BGMEA, USGBC intend to collaborate for green growth

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association and US Green Building Council strongly intended to collaborate to promote green growth in Bangladesh.

Both the organization made the intention while BGMEA President Faruque Hassan and Vice President Miran Ali paid a courtesy call on Mahesh Ramanujam, President and CEO of US Green Building Council in Washington, the USA.

In the meeting, they discussed on the progress made by Bangladesh RMG industry in the area of sustainability and its future priorities to continue the momentum and expressed interest to collaborate to facilitate Bangladesh apparel industry’s strides towards environmental sustainability.

US Green Building Council (USGBC) President Mahesh Ramanujam highly commended the BGMEA for their exemplary leadership in developing Bangladesh as the home of the highest number of green garment factories in the world, said a media release on Thursday.

Currently Bangladesh has 145 factories certified as LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) by the USGBC.

Among them 42 are LEED platinum-rated and 91 are LEED gold-rated units while 500 more factories are in the process of achieving LEED certification.

Bangladesh’s RMG sector is also a front-runner in factory safety, responsible manufacturing and workers’ wellbeing.

Faruque Hassan expressed thanks to USGBC for honoring BGMEA with “2021 USGBC Leadership Award”.