MIT Cargo goes green

One year after it launched a `Go Green’ initiative to drive its evolution into an eco-friendly organization, MIT Cargo, The Hayleys Group’s international freight management specialist is seeking to stimulate other companies in the Group to follow its lead. As part of this effort, MIT Cargo together with the Central Environment Authority (CEA) recently conducted a seminar for Hayleys Group employees to enhance their awareness of eco-friendly practices.

Environment and Natural Resources Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka made a presentation at the event on `Global Warming, Energy Crisis and Green Jobs’ and thanked MIT Cargo for initiating such an environmental friendly program which is an urgent need of the hour.

The minister in his speech said modern development totally depends on fossils and that 86 per cent of global economic achievements are based on oil, gas and coal. `Oil sources will be decreased by 2015 and by 2050s oil will no longer be an economically viable source,’ he said and added that 70 per cent of Global Warming is caused by burning of fossil fuels.