1. Crystal's Journey to Sustainability
Corporate Quality and Sustainability Department
May, 2012
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2. About Crystal
Crystal Sweater Elegance Industrial Crystal Apparel
Crystal Martin UK Crystal Martin FE
Ltd. Co. Ltd. Co. Ltd.
(2005) (2005)
(1982) (1974) (1982)
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3. Year of Establishment: 1970
Employee: 40,000
Production base: PRC, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Market base: US, EU, Japan
Annual production: 230M pieces 3

4. Start from oneself
and go beyond……
• It all started from one film……
“An Inconvenient Truth - Al Gore”
• More “ passionate ” about the
commitment we need to make
Top-down
Passion
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5. Being Responsible
– Makes Perfect Business Sense
Triple Bottom Line
Profit
Sustainable
People Planet
Sustainability:
While sustaining our business growth,
we make better use of resources without compromising our future.
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6. Sustainability in Crystal
The Environment
Innovation
Product Integrity
Employee Care
Community Engagement
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7. Eco Approach
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8. Global 5-Year Environmental Targets
Base Year: 2008 Progress in 2011
↓ 10.0%
1,045,408
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9. For a Sustainable Business
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10. Sustainable Products
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11. Yida Denim Factory
• The 2nd biggest bottom
exporter in PRC – 2011
• Established in 2005
• Employees : 3,500
• Main Product: Jeans
• Specialty: Eco wet processing
• Annual production: 12.5 millions pairs
• Machines: 1,374
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12. Environmental Efficiency
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5.23
5
4
3.59
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2.73
2
1.26
0.92
1
0.83
0.09 0.07 0.06
0
2007 2010 2011
Water Electricity Steam
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13. Energy Saving & Carbon Reduction
↓ Energy Cost
↓ Carbon Footprint
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14. Lighting System
– Environmental-friendly lighting: T5
– Individual switches in workshops
– Occupancy sensors for corridor
Started from: Jun 2008
Payback: 14 months
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15. Lighting System
LED application
• Selected sewing
floors
• Recycle cotton
workshop
Started from: May 2010
Payback: 46 months
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16. Variable Frequency Devices
Servo-motor in
sewing m/c
Started from: Aug 2008
Payback: 8.8 months
Air Compressor
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17. Water Curtain Cooling
• Low energy consumption compared to air-con system
Started from: Nov 2009
Payback: 9.3 months
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18. High Efficiency Dryers
• Exhaust heat recovered to
reduce steam consumption
• Shortened drying time
Save 17% steam
Started from: Oct 2010
Payback: 90.5 months
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19. Steam Condensation Recovery
Started from: Jun 2010
• For Laundry use Payback: 4.3 months
Steam saving: 3,685 ton/yr
Hot water supply: 130 m3/day
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20. Boiler – Biomass Fuel
Started from: 2011
Payback: 8 months
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21. Solar Hot Water Supply
Save 70%
Dormitory Production
Started from: May 2009
Payback: 17 months
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22. Renewable Energy – Road Lamps
Solar Power
Wind Power
Started from: Sep 2010
Payback: 42 months
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23. Green Logistics
• Cost Saving
• HK$ 4 million in 1 year
• Quicker response in factory
• ↓ 52 km of travel
67% CO2 saved
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24. Water Conservation
Less fresh water use
Zero discharge
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25. Wastewater Treatment
Parameter BSR PRC Denim Factory
Water Quality Guidelines DB44/26-2001 Grade 1 (Actual)
Temperature (˚C) ≤ 37 - 31.6
pH 6.0-9.0 6.0-9.0 7.5
TSS (mg/l) ≤ 30.0 20 None
(Total Suspended Solids)
BOD (mg/l) ≤ 30.0 20 8
(Biological Oxygen Demand)
COD (mg/l) ≤ 200.0 90 25
(Chemical Oxygen Demand)
Color ≤ 150 40 1.5
(ADMI units or Pt-Co units)
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26. Wastewater Treatment System
Advanced
Technology
• To ensure stability for reuse of treated wastewater
• Less chemical needed, less sludge, high quality & low
Benefits
treatment cost
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27. Water Recycling
＞80% Reuse
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28. Sustainable Washing
G2 Technology
Front Loading
↓ Cost
↓ Water
Eco-softener
↓ Manpower
Laser
↓ Chemical
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29. Waste Elimination
Target:
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30. Recycled Cotton
2011 Solid Waste: ↓774 ton
↓968 ton
Made with recycled cotton – x% pre-consumer 30

31. Turn Food Waste into Treasure
Handling Food Composting to Fertilizing
Waste Organic Fertilizer Organic Garden
Canteen waste +
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32. Paper-less
Production e-Ticket: ETS + RFID
ERP System – SAP
e-Documentation Management
e-Form
e-Banking
Saved 90% paper
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33. Waste Recycling
Ease & encourage recycling:
• Proper segregation
• Collection
• Education
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34. Environmental Contributions
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35. Eco Achievements
↓ 17%
Carbon
ISO 14001 EMS Certification
Cleaner Production Enterprise
of Guangdong
ISO 50001: Energy Management System (EnMS) in Progress 35

36. Culture Building
2010 Global Sustainability Forum
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37. Tree Planting
2007-2012: 1,045,408 trees
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38. Sustainable through Sharing
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39. Factory Visits for Customers
For:
• Customer teams
• Their Suppliers (Far East)
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40. Working with Local Government
To drive environmental culture in the public
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41. Sharing with Media
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42. Global Next 5-Year Targets
 ↓Water by 10%
 Zero Landfill
 ↓Carbon Footprint by 6%
 ↓Energy by 5%
 The Use of Renewable Energy 5-10%
 Plant 1,000,000 Trees more
 Supply Chain Traceability
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43. “Being Responsible – A perfect business sense”
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