Business Desk :
PrimaDollar, supported by its liaison office in Bangladesh and its team in Dhaka, has now signed agreements with four Bangladeshi factory groups, which have agreed to pilot the new “Factory Social Score” system.
The Factory Social Score system is a global solution to monitor the social and governance performance of workplaces, part of the worldwide initiative to improve “ESG”.
It has been designed in Bangladesh and London. The Bangladeshi factories are joining an international pilot project that includes suppliers in India, Pakistan and Turkey.
The pilot is being driven by PrimaDollar with the support of a number of major international brands and major importers.
The factory groups, which employ over 2,000 workers, are: Zoom Sweaters Ltd, Alib Composite Ltd, Bengal Knittex Ltd, Climax Garb Ltd.
The Factory Social Score presents the social and governance credentials of a workplace based upon information provided directly by its workers, from the machinists through to the secretaries.
This is a new class of data that is called “Real-time ESG” data – powering a new wave of initiatives to deliver environmental, social, and governance change across world markets.
Information is collected via an app that workers, with the support of the factory management, install on their mobile ‘phones.
It is a continuous monitoring system that surveys workers’ views across seven important social categories, including on pay, conditions, safety and treatment.
Tim Nicolle, group CEO of PrimaDollar, commented from London: “We have carefully designed the worker app and factory social score system so that it is acceptable and useful for factory owners, whilst delivering important transparency to international buyers.”
“Bangladesh is leading the way already with its legislation and regulation of the garment industry – and now our worker app can showcase the results to the world.”
