Deal to improve environ compliance in textile, apparel sector
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
FE Report
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), Bangladesh Export Oriented Garments Washing Industries Owners Association (BEOGWIOA) and South Asia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF) have entered into a tri-partite agreement recently to improve environment compliance in the textile and apparel sector.
The project is styled SEDF-BGMEA-BEOGWIOA programme.
The project will also help promote cleaner production methods in the textile sector, BGMEA sources said.
The SEDF will develop the capacity of the associations to monitor and provide advisory services to their members on issues of environment compliances.
"This represents a big step forward for the BGMEA. We are committed to work together to promote environment compliance standards in the industry, to ensure it's long term sustainability," BGMEA president Abdus Salam Murshedy said.
During the signing ceremony, BEOGWIOA president Shafiqur Rahman said: This project will help the washing dying and finishing industry to introduce cleaner production techniques. This will not only reduce cost of operations but also make the industry environment compliant."
"Sustainability of the textiles and apparels sector is vital for Bangladesh to ensure its continued economic growth”, Mrinal Sircar, programme manager of the SEDF said during the signing ceremony.
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), Bangladesh Export Oriented Garments Washing Industries Owners Association (BEOGWIOA) and South Asia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF) have entered into a tri-partite agreement recently to improve environment compliance in the textile and apparel sector.
The project is styled SEDF-BGMEA-BEOGWIOA programme.
The project will also help promote cleaner production methods in the textile sector, BGMEA sources said.
The SEDF will develop the capacity of the associations to monitor and provide advisory services to their members on issues of environment compliances.
"This represents a big step forward for the BGMEA. We are committed to work together to promote environment compliance standards in the industry, to ensure it's long term sustainability," BGMEA president Abdus Salam Murshedy said.
During the signing ceremony, BEOGWIOA president Shafiqur Rahman said: This project will help the washing dying and finishing industry to introduce cleaner production techniques. This will not only reduce cost of operations but also make the industry environment compliant."
"Sustainability of the textiles and apparels sector is vital for Bangladesh to ensure its continued economic growth”, Mrinal Sircar, programme manager of the SEDF said during the signing ceremony.