Sustainability

People

Process

Product

Community

Environment

Our Pillars of Sustainability

Thermax Colour Cotton Ltd. defines Sustainability as “the ability to survive and grow”. Thermax Colour Cotton Ltd. Sustainability is based on five pillars: People, Process, Product, Community, and Environment; thus, integrating a holistic approach towards Sustainability. If any of these pillars are missing, the organization will not survive.

Different initiatives, whether they be with our various knowledge partners or of our own, are taken to address these five pillars. People development focus on empowerment, health, and hygiene. Process encompasses the machineries used in the production processes, interventions to improve efficiency, and even skill development. Products refer to innovations and the responsible use of materials in production. Community concentrates on the various development needs of the local community including education, health, hygiene, and even safety. Environment requires to be addressed to preserve the natural resources such as water, carbon emissions, etc. so that the future generations can avail them. Thermax Colour Cotton Ltd. believes in voluntary doing to understand the needs and requirements and act accordingly to fulfill them.

Thermax Colour Cotton Ltd. practices integrate the values “Learning is growing” and “Sharing is caring”. Through existing and future practices and programs, Thermax Colour Cotton Ltd. wishes to learn and adopt globally recognized standards and encourage other to do the same.

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People

Bandhan Fair Price Shop

<p>The Bandhan Fair Price Shop serves people with all the essentials and commodities at factory price of the manufactures. It reduces workers&rsquo; monthly expenditure burden and shelters them from economic inflation. Goods are available at subsidized rates from 5% to 15%. &ldquo;Bandhan&rdquo; is the Bengali form of &ldquo;Bonding&rdquo;; it refers to the bonding between employer and employee. A total of BDT 7,754,042 sales took place in Bandhan in 2019-20.</p>

Future Leaders Development Program (FLDP)

Under the FLDP, fresh graduates from reputed universities across the nation are recruited and trained and groomed to become the future leaders of our organization in a period of five years.

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Process

Idea Club

TCCL encourages ideas from any employee or worker, regardless of their designation. Their efforts are recognized through a monthly recognition system: the “Employee of the Month”. In addition, the “Employee of the Year” has also been initiated. This promotes employees to work at their full potential and gives them a feeling of fairness as every employee has an equal opportunity at obtaining this reward. Ideas provided by workers helped in increasing productivity and reducing wastage

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Product

Organic Cotton

As an initiative to reduce the negative impact on the environment and consumers, Organic Cotton is imported from India to process organic yarn. Organic Cotton contributes to replenishing and maintaining soil fertility, building biologically diverse agriculture and using less water. Use of harmful pesticides, insecticides, etc. is also eliminated here which otherwise would affect farmers and wildlife. Currently about 35% of the total yarn production comprises of Organic Cotton.

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Community

Community Education and Development Program

As a part of endorsing need for quality education in Bangladesh, TCCL has undertaken multiple activities to promote education in the local community of Kashimpur. TCCL created a four storied building in Hatimara School and College which accommodates 1,000 pupils. Furthermore, in 2015, 100 benches donated to Sardagonj Govt. Primary School as part of their request for facilitating them for the board examinations. A renovation work has also been done in the school to accommodate further students.

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Environment

Trees to be Planted to Offset Carbon Emissions

Creating industries has a direct relation with creating employment. At the same time, carbon emissions are associated with the industries. A method of offsetting these emissions is by planting trees. Trees, of course, have other benefits including restoring biodiversity. Recognizing all these, DBL has already started planting trees as part of the Tree Plantation Program. DBL aims to plant 100,000 trees in different regions of its operations and beyond within 2020.