Bangladesh's BGMEA & Primark to collaborate for sustainability

11 Nov '21

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Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has expressed its support for the objectives that Primark has set out to change the ways its clothes are made, halve its carbon emissions across its wider supply chain and improve the lives of the workers in the supply chain. Bangladesh is Primark’s second largest sourcing market.

The country is also home to many of Primark’s strategic suppliers and their factories. BGMEA’s support, as one of the country’s largest trade associations for the garment industry, can play a valuable role in helping engage its members in Primark’s sustainability goals, the association said in a media release.

At a recent meeting, the representatives of BGMEA and Primark discussed the new commitments which Primark will work towards over the next decade in greater detail. Primark has been deliberately ambitious in its goals, stretching targets across its use of recycled materials, environmental footprint and how it will take a leadership role in improving the lives and wellbeing of workers in its supply chain. This means that delivering many of the new commitments will rely on driving change throughout Primark’s wider supply chain, so gaining the support of external stakeholders, such as the BGMEA, is important.

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