South Asia’s largest apparel and textile manufacturer, MAS Holdings has signed up for Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to reduce its absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 25.2 per cent by 2025 from 2019 levels. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has launched a new report to emphasise on the need to address the climate crisis issue in the fashion industry on an urgent basis.

As per a McKinsey & Company report, the fashion industry is responsible for 4 per cent of global carbon emissions. .The industry has taken several steps to address this issue including supporting the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to promote and adopt science-based climate targets. However, to address the concerns of increasingly environment-conscious consumers, brands need to collaborate with manufacturers sharing their vision of a sustainable fashion industry.

PT MAS Arya Indonesia (MAS Arya), with two production facilities located in Central Java, Indonesia, has become the first manufacturing unit of MAS to be powered entirely through renewable electricity. The facilities entered into long-term agreements with PT PLN (Persero), the state-owned electricity supply and distribution entity in Indonesia, to purchase renewable electricity. Having signed up with PLN for a 15-year commitment, MAS Arya is the first firm in Indonesia’s Semarang Region to join the program.