November 16, Colombo (LNW): The BOI is in the process of turning the existing factories and the coming industries in the future into environmentally-friendly green industries.
Thus, the BOI has started the process of converting several investment promotion zones into green industrial zones. Indsignals under the purview of the BOI are currently in the process of upgrading the machinery used in their factories to minimize the quantum of carbon emission released to the environment.
Approval is considered by the BOI only for the use of environmentally-friendly machines for industries under the BOI, with proper guidance according to regulations.
In addition, the Environment Management Department of BOI has taken steps for internship training to be provided for students of the Faculty of Technology in collaboration with the University of Jayawardenepura, Sri Lanka, with the express intent of providing theoretical and practical knowledge to new professionals entering the environment management field.
The team that completed the internship of the Environment Management Department presented their research outcomes conducted based on the BOI industries at the BOI Auditorium recently. The Director General of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka Renuka M. Weerakoone chaired this proud event, and all internal department heads of BOI participated.
The Director General Renuka M. Weerakoone who spoke here, stated that the research, knowledge, and concepts of these new professionals are more important for sustainable industrial development.
She also underscored the importance of incorporating this knowledge into the work of the BOI, and stressed the effectiveness of providing such experiences to future professionals.
This theoretical, practical, and research training for the internship students focused on several detailed aspects that are highly relevant and significant to the industrial sector in Sri Lanka.
During this conference, guidelines to assess industrial boiler fuels for sustainable boiler operations, the development of a green rating system for a sustainable industrial zone, the calculation of the water footprint for optimising the organic latex mattress manufacturing industry were presented by the internship students of the Environment Management Department of the BOI.,
They also displayed the way in enhancing the calorific value and palletisation of biologically treated sludge for sustainable energy production, and assessing and reducing the carbon footprint of organic rubber mattress manufacturing—a comprehensive life cycle analysis.
