The construction of Cambodia’s first gold-certified Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) v4 clothing factory signals that the country’s manufacturing sector is poised to capitalise on the sale of carbon credits through the Climate Impact Exchange to be launched later this year.
The XO TEX Industrial garment factory in Phnom Penh with 10,000 workers is producing clothing for international sports brands at a new 25,000-m2 facility.
For the full story, see the July 2021 edition of Textiles South East Asia.