Howrah Mills Company Limited today said it was the first jute mill in the country to earn carbon credits under the clean development mechanisms (CDM) thanks to adoption of latest technology.
The mill was registered under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) for using green and energy saving technologies in jute production. Howrah mill, despite financial problems, invested Rs 38 lakh to buy a jute biomass fired boiler to cut reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The project was registered with UNFCC 2008 and gained 4,112 Carbon Emission Reduction or CERs in the first issuance.
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