HanesBrands Earns EPA Excellence Award

Published: April 18, 2016

HanesBrands, Winston-Salem, N.C., has earned its seventh consecutive partner-of-the-year award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program for excellence in energy conservation, carbon emissions avoidance and environmental sustainability.



A team from Hanes attended the annual Energy Star program in Washington, D.C., to accept the award and participate in collaborative meetings to share best practices with other industrial companies earning 2016 Energy Star recognition, including Boeing, Colgate-Palmolive, General Motors and Toyota.

Key 2015 accomplishments for Hanes included: the construction of a 5.5-megawatt biomass-fueled heat-and-power plant to support operations in El Salvador and avoid energy derived from heavy oil; the initiation of an annual company-wide global energy summit for executives, managers and engineers to plot achievement of long-term 2020 environmental performance goals; the addition of five additional plants achieving the Energy Star Challenge for industry recognition for reducing energy use by more than 10%; and continued commitment to responsibly produced cotton and energy-efficient yarn processing.

Since 2007, Hanes has reduced its energy use by 25%, water use by 31% and carbon emissions by 2%. Last year, Hanes derived 25% of its worldwide energy needs from renewable sources, including biomass, hydroelectric, geothermal and wind.

For more information, visit hanesforgood.com. — L.V.

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