Thai Acrylic Fibre CO., LTD. has published its 2020 sustainability report, summarizing the company’s sustainability performance, activities, progress, outcomes and the achievements towards reducing the environmental footprint by building upon the three pillars of Aditya Birla Group’s Sustainability Framework: Responsible Stewardship, Stakeholder Engagement and Future-Proofing.

“TAF has started its sustainability journey six years ago, and we have been recording improvements in different aspects of sustainability and we believe that we have successfully placed TAF in alignment with the Group’s sustainability vision,” said Shesh Gupta, Unit Head, TAF. “This reporting period signifies the consolidation of systems practices and new initiatives in the areas of carbon management & water conservation. During the last few years, we have been focusing on contributing to the environment through our product stewardship.”

It gives me great pleasure to share with you our 2020 sustainability report depicting our economic, social and environmental processes and performance across our operations. We are committed to the adoption of best sustainability practices and hence charter our strategy to realize our target. We will continue to build on our leading position in the market for a responsible and prosperous future,” added Mr. Thomas Varghese, Business Head – Textile Business – Aditya Birla Group.

Performance highlights from 2020 Sustainability Report include:

• TAF uses the technology of aqueous suspension polymerization and wet spinning with sodium thiocyanate as a solvent: the safest & most environment-friendly technology for Acrylic Fibre manufacturing in the world, at the highest level of productivity
• Our energy consumption was down by 6.52%, with further reduction of CO2 emissions by 4.75%, and we are on our path to achieve Sustainable Business Against Targets 2025
• Capital training hours were increased by 28%
• Adoption of Radianza™ – the gel-dyed fibre – was increased by a large number of companies across the value chain
• Launch of Radianza™ sustainability documentary and video to raise awareness of the environmental issues related to textile value chain. LCA study of Radianza™ is included in this video

Thai Acrylic Fibre Co.,Ltd (TAF), a part of Aditya Birla Group, is among the world’s top five quality acrylic fibre producers. It was incorporated in 1987 with the ability to produce more than 20 different types of specific fibres including the technical fibres for high-end applications. TAF is also one of the greenest and most environmental-friendly acrylic fibre plants in the world.

See the full report at https://www.birlacril.com/pdf/ABG_2020.pdf