Best Practices
Dormitory
Solar water heater and Heat pump
Installing a solar water heater and heat pump in the dormitory, reducing carbon emissions by more than 30 tonnes annually.
Ningbo Helong New Material Co., Ltd.Wood Plastic Composite Manufacturing Industry
Air-to-Water Heat Pump
Replacing their natural gas combustion chamber with an air-to-water heat pump, which absorbs heat energy from the air. After passing through a compressor, the heat energy is then directly transferred to water. This method of heating water has lowered their carbon emissions by more than 30 percent.
Super Performance Textile (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.Wearing Apparel Manufacturing Industry
Solar energy thermal hot water system
Provide hot water to the dormitory and production line
ZhongShan Yida Apparel Ltd.Wearing Apparel Manufacturing Industry
Solar energy street light
Replace grid electricity with natural energy
ZhongShan Yida Apparel Ltd.Wearing Apparel Manufacturing Industry
Solar PV panels
A 0.75MW solar PV system with 3,010 solar panels was installed in 2014 to supply electricity to production lines. The system generates a total of around 700,000 kWh annually, amounting to about 13.5 per cent of Nexus’ total power consumption and lowers the company’s carbon emissions by 530 tonnes annually.
Nexus Electrical (Jiaxing) LimitedElectrical Appliances and Houseware Industry
Waste water recycling system
Recycling waste water from washing processes and the dormitory and reusing it as toilet flushing water, saving up to 600 tonnes of water annually
Maxturn Apparel Company LimitedWearing Apparel Manufacturing Industry
Greening the factory
Large-scale greening in the factory and providing an area on the rooftop for a staff garden, indirectly lowering carbon emissions and enhancing staff environmental awareness.
PY Garment Manufacturing (Rongxian) Company LimitedWearing Apparel Manufacturing Industry
Electric induction cooker I canteen
Using electric induction cookers in the canteen thus reducing carbon emissions.
Shenzhen Hong Tao Non-Woven Fabric Co., Ltd.Textile Industry
Improve heating facilities in the dormitory
By replacing boiler’s heating with more energy efficient heating facilities in the dormitory, adding new solar heating panels and heat pumps, installing new environmentally friendly insulation pipes for reducing heat loss. These facilities, in addition to carbon emissions reduction, also save $60,000 RMB in fuel consumption and reduce sulphur dioxide by 28 kg annually.
Jun Wei Apparel Co., Ltd.Wearing Apparel Manufacturing Industry
Collection of rainwater and wastewater from water-cooling systems
Installing water tanks to collect rainwater and wastewater from water-cooling systems. The collected water is used for flushing toilets, watering plantations and other functions. The system can collect 5,000 m3 of rainwater annually.
Cerie (Cambodia) Garment Co., Ltd.Wearing Apparel Manufacturing Industry
Using reusable metal trays instead of single-use plastic bags as food containers
Encouraging staff to use reusable metal trays instead of single-use plastic bags as food containers and instructing hawkers around the factory to only use metal trays, saving 3,000 plastic bags a day.
Cerie (Cambodia) Garment Co., Ltd.Wearing Apparel Manufacturing Industry





















