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Developed by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, the Higg Index is a suite of tools that enables brands, retailers, and facilities of all sizes — at every stage in their sustainability journey — to accurately measure and score a company or product’s sustainability performance. The Higg Index delivers a holistic overview that empowers businesses to make meaningful improvements that protect the well-being of factory workers, local communities, and the environment.

The LWG (Leather Working Group) is an independent group of tanneries and footwear brands that has established a protocol to assess the environmental performance of tanneries and to promote sustainable and appropriate environmental practices within the leather tanning industry.

The GRS is an international, voluntary, full product standard that sets requirements for third-party certification of recycled content, chain of custody, social and environmental practices, and chemical restrictions.

FSC is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting responsible forestry. FSC certifies forests all over the world to ensure they meet the highest environmental and social standards. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) logo on a product is your assurance that it is made with, or contains, forest-based materials from FSC-certified forests or reclaimed sources.

The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is the largest cotton sustainability program in the world. Its purpose is to make global cotton production better for the people who produce it, better for the environment it grows in, and better for the sector’s future.

The Key objective is to understand and implement safe and eco-friendly chemicals in our supply-chain.

• Declaration from chemical suppliers.
• Written policy of chemical management.
• Internal audit of chemical management system.
• Internal training to staff on RSL and chemical management.
• Phasing out organic solvent based adhesives in collaboration with chemical suppliers.

We have developed capability to use water based adhesives which have less impact on the environment.

The key objective of this project is to promote and execute sustainable environment practices & legal compliances in the organization through various ways.

• Annual third party verification of environmental data. Factory Environment Module (FEM)
• Aspect/Impact analysis of the processes & activities.
• Prevention of pollution (minimum resources, zero waste).
• Controls over suppliers/services providers.
• The environment sensitive waste is transferred to approved and licensed vendor.
• Organic waste from the canteen is converted into fertilizer through in-house composting machine.
• Air & water monitoring on periodical basis.
• 3D Printing of components helps us to achieve not only rapid prototyping and tooling but also does it in a sustainable way as it minimises mould wastage.

A large amount of leather is wasted during footwear manufacturing. Besides being an expensive commodity its difficult to dispose it in an environment-friendly way. Eco-Friendly Tiles, made from leather scrap is one of our many initiatives to become sustainable and do our bit to save this planet for our future generation.

This innovative product has been developed after years of research using a variety of materials in combination with leather scrap by our R&D team. The end result is simply inspiring. It looks good, feels good to touch unlike ceramic or stone tiles and above all is the satisfaction one feels when he knows he has done something good.

Variety of Possible Usage:

• Interior Decor • Outdoor Pillars Decor • Pavements • Walkways

Features:

• Environment-Friendly • Quick Installation • Looks Good • Cost Effetive

Night Glow Feature:

Night glow feature has also been introduced in some tiles that makes them ideal for some interesting usage like fluorescent border strips that are visible in darkness and even for emergency markings.

We’re determined to make it a success because we consider this as our responsibility.