Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has
called upon G7 countries to impress upon the global brands, retailers to
uphold justice and fairness in determination of price towards RMG
manufacturers within a sustainable global supply chain, reports UNB.
Addressing the G7 stakeholders consultation on developing sustainable
global supply chain, the commerce minister elaborated the way the
Bangladesh textiles and RMG industry grew over the decades complying
with the range of international social and environmental standards, said
a Commerce Ministry media release yesterday.
He shared with the German leaders and G7 stakeholders present at the Consultation the host of policy, legislative, regulatory, administrative changes that the government has brought over the past two years in Bangladesh.
Stressing that those improvements could well form a template for replication elsewhere, he said immediately after the worst industrial accident in April 2013, the government, owners and workers in Bangladesh started collaborating with global actors in stabilizing the industry that employ over four million women and men in Bangladesh.
He assured G7 stakeholders of Bangladesh’s commitment to continuing with necessary changes, as was agreed within the ‘Bangladesh Sustainability Compact’.
Emphasising that many of the changes are unique compared to most other parts of the world, he assured the meeting that Bangladesh is fully compatible and safe to source manufactured goods for developed world markets.
The meeting was also addressed by the Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, the German Ministers for Labour and Economic Cooperation, Andrea Nahles and Gert Muller respectively.
All of them lauded Bangladesh’s commitment and sincerity in bringing changes without inhibition; and said that Bangladesh experiences in terms of improving workplace safety and well-being and industrial relations need to be replicated in many parts of the world.
Both the German and French Ministers informed the Consultation that developing standards for a sustainable global supply chain and decent work agenda would be a key deliverable for the G7 Summit this summer in Germany.
He shared with the German leaders and G7 stakeholders present at the Consultation the host of policy, legislative, regulatory, administrative changes that the government has brought over the past two years in Bangladesh.
Stressing that those improvements could well form a template for replication elsewhere, he said immediately after the worst industrial accident in April 2013, the government, owners and workers in Bangladesh started collaborating with global actors in stabilizing the industry that employ over four million women and men in Bangladesh.
He assured G7 stakeholders of Bangladesh’s commitment to continuing with necessary changes, as was agreed within the ‘Bangladesh Sustainability Compact’.
Emphasising that many of the changes are unique compared to most other parts of the world, he assured the meeting that Bangladesh is fully compatible and safe to source manufactured goods for developed world markets.
The meeting was also addressed by the Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, the German Ministers for Labour and Economic Cooperation, Andrea Nahles and Gert Muller respectively.
All of them lauded Bangladesh’s commitment and sincerity in bringing changes without inhibition; and said that Bangladesh experiences in terms of improving workplace safety and well-being and industrial relations need to be replicated in many parts of the world.
Both the German and French Ministers informed the Consultation that developing standards for a sustainable global supply chain and decent work agenda would be a key deliverable for the G7 Summit this summer in Germany.
