Environmental Policy & Environmental Management System |
- We are committed to the preservation of our environment, the measures for which are articulated in our Environmental Policy (Click HERE for the Top Glove Environmental Policy)
- Total 7 Top Glove Factories are certified with ISO 14001 and 4 Top Glove Factories are in the midst of certification by this year. Other factories will be included in next year plan.
- For any environmental feedback/ enquiry, feel free to send us by using this link.
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Water Management |
Water is essential to the glove production process and we are particularly concerned about conserving this important resource. To ensure an uninterrupted supply of water, we:
- Adopt 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) System
- Installed On-Site Detention (OSD) tanks and rain harvesting tanks with a combined capacity of 2,500M3 at factories
- Invested in the Reverse Osmosis Treatment Plant (ROTP) to treat wastewater discharge from surrounding factories to produce clean water and channel back into factories for reuse in production
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Fuel & Energy Management |
- 6 factories are powered by biomass, a renewable source of energy
- Heat exchangers are employed to recover heat from hot waste water and hot air emission, thereby reducing heat energy consumption
- More advanced energy efficient systems are implemented at new factories
- We are gradually replacing all old air conditioners and refrigerators with 5-Star Energy Rated machines to enhance energy efficiency
- Retrofit fluorescent lamps are being substituted with LED lamps, while inverters for energy saving and newer energy-efficient pumps are also being installed
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Raw Materials |
- At least 50% of the gloves produced are natural rubber gloves, the main component for which is a renewable, naturally biodegradable and environmentally-friendly resource
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Transportation |
- As transportation is a major contributor to climate change, all 17 Klang factories are strategically located within 500 meters of each other, substantially minimising fuel consumption and enabling more efficient inter-factory transportation
- Video-conferencing facilities are also available for all multi-location meetings thereby reducing the need to commute for staff located outstation
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Waste Management |
- All solid waste is segregated into scrap metal, paper, plastic, wood pallets, containers and other recyclables for recycling and reuse with minimum solid wastes disposed to landfills
- Our rubber waste is sent to government certified companies for purposes of recycling, rather than being disposed as scheduled waste in secured landfills
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Facilities Investment & Improvement |
- In FYE 2018, we allocated up to RM2 million per factory, for environmental facilities such as Industrial Effluent Treatment Systems, scrubbers and dust collectors
- Our corporate office, Top Glove Tower is a Grade A and Green Building Index (GBI) certified Gold office building, featuring high performance glazing, an efficient chiller plant system design and LED lights for optimum energy and water efficiency
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Product Innovation |
- Development of Biogreen biodegradable nitrile glove in 2019 which biodegrades at least 10 times faster compared to conventional nitrile examination gloves
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Rubber waste recycling |
- We convert torn nitrile gloves into other rubber products such as shoe soles, rubber insulation mats and floor tiles
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Data Monitoring |
- We disclose and monitor our environmental data to measure our progress and review our performance
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