Shahi Exports Closer To 100% Renewable Electricity Goal
Shahi Exports, India’s largest apparel manufacturer and exporter has been able to increase renewable energy capacity to 92.5 MW, bringing it closer to 100 percent renewable electricity goal by 2026.
This was revealed in the Shahi Exports Sustainability Report for 2022-23. Another initiative is phasing out coal from garment factories and continue working on coal elimination in mills.
The Bengaluru headquartered garment exporter also achieved Higg FEM verified average score of 78.05 percent, compared to the global average of 59.67 percent.
Additionally the exporter has bagged several awards for commitment to environmental stewardship, like the International Green Apple Environment Award by The Green Organization.
It also won the Excellence in Performance Award presented by the Confederation of Indian Industry under the Ground-Mounted Solar category.
On the employee front, Shahi said it has invested 1.2 million hours in upskilling its employees in behavioural and technical skills.
The company continued to invest in soft skills training for women through the Gap Inc. P.A.C.E. program, reaching about 86,000 women since 2007 and completing 96 percent of the 2024 training target.
It also partnered with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to support migrant workers and launched the Yarn Ethically and Sustainably Sourced (YESS) program to mitigate the risk of forced labour.
Shahi was established in 1974 and has three fabric processing mills and over 50 state-of-the-art apparel manufacturing facilities across eight Indian states and a diverse workforce of over 100,000 people.
