New A&E sustainability report shows cuts in water and energy use
02/06/2017
Efforts to reduce water reduction at its facilities around the world and to move closer to its stated aim of having zero-waste-to-landfill status were worthy of a special mention in the report, A&E said.
“A core part of our business strategy is to operate all of our global facilities in a sustainable manner,” said chief executive, Les Miller, at the time of the report’s publication. “It is good business practice to do so, and it is the right thing to do for all of our stakeholders.”
Since 2011, A&E has invested more than $10 million in wastewater recycling systems across the world, resulting in “significant reductions” in water use. It has also increased its use of biofuels and clean fuels, resulting in reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
As a result of these initiatives, A&E has recycled and reused more than 1.1 billion litres of wastewater since 2013 and reduced its overall water consumption by more than 40% since 2006. Sixteen of its manufacturing and support facilities around the world have now achieved zero-waste-to-landfill status and a further five facilities are more than 91% of the way there. At the same time, 44% of the fuel used to create steam for dyeing operations were “renewable and carbon neutral” in 2016.
The company now says that the carbon footprint of one kilo of its thread is 6% lower now than it was in 2006.
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