HanesBrands Earns Ninth Consecutive U.S. EPA Energy Star Partner of the Year Award for Environmental Excellence
April 02 2018 - 1:01PM
Business Wire
The world’s largest manufacturer of basic apparel is an industry
leader in environmental responsibility and international business
leader in energy management and is making significant progress
against aggressive 2020 sustainability goals.
HanesBrands is on a mission to become the apparel industry’s
leader in environmental stewardship and social responsibility. The
company’s progress has earned a ninth consecutive U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star Partner of the Year
award for sustained excellence in energy conservation, carbon
emissions reduction and environmental sustainability.
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HanesBrands, the world's largest
manufacturer of basic apparel, has earned a ninth-consecutive U.S.
EPA Energy Star of the Year award for environmental excellence. The
company continues to demonstrate that organizations from all
industries can make a difference in energy conservation, carbon
emissions reduction and environmental sustainability, said Javier
Chacon, Hanes' chief global manufacturing officer. (Photo: Business
Wire)
Hanes – unique in the apparel industry because it owns the
significant majority of its manufacturing and supply chain
operations – is being recognized by the Energy Star program for its
2017 accomplishments, including:
- Lowering year-over-year energy use per
pound of production by 6 percent, saving the company more than $4
million. Since 2007, the company has reduced energy intensity by
nearly 21 percent and delivered a total cost avoidance of more than
$200 million.
- Implementing numerous environmental
stewardship initiatives, including the startup of a combined
heat-and-power biomass plant in El Salvador and pilot projects
utilizing new technology to reduce energy-intense water use by 50
percent and energy use by 500 million BTU each year.
- Encouraging employee engagement in the
company’s energy management culture through programs such as
treasure hunts. Hanes’ most recent treasure hunt, which was held at
the company’s Dos Rios fabric manufacturing plant in the Dominican
Republic, generated nearly 125 employee-led energy reduction ideas
for power, steam, compressed air and water use with a potential
savings of nearly $1 million.
- Partnering with numerous universities,
such as Wake Forest University, Appalachian State University, North
Carolina State University and the University of Tennessee –
Knoxville, to educate the next generation of business leaders about
the importance of integrating environmental stewardship in business
strategy.
“HanesBrands is incredibly honored to earn our ninth consecutive
Energy Star Partner of the Year award and will accept it on behalf
of our approximately 70,000 worldwide employees who are committed
to energy management and environmental responsibility,” said Javier
Chacon, chief global manufacturing officer for HanesBrands. “Thanks
to our employees’ steadfast commitment, Hanes is the only apparel
company to be honored for sustained excellence by the EPA Energy
Star program in its 26-year history and continues to demonstrate
that companies from all industries can make a difference in energy
conservation, carbon emissions reduction and environmental
sustainability.”
Hanes recently released the company’s 2017 environmental
performance data on energy use, carbon dioxide emissions, water
use, renewable energy and landfill diversion.
Across every category, the company posted strong results
compared to the year prior. Versus 2016, Hanes reduced its carbon
dioxide emissions by 15 percent, energy use by 6 percent and water
use by 7 percent, while increasing its use of renewable energy by 7
percent. Additionally, Hanes again diverted 84 percent of its
supply chain waste from landfills.
Chacon and a cross-functional team from Hanes will attend the
April 20 Energy Star banquet in Washington, D.C., to accept the
award and participate in collaborative meetings to share best
practices with other companies that have earned Energy Star
recognition, including Allergan, The Boeing Company,
Colgate-Palmolive Company, General Motors Company and Raytheon.
Energy Star was introduced by the EPA in 1992 as a voluntary,
market-based partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through
increased efficiency. The annual Energy Star Partner of the Year
award honors organizations that have made outstanding contributions
to protect the environment through best practices and
organization-wide energy savings.
For more information on Hanes’ award-winning environmental,
social and workplace accomplishments, visit Hanes For Good.
For more information about the U.S. EPA Energy Star program,
visit energystar.gov.
HanesBrands
HanesBrands is a socially responsible leading marketer of
everyday basic innerwear and activewear apparel in the Americas,
Europe, Australia and Asia-Pacific. The company markets T-shirts,
bras, panties, shapewear, underwear, socks, hosiery, and activewear
under some of the world’s strongest apparel brands, including
Hanes, Champion, Maidenform, DIM, Bali, Playtex, Bonds, JMS/Just My
Size, Nur Die/Nur Der, L’eggs, Lovable, Wonderbra, Berlei,
Alternative, Bras N Things and Gear for Sports. More information
about the company and its award-winning corporate social
responsibility initiatives may be found at www.Hanes.com/corporate.
Connect with HanesBrands via social media on Twitter (@HanesBrands)
and Facebook (www.facebook.com/hanesbrandsinc).
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