RIL Receives Golden Peacock Eco-Innovation Award For Recron® GreenGold Fibres

Industry news

RIL Receives Golden Peacock Eco-Innovation Award For Recron® GreenGold Fibres

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), the largest integrated producer of polyester fibre and yarn in the world, has been awarded with the Golden Peacock Eco-Innovation Award for the year 2017, for its innovative excellence as well as environmentally friendly products like Recron® Green Gold fibres and Recron® Green Gold Dope-Dyed (EcoD) Fibres & Tow by the Golden Peacock Awards Secretariat.

The award was presented on behalf of the Institute Of Directors, India’s 19th World Congress on Environment Management at a Golden Peacock Awards presentation ceremony in Hyderabad recently.

It was presented by Supreme Court of India judge, Honourable Justice Kurian Joseph to RIL Vice President & Regional Head (East) for Polyester Sector Prabir Bhattacharya, in the presence of Lt. Gen. J. S. Ahluwalia, PVSM (Retd), President of the Institute Of Directors, India, as well as other corporate sector dignitaries.

Recron® Green Gold fibres and Recron® Green Gold Dope-Dyed (EcoD) Fibres & Tow are the greenest fibres produced in the world, which have been manufactured from ecofriendly processes of the highest standard. These fibres have been granted the "Global Recycle Standard" from the internationally recognised Control Union Certificates, Netherland.

These fibres have been tested for lowest carbon footprint number and they meet the most stringent environmental criteria for being green fibres providing confidence to consumers on genuineness. Recron® Green Gold fibres and tow are Oekotex 100, product Class-1 certified, meeting the human-ecological requirements of the standard established for baby articles.

These products also fulfill the requirements of Annex XVII of REACH as the fibres does not use of Azo dyes, nickel, etc. Recron® Green Gold fibres and tow offer great value and opportunity to the textile industry enabling them to offer certified green products and to meet the overseas buyers and brands need for sustainable apparels.

Recron® Green Gold EcoD polyester fibre circumvent the need for high cost downstream dyeing of grey fibre. The entire range of Green Gold EcoD fibres offers a very high consistency of shade as well as unbeatable washing, light, and sublimation fastness, making it suitable for both apparel and technical textiles.

These fibres are available in pre-colour form with wide range of deniers, cross sections and functionality for cotton and worsted spinning system. The product range includes a vast range of more than 40 shades and other shades or customised products with functionalities like anti-microbial and sun protection.