It is also the largest apparel and textile manufacturer in South Asia. The organization is headquartered in Sri Lanka with 53 manufacturing facilities placed across 16 countries, with design locations placed in key style centres across the globe and over 99,000 people involved in its operation. The seamlessly integrated supply chain that is balanced to perfection with the organizations strategically placed design houses gives MAS the knowledge, the means and the speed to deliver what is demanded by the industry.
MAS Holdings is proud to hold a global reputation for an ethical and sustainable working environment. The tireless effort put towards women’s empowerment has put MAS on the map as a global standard to aspire to. The concept of new thinking at MAS breaks the norms of innovation as the world knows it. Re – engineering, re – thinking resource utility. Exploiting processes and the relentless pursuit of excellence is the MAS lifestyle.
The nurturing of people, their passion and their ideas has evolved MAS Holdings from a business organization to a global community which partners with some of the world’s foremost brands in fashion and style that is timeless.
The awards recognise industrial enterprises and service organisations who have worked to improve their production efficiency while at the same time contributing to the protection of the environment by eliminating or minimising their waste and emissions at operational stage by voluntarily adopting cleaner production and greener approaches.