Business Desk :
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) will collaborate with Primark, a reputed fashion brand in UK, on sustainability ambition.
The information was disclosed when leaders of the apex body of the apparel industry met with the Primark and its Associated British Foods (ABF) parent’s leaders to discuss Primark’s new wide-reaching sustainability strategy.
BGMEA President Faruque Hassan, Vice President Miran Ali, Directors Asif Ashraf and Abdullah Hil Rakib, Paul Lister, Director of Legal Services and Company Secretary ABF, Paul Marchant, CEO of Primark and Lynne Walker, Director Primark Cares, among others, were present.
The meeting was held to discuss Primark’s new sustainability strategy Primark Cares, and BGMEA’s support for its sustainability ambitions in London recently.
The BGMEA expressed its support for the objectives 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 and home to many of Primark’s strategic suppliers and their factories.
The 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.
Both parties 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.
Both Primark and the BGMEA have shared goals around sustainability, in particular around workers’ wellbeing and skills development, and look forward to sharing experiences and best practices with each other into the future.
