30 Bangla firms to get Green Factory Award, include 15 apparel units

06 Nov '21

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The Bangladesh government will honour 30 companies, including 15 garment firms, with the Green Factory Award for their outstanding contribution to saving the environment and creating jobs, the labour ministry said recently. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to hand over the awards on December 8 to mark the celebration of the birth centenary of father of the nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The award will be given in six categories to green factories. The ministry introduced the award in 2020 to inspire more investment in industries but to maintain a green environment, it said in a statement.

Bangladesh has 150 green garment buildings, of which 44 are platinum rated while 93 are gold rated and nine are silver, and four have Leadership in Environmental and Energy in Design (LEED) certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).

The garment factories are: Remi Holdings, Tarashima Apparels, Plummy Fashions, Mithila Textiles Industries, Vintage Denim Studio, AR Jeans Producer, Karooni Knit Composite, Designer Fashion, Kenpark Bangladesh Apparel (Kenpark Unit 2), Green Textile (Unit -3), Four H Dyeing and Printing, Wisdom Attires, Mahmuda Attires, Snowtex Outwear and Oeko-Tex, according to Bangla media reports.

Two leather goods factories—Apex Footwear and Edison Footwear—are also among the recipients.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)

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