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USING RESOURCES



            EFFICIENTLY AND RESPONSIBLY







            Energy Usage and                 reducing the energy consumption for   2 MWp solar installation was initiated
            Energy Savings                   its operations through modern energy   in FY 2019 and has been completed
                                                                              successfully. The reduced energy
                                             efficient technologies and efficient
                                             operations management.           consumption initiatives include
            At Interloop, we mainly require energy                            installation of Waste Heat Recovery
            in the form of electricity, steam and   During the year, significant steps were   System, Inverters on Cooling Towers,
            natural gas. We use natural gas, diesel,   taken to increase the use of renewable   Fan Motor and Air Handling Units
            furnace oil and coal for electricity and   energy resulting in higher percentage of   (AHU), Upgradation of steam blowers
            steam generation. We also purchase   clean energy supporting      and Installation of Energy Efficient lights
            electricity from Lahore & Faisalabad   SDG 7; Affordable and Clean Energy.   at finishing floors.
            Electric Supply Companies. Interloop   To achieve the target of 4MWp installed
            is continuously working towards   solar capacity by FY 2021, a project of


                                       Unit                    FY 2019            FY 2018            FY 2017
             Energy used within
             Operations                 GJ                   1,329,172           1,516,146          1,362,073                             Solar Energy

            The fuel consumption figures are derived from log record and converted from their respective measuring units to energy in     Solar energy is abundantly available,
            GJ’s using factors from the Engineering toolbox.                                                                              free of cost and the cleanest energy
                                                                                                                                          source in terms of GHG emissions.
                                       Unit                    FY 2019            FY 2018            FY 2017                              Our currently installed solar capacity
             Savings by Energy          GJ                      11,079             10,335               7,621                             of 120kWp has already made a
             Conservation Initiatives                                                                                                     positive impact by generating 483,447
                                                                                                                                          kWh and reducing 268 tons of CO e
                                                                                                                                                                    2
                                                                                                                                          emissions. The solar project of 2.0
            Energy Management                                                                                                             MWp has been fully operational since
            Initiatives - ISO 50001                                                                                                       August 2019 and is expected to further
                                                                                                                                          reduce 1500 tons of CO e emission per
                                                                                                                                                             2
            Interloop Limited is the 1  Textile   Energy Consumption           Savings by Energy Conservation Initiatives                 annum. We have planned to increase
                               st
                                              (GJ)                             (GJ)                                                       the renewable energy production to
            Company and 4  among all other
                        th
            industries in Pakistan to achieve                                               10,335    11,079                              4MWp installed solar capacity by 2021.
            ISO - 50001 Certification for Energy                                                                                                                                                            Biomass Boiler
            Management System (EnMS). The       1,362,073  1,516,146               7,621
            certification provides guidelines for                   1,329,172                                                                                                                               Biomass fuel has very small
            applying EnMS to existing monitoring                                                                                                                                                            contribution to GHG emissions
            and measurement system along with                                                                                                                                                               compared to coal and furnace oil for
            streamlined documentation. Currently,                                                                                                                                                           steam generation. Interloop fulfills some
            the scope of this certification includes   FY 2017  FY 2018  FY 2019  FY 2017   FY 2018   FY 2019                                                                                               portion of its energy demand by using
            Plant 2, Plant 4, Vertical Sampling            (Years)                          (Years)                                                                                                         bio-waste (corncob, rice husk) as fuel.
            Facility and Distribution Centre at   for FY 2021 in Hosiery business. The                                                                                                                      The total reduction from this initiative in
            the Interloop Industrial Park. EnMS   entire standard revolves around the                                                                                                                       FY 2019 was 1,779 tons of CO e.
            is helping in considerably improving   PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle that                                                                                                                                               2
            energy efficiency at Interloop Limited   endorses a continual improvement
            and is assisting in achieving its   process.
            Environmental Sustainability Targets



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