Oct 10, Colombo: Global apparel giant Marks and Spencer chose the Brandix Group’s world-first Platinum rated Green Factory for a visit by several senior apparel sector executives from India, Bangladesh and the United Kingdom, a press release from Brandix Group said.

The visitors led by Marks and Spencer’s ‘Plan A’ Director Richard Gillies along with his Associates Paschal Little and Ian Morris as well as Ravi Seshadri the Regional Head of Technology for MAS South Asia undertook a two-hour tour of the Brandix Eco Centre at Seeduwa for a first-hand look at how the plant has been redesigned to achieve global benchmark ratings in energy and water conservation, solid waste management and low carbon emissions.

The Brandix Green Factory in Seeduwa is reported to be the first and only apparel manufacturing facility in the world to be rated Platinum under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System of the US Green Building Council (USGBC).

The 130,000 square-foot complex is Brandix Casualwear’s lead manufacturing plant for Marks and Spencer, and supports MAS’ ‘Plan A’ a five-year, 100-point 'eco' plan to encourage suppliers around the world to make their supply chains carbon neutral through Green manufacturing processes.