by Equator Group | Sep 1, 2020 | Design House Manufacturer, Equator - The Belt Factory, GBCSA, Green Star Certification, Sustainability, Sustainability Journey
Durban based, Equator – the Belt Factory™ has become the first member of the local fashion supply industry to achieve a Five Star Green Star Certification for Existing Building Performance from the Green Building Council of South Africa. The company, which has...
by Equator Group | Aug 24, 2020 | Accessories, Design, Design House Manufacturer, Equator - The Belt Factory, Leather Zulu, Women, Womens Month
Earlier this women’s month, we celebrated the strong women at Equator – the Belt Factory™ by sharing lessons from five of them. This week we are celebrating two entrepreneurial women that we are proud to be associated with: Sisters Thembi...
by Equator Group | Aug 3, 2020 | Accessories, Design House Manufacturer, Equator - The Belt Factory, Women
This women’s month (and every other month too), we are celebrating all of the strong women at Equator – the Belt Factory™. In light of this, we’ve profiled five women from our office and factory, with some insight into what they love about being a woman, and what...
by Equator Group | Jun 22, 2020 | Design House Manufacturer, Equator - The Belt Factory, Fashion Revolution, Sustainability, Sustainability Journey, UNDSG
Part of our journey to becoming a more sustainable company; something we have made great strides in but still have very far to go; is looking at the global picture and how we fit in. A more sustainable world is of course something that concerns us all. But often as...
by Equator Group | Jun 14, 2020 | Design House Manufacturer, Equator - The Belt Factory, Sustainability, Sustainability Journey, Uncategorised
In the process of belt manufacturing there is the unfortunate reality of raw materials waste. This may be in the form of rejects (products that have incurred a malfunction during the manufacturing process), excess buckles or small material off-cuts which we do...
by Equator Group | Jun 1, 2020 | Design House Manufacturer, Equator - The Belt Factory, Sustainability, Sustainability Journey
Getting to the point of being ready to submit our factory building for Green Star certification took ten months of intense planning and seven months of retrofitting our building to be more sustainable. We are excited to be on track to achieving a four star Green Star...
