How SRG Apparels Digitized Sustainability Across Its Entire Value Chain

Sustainability
GHG Reporting

With automated data capture and real-time dashboards, SRG Apparels replaced manual reporting with instant visibility across energy, water, chemicals, waste, and carbon. This faster, centralized system helps teams identify hotspots quickly, streamline compliance, and accelerate decarbonisation across every production unit.

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Key Info

  • Industry:
    Integrated Apparel Manufacturing
  • Founded:
    1989
  • HQ:
    Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu
  • Employees:
    3,180+
  • Integration:
    Yarn to Garments
  • Divisions:
    Spinning, Knitting, Processing, Printing, Garments
  • Net-Zero Target:
    2045

Client Overview

About SRG Apparels:

  • HQ: Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Founded: 1989
  • Employees: 3,180+
  • Business Type: Vertically Integrated Apparel Manufacturing
  • Key Divisions: Spinning, Knitting, Processing (Dyeing & Finishing), Printing, Embroidery, Garments


SRG Apparels is one of India’s most respected vertically integrated textile manufacturers, known for its commitment to quality, ethical production, and sustainability-led innovation. With over three decades of expertise, SRG delivers high-quality knits and garments for global customers while minimising environmental impact across its operations.

The company operates a 100% vertically integrated setup — from yarn to finished garments — powered increasingly by renewable energy, circular water systems, responsible chemical management, and digital transparency. SRG is recognised for its progressive sustainability roadmap, strong workforce culture, and long-term net-zero vision.

SRG Apparel’s Sustainability Vision:

SRG’s sustainability mission is guided by a future-ready ambition:

  • Net-Zero by 2045
  • 100% Renewable Energy by 2026
  • Zero Waste to Landfill by 2030
  • 50% Reduction in Freshwater Consumption by 2035
  • Stronger Circularity Across the Value Chain


With sustainability woven into every process from cleaner spinning and dyeing to waste traceability and ethical labour practices, SRG strives to become a regenerative force in the global apparel industry.

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Challenges Before GreenStitch:

Despite SRG’s strong foundation of renewable energy, ZLD water systems, advanced ETPs, and rigorous chemical management, the company faced operational challenges while scaling its sustainability agenda.

  1. Manual, Time-Consuming Reporting

    Sustainability data: energy, chemicals, waste, water, and emissions were captured manually across units, leading to delays and inconsistencies.

  2. Limited Visibility Into Hotspots

    Without a centralised system, identifying energy-heavy machines, fuel-intensive processes, or waste hotspots required significant manual effort.

  3. Cross-Department Coordination Challenges

    Large-scale sustainability projects such as the transition to biomass boilers and ZLD implementation required alignment across multiple departments. Data silos slowed coordination.

  4. Evolving Reporting Needs

    As SRG scaled renewable energy, chemical management, and waste traceability initiatives, the complexity of reporting increased.

  5. Need for Digital, Audit-Ready Carbon Accounting

    With global buyers demanding more granular Scope 3 transparency, SRG needed a system that could meet the accuracy and rigour of the GHG Protocol.

Finding the Right Solution:

SRG evaluated digital tools that could support their fast-evolving sustainability roadmap. They needed a platform capable of:

  • Real-time, activity-based carbon accounting
  • Multi-site data consolidation
  • Water, chemical, and waste tracking
  • Accurate Scope 1, 2, and 3 calculations
  • A single source of truth for reporting
  • Ready-to-share compliance dashboards
  • Support for renewable energy & circularity projects


GreenStitch stood out with its textile-specific expertise, proprietary emissions-factor database, and ability to digitise all sustainability metrics under one integrated system.

Implementation Process

GreenStitch worked closely with SRG’s sustainability, operations, and compliance teams to deploy the platform across units.

Smooth Onboarding & Data Setup

  • Daily sustainability data streams digitised
  • Custom emission factors integrated
  • Structured workflows across spinning, processing, and garmenting


Real-Time Dashboards

  • Energy, fuel, chemical, water, and waste parameters visualised
  • Scope 1/2/3 emissions tracked with precision


Strong Team Adoption

Although integration with ERP/PLM is planned for future phases, SRG’s teams quickly adapted to the GreenStitch interface through guided training and continuous support.

The result: sustainability reporting that previously required hours each day was reduced dramatically — enabling teams to focus on strategy, not spreadsheets.

Transformation & Impact:

With GreenStitch, SRG transitioned from fragmented, manual sustainability tracking to a unified, insight-driven digital system.

  1. 2–3 Hours Saved Daily

    GreenStitch reduced manual reporting time significantly — saving approximately 40–60 hours per month.

  2. Visibility Into High-Impact Hotspots

    The platform highlighted:

    • Energy-heavy processes
    • High chemical load areas
    • Waste generation hotspots

    These insights helped SRG prioritise resource-efficiency projects more effectively.

  3. Faster, More Transparent Reporting

    Data that previously required cross-department follow-ups is now centralised, accurate, and audit-ready.

  4. Stronger Compliance and Buyer Confidence

    With ZDHC compliance, digital emissions reporting, and Reverse Resources traceability, SRG now presents a stronger sustainability profile to global brands.

  5. Workforce Empowerment & Zero LTIs

    GreenStitch-supported transparency contributed to better operational safety tracking and improved team coordination — supporting SRG’s achievement of zero LTIs for the year.

SRG’s Broader Sustainability Achievements

Renewable Energy Leadership

  • 79.65% renewable energy share (solar + wind)
  • 15.3 MW total renewable capacity (9.3 MW solar, 6.0 MW wind)
  • Zero coal usage after full biomass transition

Water Stewardship

  • 100% ZLD facilities
  • 95% water recovery
  • Freshwater intensity reduced significantly

Chemical Responsibility

  • 100% ZDHC-MRSL compliant chemicals
  • Higg FEM chemical score: 69%

Circularity & Waste

  • 100% cutting waste traced and recycled
  • Reduction of 21% in total waste through better process efficiency
  • Reverse Resources digital traceability system deployed

People & Community

  • Zero lost-time injuries
  • 565 training hours
  • 43% women in leadership
  • INR 45.9 lakh CSR contribution

Looking Ahead

SRG’s sustainability roadmap outlines bold ambitions:

Short-Term (2025–2027)

  • Increase renewable energy penetration
  • Reduce chemical and water intensity
  • Strengthen digital sustainability reporting & compliance
  • Enhance supplier-level transparency

Long-Term (2035–2045)

  • 50% reduction in freshwater consumption
  • Zero waste to landfill
  • Net-zero emissions across Scope 1, 2 & 3


With GreenStitch as a digital sustainability partner, SRG is positioned to advance faster toward its renewable energy, circularity, and net-zero goals.

Advice to Manufacturers

SRG believes that sustainability is a continuous journey rooted in discipline, transparency, and innovation.

Their message to the industry:

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No more silos. No more guesswork.

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