2. PRATIBHA SYNTEX
Vision : To be global leaders in Sustainable
textile products and practices
Mission :
Switch to 100% sustainable materials in production.
50% reduction in Carbon and Water footprint till 2015 (2010
base year.
Establish sustainable design and innovation center in India
and Europe.
Pratibha Syntex Ltd. launched its operations in
the year 1997. Indies first vertical manufacturing
set up. Pratibha made its foray into organic
farming in the year 1999. In the following year the
company integrated into Knitting-Dyeing Garmenting.
Today Pratibha boasts one of the largest control
networks of farmer’s in the world, providing
education in organic farming practices and support
for over 30,000 farmers across 4 states of India.
3. Vasudha
Currently
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Future Expansion
Implement BMP farming from
2010 under Vasudha (separate
farming zone)
Expand faming to cover 50000
farmers and 200,000 acres by
2015
Establish 10 model farms and
research centers
Create our own seed production
Establish 4 community and
support centers
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Vasudha Cotton spans across
the Indian States of Madhya
Pradesh. Maharashtra, Orissa,
Rajasthan.
130,000 acres of farmland
30,000 farmers
Short staple, medium staple,
extra long staple
4. Women
Empowerment
WE, an initiative started by
Pratibha in 2005, today
supports 1400 women
through –
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Better job opportunities,
Access to free medical facilities
Skill Training
& Healthcare programs.
The goal of WE is to socially
And economically empower
as many as 700 women every
year.
5. BETTER COTTON
INITIATIVE
Initiated in very poor regions in
Orissa.
Inhabited by Tribal societies.
First step in direction of Organic
Farming.
Organic Cotton
Brings incentive to farmers without
compromise in yield and Improves
the product and practice conditions .
Slowly converts farmers and their
mindsets from conventional to Clean
cotton and then move towards in
transition organic to gradually Organic
farming.BCI ( Better Cotton Initiative at
Rayagarha Orissa)initiated in
2011. 3000 Farmers and 8000 hectares
are associated with us.
6. Effluent Treatment Plant
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Pratibha stands at less than 28
litre per kilogram of dyed
fabric; well below the industry
average of 70 litre.
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We use GOTS approved dye
stuff which reduces the
effluent load from generation
at source by 70%.
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We are a zero discharge
facility leading to total recycle
and utilization of waste water.
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With the recoveries and
utilization of water from waste
water / process effluent – our
dye house process is “Zero
Water Balance”.