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BGMEA welcomes Walt Disney's move to reinstate sourcing

Published : Friday, 2 July, 2021 at 10:24 PM  Count : 960

BGMEA welcomes Walt Disney's move to reinstate sourcing

BGMEA welcomes Walt Disney's move to reinstate sourcing

BGMEA has welcomed Walt Disney's move to reinstate Bangladesh as a permitted sourcing country.

Terming this move of Walt Disney as a timely initiative, BGMEA President Faruque Hassan said it's recognition to the all-out progresses and transformation in the industry, particularly in the area of workplace safety, social standards and environmental
sustainability.

The Walt Disney Company, once stopped it's sourcing from Bangladesh in 2013 amid the fire and building collapse disasters, has considered to include the country in its Permitted Sourcing Country list with ILS (International Labor Standard) audits, according to a press release of BGMEA received on Friday.

It said factories participating in the ILO's Better Work Bangladesh program will be entitled to become a vendor, while they need to participate in the Nirapon or RMG Sustainability Council (RSC) along with specific remediation fulfillment criteria.

Over the past years, the industry has made unprecedented efforts and investment to ensure safety covering fire, electrical and structural integrity and a robust follow up of factory remediation to create a culture of safety while promoting wellbeing of the workers.
The entire safety transformation program was supported and facilitated by the Government of Bangladesh, ILO, international brands, manufacturers and the global unions in a transparent manner.

The release said the Hong Kong based supply chain compliance solutions provider "QIMA" ranked Bangladesh as the 2nd highest Ethical Manufacturing country in its recent report "QIMA Q1 2021 Barometer".

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