BGCCI holds 3rd Global Social Responsibility Conference 2014

Bangladesh German Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BGCCI) organised the 3rd Global Social Responsibility Conference 2014 in cooperation with GIZ and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the city  recently, according to a statement.

The conference had panel discussions on RMG & fire safety, leather industry, social protection, environment and TVET. Discussion on RMG & fire safety and leather industry was in  first session.

In the second session of the Global Social Responsibility Conference 2014, speakers discussed on social protection issue of workers, waste water management due to industrial chemical use and the importance of training up more workers for higher productivity.

The social protection panel  speakers talked about Rana Plaza victims and their delayed compensation issues. Roy Ramesh Chandra from IndustriAll discussed about the present condition of the compensation process and urged that all European and American brands should come forward to ensure the compensation before the 2nd anniversary of Rana Plaza disaster. The issue of child labour was also discussed.

The Environment panel shed lights on profitable management of water in industries. Dr Shanmuga Sundaram, managing director of TUV Rheinland talked about various hazardous chemicals used in the RMG industry and how workers' awareness can be increased regarding the harmful use of them. David Hasanat from Viyellatex shared his success story of saving water by recycling ETP water.

The concluding speech was given my HEGerben de Jong, ambassador of the Kingdom of Netherlands.