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GBCSA awards Equator - the Belt Factory 5-star Green Star certification
![L-R: Employees Nosipho Zulu and Thabanie Mngoma and business development partner Lungani Manqele with the bins where all waste is collected for recycling.](https://biz-file.com/c/2009/573918.jpg)
The rating focuses on energy use and water efficiencies, waste management and peoples’ working environments – all factors that were not priorities, in a different era, when the factory was initially built by the then Frame Textiles in 1967.
Equator - the Belt Factory purchased the former textile mill in 2017 and has invested in implementing a number of sustainability interventions and initiatives. These include rainwater harvesting and water-saving fittings, energy-efficient fittings and systems, waste management systems (including reduction, recycling and composting), improved indoor environmental quality through the use of double-glazing, non-toxic paints and finishes, the use of second-hand and upcycled furniture, employee training and operational initiatives to improve efficiency, material offcut donations, and small business and employee development.
![GBCSA awards Equator - the Belt Factory 5-star Green Star certification](https://biz-file.com/c/2009/573919.jpg)
Managing director Leon Buhr says that it now requires less energy to make a belt from start to finish than it takes to make a cup of tea. He says that, while this significant five-star Green Star certification marks a notable milestone for the local belt manufacturer, this is just part of a long-term journey.
![Leon Buhr, MD, Equator - the Belt Factory](https://biz-file.com/c/2009/573920.jpg)
“For us, sustainability is a company-wide, all-encompassing effort that is becoming deeply ingrained in the company culture. The Green Star certification is an important and credible marker of our progress and has taken a great deal of effort, says Buhr.
“It is said there is no destination for a sustainability journey – just daily improvement. But if one could define sustainability goals, it would be a circular economy and carbon neutrality. So we use those as our guiding lights in terms of decisions and choices we make and innovations we implement.”
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