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Article

23 Sep 2015

Author:
Prothom Alo [Bangladesh]

Bangladesh: Exemplary environment-friendly factory

While the environment of Bangladesh’s readymade garment factories have been criticized at home and abroad, it is indeed a matter of great pride that a knitwear garment factory of Bangladesh has been recognized as the most environment-friendly in the world. This is Narayanganj’s Plummy Fashions. America’s US Green Building Council (USGBC) awarded the company with its LEED platinum certificate. Any factory getting 80 points according to the specified index, is certified as environment-friendly. Plummy Fashions attained 92 points, the highest ever in the world...Readymade garment industry owners often complain of not receiving fair prices for their products. The buyers use the environment card to pay less. If the factory environment can be kept up to standard, then the bargaining power increases. Plummy Fashions is an example.