Sustainability

Bangladesh Adds 12 More LEED Certified Garment Units In 2024

Textile Insights May 31, 2024

In the first five months of ongoing year, 12 more Bangladesh garment factories bagged the LEED certification, bringing the number of Bangladeshi LEED certified apparel factories to 218. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a globally recognised green building rating system

Industry

Bangla Apparel Makers Pay 645% Higher Undocumented Payments

Textile Insights May 16, 2024

Garment manufacturers from Bangladeshi pay up to 645 percent more than the official fees for renewal of licences or secure essential permits. The 645 percent higher charges are ‘undocumented payments’, a study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said. Quoting data from an exporter, the study informed that the company paid 645 percent higher […]

Industry

Chinese Consider Bangladesh As Ideal Investment Destination

Textile Insights May 6, 2024

Chinese investors are considering Bangladesh as an ideal investment destination and are also interested in shifting investments to Bangladesh while also making new investments. The Chinese investors informed this to a delegation of the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) which visited China recently and held a seminar. About 100 participants from various

Industry

Bangladesh Apparel Factories Have Gender Pay Gap Of 30%

Textile Insights April 3, 2024

Bangladesh’s apparel manufacturing factories have a gender pay gap of up to 30 percent in base wages, which is in favour of men. This was revealed in a study report titled ‘Gender pay gaps in global supply chains: Findings from workplaces in Bangladesh, Colombia, Morocco, Thailand and Turkey.’ The study found that the garment factories […]

Industry

Bangladesh Seeks Chinese Investment In Textile & Jute Sectors

Textile Insights March 30, 2024

Bangladesh invited Chinese investors to invest in its textile and jute sectors, since China is a development partner of Bangladesh. Textiles and Jute Minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak said this in a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen at his office. Nanak was accompanied by senior textile ministry officials, while Wen was also accompanied […]

Industry

Bangla Engineers Identify Challenges Impacting Textile & Apparel Sector

Textile Insights March 6, 2024

A group of 40 top Bangladeshi textile engineers and entrepreneurs have identified various challenges, inhibiting the growth of the textile and apparel industry in the country. The engineers met in Dhaka on March 3 under the banner of Textile Engineers – Entrepreneurs. This group identified skills gap, trust deficit between employers and employees, rising operational […]

Industry

VF Supports Reskilling Unemployed Women Garment Workers

Textile Insights March 2, 2024

VF Corp, owner of garment brands like Vans, The North Face, Timberland, etc has extended its support for a programme that helps women garment workers re-enter employment who have lost their jobs as a result of increased automation. VF has confirmed it will offer a further grant to Shimmy Technologies, a women-owned social enterprise which, […]

Industry

Bangladesh’s Leap From Poverty To Textile Powerhouse

Textile Insights February 24, 2024

Bangladesh’s economy was in ruins in the early 1970s. It had just won its independence from Pakistan in a nine-month war. It emerged as a very poor, densely populated country largely dependent on jute production and subsistence farming but unable to feed its people. “In 1974, it fell into a devastating famine. A World Bank […]

Industry

Bangla Apparel Sector Shining Example Of Workplace Safety

Textile Insights February 21, 2024

President of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), Faruque Hassan said the apparel industry in Bangladesh is a shining example of workplace safety in the world. Faruque Hassan was speaking at opening ceremony of the 9th International Fire Safety and Security Expo, where he added that workplace safety within garment sector is serving […]

Industry

Bangladesh Seeks Chinese Investment In Yarn & Fabric Sector

Textile Insights January 24, 2024

The Bangladesh garment industry has sought China’s investment in textile backward linkage industries in Bangladesh that would benefit both sides. A delegation of the China Knitting Industrial Association and the China Cotton Textile Association met representatives of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) recently. The discussions