Sustainability

The New Asia Group is comprised of six individual entities that form a vertically integrated apparel manufacturing organization, headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Environmental Management System

Sterling group is committed to maintain a safe and healthy workplace and clean environment due to its manufacturing activities by minimizing risk to people and property and adverse effect on environment and by complying relevant legal and other requirements.
As a garments manufacturer in Bangladesh, we intend to minimize adverse impacts to the environment through effective and efficient design, manufacturing and distribution of our products.

Our approach to Environmental aspect is summarized as follows:

  • Prioritize Environment is our no. one priority.
  • Implementing & maintaining sound Environmental practices.
  • Consistently meeting all prevalent regulatory & statutory norms related to environment and exceed wherever practicable.
  • Enhancing Environmental awareness among employees and general public in and around the plant.
  • Conservation of key input resources like energy and water.
  • Providing necessary resources for promotion of clean environment & continuously strive for improvement in our Environmental performance.
  • Commitment to continual improvement and prevention of pollution.

Goals

Reduce water use 58% by 2027
58%
Reduce energy use 30% by 2030
30%
Use 100% of ZDHC positive list chemicals by 2020
100%
Reduce air emissions 20% by 2025
20%
Use 100% green screening chemical by 2023
100%

ISO Certification:

STERLING Group obtained ISO 14001:2015 & continually strives for environmental improvement through implementation of its Policy and Environmental Management System. Ways to minimize impacts to the environment from our business activities are continuously being developed, implemented, and tracked.

 
  • Environmental performance shall be ensured during all operations to control pollution.
  • The company shall make informing, educating, training to all employees about EMS objectives.
  • Committed to continual improvement by risk Assessment; Waste minimization, “3R” concepts (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle).

Implementing HIGG & FEM

For considering sustainability we are assess our sustainability practice by HIGG FEM in every year and its verifying by SAC approved third party for getting the impartial result that reflects our effort and limitation. Last year Sterling group got 68% score in HIGG FEM. The HIGG score is consider as sustainability score by all buyers as well as for H&M it is Platinum score as per their scoring system. Sterling group is doing so many sustainable practice for implementing the HIGG FEM that also can Leads the sustainability live. Sterling group is doing so many sustainable practice for implementing the HIGG FEM that also can Leads the sustainability live.

 
  • Environmental performance shall be ensured during all operations to control pollution.
  • The company shall make informing, educating, training to all employees about EMS objectives.
  • Committed to continual improvement by risk Assessment; Waste minimization, “3R” concepts (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle).
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