ORIGIN

Origin Glove Series

Environmental Benefits:

• Water recycling and reusing initiatives, combined with extensive rainwater harvesting systems at our facilities, have reduced our water footprint by more than 25%- this means more than 20,000,000 litres of water annually. (Certification Global Water Footprinting Standards)
• Solar Power panels placed across most of our sites generate upwards of 4.5 MW annually; power not utilized for our own requirements is supplied to the national grid. Our target is to increase coverage across all our sites to 100% of our light requirement. (Certification ISO 50001)
• We use 100% sustainably farmed biomass for our facilities’ heating energy requirements. The switch from fossil fuels to biomass has significantly reduced our carbon footprint; We have put a stop to using more than 24 million litres of fossil fuels annually. (Certification ISO 50001)
• Through a combination of our plantations, tree planting initiatives and land conservation efforts, we are sequestering up to 109,000 tones of greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years – as we audit and certify more of our initiatives, this number will continue to grow. (Certification ISO 14064, ISO 14067, PAS 2050 Standards, GHG Protocol Product Standard)
• We maintain non commercial land holdings which are being replanted with endemic species of flora in order to conserve the native eco-system. Annual replanting of our plantation and our other land holdings adds over 110,000 trees to the eco system annually. (Certification ISO 14001, FSC Forest Management Certification, Fair Rubber)
• Organic waste from our latex centrifuging operations is being converted to fertilizer, while we are trialling programs to recycle and upcycle waste from our glove manufacturing operations into shoe soles and floor mats.(Certification ISO 14001, CEA Environmental Protective License.)

Social Benefits: 

• Plantation employees are provided at no cost, detached housing units with individual plots of land – creating safer and more sustainable living conditions for the families.
• Employee-managed welfare shops, located near the plantations, provide an outlet for plantation employees to sell self-crafted artisanal items. 100% of the profits go directly to the employees-providing an additional source of income.
• All employees are assigned with periodic medical checks, with specialized medical consultants. Management teams also follow up on the prescriptions issued during these consults, ensuring they are fulfilled.
• Comprehensive life-skill training happens regularly for our employees across all our operations, on various disciplines such as English language, vocational training, and soft skill training.
• Child development centres located within our plantations, provide day care and schooling for children of employees. Catered at no costs, the initiative offers children education up to the primary level, at which they join the public-school network. Benefits of this scheme are two-fold, as they offer families the option of having both parents working.
• In addition to housing, we have also successfully completed water supply programs that have provided clean and safe water for our plantation employees and their homes.