Linea Aqua reaffirms status as industry leader in sustainability

From left: Kanishka Jayasinghe– CCC, Mega Ganeshan - Executive Sustainability, Linea Aqua,Sarinda Unamboowe - Managing Director, Linea Aqua, LakminiSenadheera - Manager Sustainability Assurance & Advisory Services, SFG, Lalith Herath - Manager Lean & Sustainability, Linea Aqua, ChalanaPerera - Executive Sustainability, Linea Aqua

The region’s leading swimwear manufacturer recently reinforced their standing as a frontrunner in environmental sustainability by recertifying their Hanwella factory as CarbonConscious, WaterConscious & WasteConscious for a second consecutive year.

 
The certifications were awarded following stringent conformity assessments that measured the factory’s green house gas emissions, waste generation, water consumption & wastage, and inspections of the comprehensive management plans that have been introduced to mitigate the environmental impact caused by the said focus areas.

Receiving the certifications, Sarinda Unamboowe, CEO/Managing Director of Linea Aqua (Pvt) Ltd remarked, “We have always placed sustainability at the forefront of our business operations. The certifications are a testament to Aqua’s long-term commitment towards reducing our impact, in the hope of safeguarding the environment for the nextgeneration; and wewill continue to find innovative ways to achievethese goals.”

The independent consultancy services were provided by the country’s most recognised sustainability solutions expert - The Carbon Consulting Company (CCC). Commenting on LineaAqua’sachievements, Sanith de Silva Wijeyeratne, CEO of CCC, stated, “We are humbled to workalongsideindustrygiantssuch as Linea Aqua who are passionate about conservingour national resources and taking strong action to ensure that they mitigate the impact of theiroperations on the planet.”  

CertifiedConscious is part of a proprietary, diverse range of certifications developed following internationally-accepted standards and protocols to measure, manage and mitigate/enhance key environmental impact areas such as carbon, water, waste and biodiversity, by the region’s first verification& certification provider to be accredited for ISO14064 - The Sustainable Future Group (SFG).

“We can confirm that Linea Aqua has met all the requiredcriteria to obtainCarbon, Water & WasteConscious certifications, including havings ystems in place for the reduction of the identified impact areas”, Lakmini Senadheera, Manager Sustainability Assurance &Advisory Services at SFG statedduring the certificatehandover.

Linea Aqua is no stranger to sustainable business practices. Fromtreeplanting in the Sri Lankanrainforest conservation project “Hiniduma Bio-link”; improvingfacilities in rural schools&elders’ homes; to large-scale habitat restoration& clearing-up projects in Bundala& Yala National Parks, they have made sure sustainabilityis part and parcel of theirorganisationaloperations. In addition, Linea Aqua announcedtheir intention to maketheirHanwella Factory WaterNeutral by the next fiscal year. The company plans to systematically replenish all the water they use in theirfactoryoperations, towardsreaching an ambitious goal of becoming the first garmentmanufacturer to become ‘water neutral’ - a concept first coined by the Water Footprint Network of the Netherlandsthat has been adapted to a regionalcontext by SFG.