As a responsible business, Finlays Colombo Limited is constantly exploring ways to conserve precious resources. The company has recently established a rainwater harvesting project at its green tea factory at Haldummulla in Sri Lanka, to reduce the facility’s reliance on external water sources. The system has a harvesting potential of 1,905 cubic metres per annum. Initially, 25% will be utilised for flushing in the worker rest rooms and for watering the gardens. Over the next three years, Finlays plans to expand its use to the boiler, and add more storage tanks to supply the fire hydrants. As an additional environmental benefit, the distribution system operates solely on gravity head, thus minimising energy consumption. With the recent onset of monsoon rains, it has been possible to harvest rainwater to the full storage capacity of 30,000 litres.
