Chairman APTMA Punjab Syed Ali Ahsan has said that APTMA is ready to mainstream the sustainability of textile industry. He said the rising energy prices, increased production costs, lowered productivity and consumer demands for environmentally friendly textile products are some of the challenges forcing textile industry to follow best practices.
According to him, the APTMA has set up Sustainable Production Centre (SPC) with the help of GIZ to provide technical and management services on sustainable production related aspects including policy issues, technical and technological solutions for continuous improvement in APTMA member mills. Energy being the issue in the limelight will be particularly addressed, he added.
He said APTMA in co-operation with GIZ designed and launched sustainable Energy Management System (EnMS) project for promoting sustainable energy efficiency in mills. The programme has been successfully implemented in 43 mills so far resulting in energy saving of more than 11MW. More industries are willing for the system implementation. APTMA is also providing support to member mills for development of framework for sustainable biomass applications for power generation. Previously, APTMA with the support of GIZ carried out technology economic evaluation for 12MW biomass based power plant in Faisalabad which also included resource assessment and evaluation in eight districts of Punjab.
He said European technology companies have shown interest in undertaking investment for APTMA member mills on solar captive power plants by utilising daylight energy. Feasibility studies are in progress in two mills. He said APTMA with the support of GIZ is launching another programme for controlling water wastages, its reuse and improving efficiency in member mills. Project is expected to commence in January 2015. He further said the public private partnerships for sustainability are need of the hour to grab market access opportunities in particular under GSP Plus status for Pakistan.
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