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BSCI for social dialogue to boost RMG

Business Social compliance Initiative (BSCI) continues to build dialogue between all stakeholders to promote labour improvement in the garment and textile sector in Bangladesh, one of the top sourcing markets for its companies. As part of this, BSCI partnered the recently-held 3rd Global Social Responsibility Conference in Dhaka, which united various stakeholders from business associations and international organisations to discuss ways to reinforce the sector. Bangladesh-rmg-workerUnder the theme of "Shareholder Valu...

Survival of the fittest in BD garment sector

Undaunted by a run of horrific factory accidents that have hit Bangladesh’s garments industry, two entrepreneurs bought Adorn Knitwear Ltd. earlier this year. It is a small business not far from the rubble of Rana Plaza, a Dhaka suburb building that collapsed in April 2013 killing more than 1,100 people, most low-paid seamstresses, and prompting a costly safety Bangladesh-rmg-workeroverhaul at plants large and small. Whether people like Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, one of Adorn’s new owners, can afford those improvements w...

Global experts show optimism on Bangla apparel sector

Global experts and apparel retailers have shown optimism in the Bangladesh apparel sector and said that its target to export $50 billion worth of garments by 2021 could be achieved. fashionThis was revealed in a statement from the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), after conclusion of an apparel summit, which was attended by retailers and experts. According to the statement, retailers and experts who participated in the three-day mega event held in December expressed their highly positive feedback to the BGME...

Germany promotes sustainable textiles in Bangladesh

German parliamentary state secretary to the federal minister for economic cooperation and development, Hans-Joachim Fuchtel, promoted ‘Partnership for Sustainable Textiles’ during his three-day visit to Bangladesh this week. ‘Partnership for Sustainable Textiles’, initiated by the German minister for economic cooperation and development Gerd Müller, aims at social, environmental and economic improvements in Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) sector. German embassyDuring the visit of Fuchtel, four Bangladeshi RMG companies, namely DBL G...

C&A agrees deal to aid Tazreen fire victims

Dutch retailer C&A has agreed to pay compensation to victims of the Tazreen disaster two years after a fire at the Bangladeshi clothing factory killed more than 120 people. C&A Foundation, a charitable group linked to the retailer, pledged to contribute a “significant amount” towards full compensation for those injured in the fire and the families of the dead in a deal with global union IndustriALL and the garment workers’ pressure group Clean Clothes Campaign. RMGSabinaOnly C&A and Hong Kong-based group Li & Fung have so ...

Inspections are not enough to fix garment factories in Bangladesh

Bangladeshi local garment workers at a factory in Dhaka. Bangladeshi local garment workers at a factory in Dhaka. The total number of factories producing for the export market from Bangladesh is still not known. Photograph: Shafiqul Alam/ Shafiqul Alam/Demotix/Corbis Bangladesh-rmg-workerIn his blog last week, Alan Roberts, executive director international operations at the Accord on Fire and Building Safety, outlined the progress made by the Accord so far. More than 175 primarily European brands and retailers join...
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