The CarbonNeutral certification was the first step in an ongoing process to assess and reduce the carbon footprint of the group's factories, it said.
The Hirdaramani Group has 28 plants in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Vietnam and employs over 30,000 people spread across six countries and six industries.
The ˜Mihila’ factory in Agalawatte, south of the capital Colombo, got certified after a detailed greenhouse gas assessment from the Carbon Consulting Company, internal energy efficiency measures, and external carbon offsets to compensate for remaining emissions.