Industrialist Leads By Governments Eco-Friendly Budget

01/07/2019

 
I am very proud of the Prime Minister and the policy of his government leading the charge on the global environment. If you want to live a legacy behind for your future generations, you have to seriously do what you can now.
 
These were the words of Mark One Apparel Director Mark Halabe who is urging everyone to be serious about the sustainability of our living environment and be proactive as individuals, society, organizations, government and as a global environment.
 
“This government with its great policies is certainly leading other countries in what needs to be done. It is something that I feel strongly about and I try to find ways of not using plastic and also go paperless within the organization because it is environmentally and economically better,” Mr Halabe said.
 
“As part of my legacy, I have solar panels on my business structure, I drive an electric car, and the leftovers from the papers which we use for sublimation and cutting are given to South Pacific Waste Recyclers where they turn the waste into a pulp and recycle it to toilet tissues.”
 
“Our factory, our environment and management style has changed over the 30 years we have been in business and we have built a strong reputation. Our customers see us as a bedrock and they know that the product they get back is made in a solar factory that is green.”
 
Mr Halabe commends the 2019-2020 National Budget noting the Government’s ability to allocate funds to each ministry according to its priority with the core focus being on the environment, businesses being efficient and making sure they are viable.
“The budget is pragmatic and the allocation is used well. It is really a budget worthy of this government and this country,” Mr Halabe said.”
 
“For my business, it is a good budget and it has certainly solved some problems which became apparent to us last financial year,” Mr Halabe added.

“The big gain for us as employers is that we are now allowed a 100 per cent of FNPF tax reduction and for such a big employer, such benefits give us further impetus to be able to compete in the future. “