Business Desk :
Buyers are called upon to adhere to responsible buying practices when source apparel from Bangladesh at a panel discussion organized by Freedom Fund in London on 20th June, says a press release.
The urge made by Mostafiz Uddin, Managing Director of Denim Expert Limited and Founder & CEO of Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE), while he was representing Bangladesh at the panel discussion titled ‘Downward Pressures: Reforming the Apparel Sector by Tackling Purchasing Practices’.
The other speakers at the discussion were Jennifer Schappert, Policy Advisor, OECD Responsible Business Conduct Unit; and Aruna Kashyap, Senior Counsel for the Women’s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch. Jill Tucker, Head of Supply Chain Innovation and Transformation at C&A Foundation, moderated the panel discussion.
Citing a true example Mostafiz Uddin illustrated how garment factories in Bangladesh often badly suffer due to lack of responsible purchasing practices and in the absence of any legal framework in Western world to hold the buyers responsible who are doing unethical purchasing practices.
“Brands do have the responsibility to carry out indulgence on their own internal purchasing practices as much as they have the responsibility to follow OECD Guidelines or the UN Guiding Principles,” said Jennifer Scheppert.
“Even in price negotiations buyers put every single code of conduct on the shoulders of supplying factories, but the basic commitment is missing in them to provide a fair price so that the factories can give legal minimum wages to their workers. This needs to be addressed and changed”, said Aruna Kashyap at the discussion.
Buyers are called upon to adhere to responsible buying practices when source apparel from Bangladesh at a panel discussion organized by Freedom Fund in London on 20th June, says a press release.
The urge made by Mostafiz Uddin, Managing Director of Denim Expert Limited and Founder & CEO of Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE), while he was representing Bangladesh at the panel discussion titled ‘Downward Pressures: Reforming the Apparel Sector by Tackling Purchasing Practices’.
The other speakers at the discussion were Jennifer Schappert, Policy Advisor, OECD Responsible Business Conduct Unit; and Aruna Kashyap, Senior Counsel for the Women’s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch. Jill Tucker, Head of Supply Chain Innovation and Transformation at C&A Foundation, moderated the panel discussion.
Citing a true example Mostafiz Uddin illustrated how garment factories in Bangladesh often badly suffer due to lack of responsible purchasing practices and in the absence of any legal framework in Western world to hold the buyers responsible who are doing unethical purchasing practices.
“Brands do have the responsibility to carry out indulgence on their own internal purchasing practices as much as they have the responsibility to follow OECD Guidelines or the UN Guiding Principles,” said Jennifer Scheppert.
“Even in price negotiations buyers put every single code of conduct on the shoulders of supplying factories, but the basic commitment is missing in them to provide a fair price so that the factories can give legal minimum wages to their workers. This needs to be addressed and changed”, said Aruna Kashyap at the discussion.
