Here, Kam Chuen Mau – Executive Director of Textured Jersey (centre) and Arjuna Somarathna – Director, Somarathna Consultants, exchange copies of the agreement. The others in the picture are (from left) Janaka Senarathna – Assistant Manager, Engineering and Shehan Witharana – Director of Textured Jersey and K C Somarathna – Managing Director, Somarathna Consultants.

Textured Jersey begins work on ISO 14064 emission standard

Textured Jersey Lanka PLC is the first manufacturing entity in Sri Lanka to embark on process improvements leading to compliance with the ISO 14064 environmental standard on reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions.

Sri Lanka's pre-eminent producer of value-added knitted fabric recently entered into an agreement with Somarathna Consultants for technical advice and support for this initiative.

The ISO 14064 standard provides businesses and other organisations with an integrated set of tools for programs aimed at measuring, quantifying and reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions and enables them to take part in emissions trading schemes using a globally recognised standard.

A specialist in the manufacture of high quality, weft-knitted and dyed stretch fabrics, Textured Jersey is a supplier for top-notch international brands of the calibre of Victoria's Secret, Marks & Spencer and Intimissimi.