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Sustainable Industry (Tha Bar Wa
THE THA BAR WA PROJECT
Helping Industries create a more sustainable future for Myanmar
80% of companies in Myanmar are food and beverages producers. 60% of those companies are small and medium sized. 5% have functioning waste water treatment.
These companies produce vast amounts of waste water containing chemicals and bacteria that are often pumped into the country’s freshwater systems - posing a serious risk to human health and ecosystems. It is crucial to ensure that Myanmar’s rapidly growing food and beverages sector can develop without damaging the ecosystems its people and wildlife depend upon.
cleaner production practices in the food and beverage (F&B) sector in Myanmar and contributing to sustainable economic growth using sustainable energy and water management through investments supporting policies and business structures, increased capacity and improved access to finance. Focusing on small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), Tha Bar Wa aims to demonstrate at least 30 concrete business cases for sustainable production which could be used for upscaling and replication. It has also trained partner banks in Green Finance, SMEs and cashflow based lending to ensure that selected banks are able to provide loans to SMEs for cleaner investments.
Since 2018 Tha Bar Wa has been promoting
With financial support from the European Union’s SWITCH-Asia programme Tha Bar Wa is being implemented by WWF together with Myanmar Food Processors and Exporters Association (MFPEA) and Sparkassenstiftung für internationale Kooperation (SBFIC).
KEY MOMENTS
July 2019 - November 2019
10 NATIONAL CONSULTANTS TRAINED trained to be energy auditors and to provide their consultancy services to the companies
OUR NEXT STEPS
2020 Complete and implement 7 energy efficiency audits and implement 2 more waste water treatment plants in Myanmar
2021 Design and implement 6 more waste water treatment plants and implement 10 energy efficiency measures in the small and medium factories
2021 Provide additional credit to SMEs on green finance through 4 partner banks for green solutions
2021 Establish a waste water testing laboratory and sustainable production online toolkit within MFPEA to offer testing and link companies to cleaner solutions
Ujjwal Pokhrel Programme Manager
July 2019 - June 2020
4 WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS INSTALLED
installed with a total capacity 47.4 m3/day, reducing the waste water flowing to the rivers
September 2019 - February 2020
130 SMALL & MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES TRAINED trained on energy efficiency, cleaner production and green finance
November 2019 - January 2020
9 FACTORY ENERGY AUDITS COMPLETED and energy efficiency solutions are being implemented in phases
November 2019 - January 2020
149 BANK OFFICIALS AND STAFF TRAINED on green finance, Small & Medium-sized enterprises lending and cash flow based lending
MAKING WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS POSSIBLE
The Tha Bar Wa project helps small and medium sized enterprises to implement cleaner production practices. One key component of the project is supporting businesses in installing wastewater treatment plants.
“With the newly built wastewater treatment plant, we can efficiently treat wastewater in a way that’s not harmful to the environment. This effort does have a positive effect on my business - it improves hygiene and reduces our environmental impact. Thanks to this, we are proud of working in our factory. It motivates my staff to do better every day. Although we already have a certain level of recognition in the market, we are now confident that we will improve our brand image by building a wastewater treatment plant and become more responsible,” says U Tin Win, Managing Director at Silver Pearl Dairy Products.
