The Walt Disney may reinstate Bangladesh as Permitted Sourcing Country

An official notification from Disney is yet to be published, BGMEA said in a press release.

BGMEA President Faruque Hassan welcomed the move by The Walt Disney in recognition to the all-out progresses and transformation in the industry, particularly in the area of workplace safety, social standards and environmental sustainability.

Factories participating in the ILO’s Better Work Bangladesh programme will be entitled to become a vendor, while they need to participate in the Nirapon or RMG Sustainability Council (RSC) along with specific remediation fulfilment criteria.

Over the past years, the industry has made unprecedented efforts and investment to ensure safety covering fire, electrical and structural integrity, a robust follow up of factory remediation, to create a culture of safety while promoting wellbeing of the workers. The entire safety transformation programme was supported and facilitated by the government of Bangladesh, ILO, international brands, manufacturers and the global unions in a transparent manner.

“In addition, the progresses made in the areas of cleaner and greener manufacturing testifies the industry’s commitment and actions toward building sustainable supply chain. The country being the home of world’s most LEED green factories, having 144 LEED green factories certified by USGBC, of which 41 are platinum, earns the confidence of the global brands and consumers through its tireless efforts in past decade,” the release said.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KD)