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Out of that, Textile & Clothing export is 32588.76 (Including Home Textile) million USD which is around 84.08% of the total export.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Bangladesh is known worldwide for its textile sector: it contributes more than 13% in GDP, and over 84% in the country export earnings. More than 150 countries import ready-made garments from Bangladesh, therefore a local entity is needed to jointly represent the industry, often comprised by small businesses, in front of foreigners.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) is the national trade organization representing Yarn & Fabric Manufacturers and Textile Product Processors mills of the country under private sector. 1728 Member Mills broken down in 510 Yarn Manufacturing Mills, 901 Fabric Manufacturing Mills and 317 Dyeing-Printing-Finishing Mills are represented by BTMA.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>BTMA carries out research and conducts frequent dialogues with public and private stakeholders, such as Bangladesh government officials and private sector foreign representatives to support the textile industy in Bangladesh.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>- BTMA provides three kind of certificates to its member Mills:\u003C/p>\u003Cp>-Issue Certificates of Production & Processing to avail GSP facilities\u003C/p>\u003Cp>-Certificates for alternative Cash Assistance\u003C/p>\u003Cp>-Certificates for availing exemption & concessionary facilities with regard to duties & taxes from\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Custom Authority.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>- BTMA Authority remain constantly engaged with different Government department & other related Agencies like Finance Ministry, Commerce Ministry , Textile & Jute Ministry , Labour & Employment Ministry , NBR, Bangladesh Bank , Department of Environment & other high Officials to settle the issues relating Primary Textile Sector(PTS).\u003C/p>\u003Cp>- BTMA provides budgetary proposal regarding Tax , VAT & other Custom related matter to National Board of Revenue (NBR) with view to furthering the Primary Textile Sector(PTS).\u003C/p>\u003Cp>- BTMA usually meets with Foreign Dignitaries to discuss the bilateral matter of natural interest of the Textile Sector.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>- BTMA usually organizes two fairs: Tex-Bangla (bi-annual) & DTG (Annual). The main objectives of Tex-Bangla exposition are to create awareness among the Policy Makers of Government, buyers at home & abroad and the general public about the role and contributions made by the PTS (Primary Textile Sector) and to show the progress and development being taken place in textile arena DTG event showcase the latest fashion trends, new technology and material services for textiles in trade & help local entrepreneurs to acquaint themselves with latest technology in the Primary Textile Sector and also provide opportunity for participating International suppliers to find new business within Bangladesh.\u003C/p>",[370],{"name":371,"type":211,"value":371},"https://flexoplast.nl/sustainability/",{"id":373,"type":162,"cta":15,"cta_link":15,"created_at":374,"updated_at":375,"owner_id":165,"owner_relationship":166,"views":158,"owner":376,"image":377,"article_locations":380,"article_industries":383,"view_count":158,"like_count":158,"collection_count":199,"content":386},"22749","2023-01-18T10:34:34.547Z","2025-01-17T15:35:10.861Z",{"id":165,"type":168,"owner_id":165,"about":15,"job_title":15,"url":15,"linkedin":15,"email":15,"staff_of_id":15,"organisation_id":15,"organisation":15},{"id":378,"link":379,"alt":15,"source":15,"created_at":374,"updated_at":375,"article_id":373,"image_profile_id":15,"banner_profile_id":15},"5RQTjgHGERE=","https://kh-assets.prod.circularity-gap.world/main-image/1778154994587-sa93SGre.jpeg",[381],{"article_id":373,"location_id":319,"created_at":175,"updated_at":15,"location":382},{"id":319,"type":177,"name":321,"color":15,"parent_location_id":322,"created_at":180,"updated_at":15},[384],{"article_id":373,"industry_id":267,"created_at":175,"updated_at":15,"industry":385},{"id":267,"name":269,"description":270,"sector":192},{"id":387,"score":158,"body":388,"status":212,"article_id":373,"created_at":374,"updated_at":375,"published_at":374},"L5nG",{"title":389,"problem":390,"summary":391,"solution":392,"attachment":393},"DBL - natural dyes, water efficiency and materials cycling","\u003Cp>Today, fashion accounts for up to 10% of global carbon dioxide output—more than international flights and shipping combined, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. The textile and apparel industry makes significant use of water, particularly in the fabric dyeing and finishing operations. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group reports that the Bangladesh textile and apparel industry currently consumes 1,500 billion liters of groundwater annually and discharges it as wastewater. \u003C/p>","\u003Cp>DBL group is among the largest knit garment manufacturers and exporters of Bangladesh. H&M, Walmart-George, Puma, Esprit and G-Star are among its major buyers.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>DBL Group promotes several circular initiatives accross a variety of resources.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Since 2012 DBL is leading the apparel industry towards zero discharge of hazardous chemicals (ZDHC). The group has adopted ZDHC 2.0 for 100% of its inventory as of 2021. In this direction, the group turned to earth color dyeing, a new method for creating warm shades from natural colors. Seven dyes are recovered from the waste of non-edible agricultural and herbal industries.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>RAW MATERIALS\u003C/p>\u003Cp>DBL group spinning mills use different processes that reduce the consumption of cotton. Furthermore, recycled materials (eg. recycled textile, recycled polyester from PET bottles) are used instead of raw cotton. Indeed, DBL spinning mill, Matin Spinning Mills Ltd., is one of the most modern spinning mills in Bangladesh and it produces both Pre-Consumer and Post-Consumer Recycled yarn with GRS/ RCS certification.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>WATER STEWARDSHIP\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Compared to 2020, the group has reduced the use of ground water per garment by 19.42%. This was achieved by setting up a rainwater harvesting plant and backwash water recovery plant to use recycled water. These solutions have saved 100850 cubic meters of groundwater usage as of 2021.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Much of water consumption in textile manufacturing comes from dyeing. Up to 200 liters of water are required to dye one kilogram of fabric, but in 2010, DBL group only required 120, yet it was still not satisfied with its performance. To reduce this number, several water-saving opportunities were identified by DBL Group. Along with the existing practices, some of the implementations made by DBL include:\u003C/p>\u003Cp>- Using efficient machineries which consume up to 50% less water than the average\u003C/p>\u003Cp>- Using chemicals which require less water\u003C/p>\u003Cp>- Repairing leaking taps and educating staff to turn off water after use\u003C/p>\u003Cp>- Replacing water taps with aerator water taps\u003C/p>\u003Cp>- Replacing single flush cisterns with dual flush\u003C/p>\u003Cp>- Reusing hot water from boilers.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>As a result of these practices, in 2016 DBL Group achieved water consumption of 55 liters per kilogram of fabric from 120 liters, thus saving 65 liters of water per kg of fabric.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>LOCAL COMMUNITIES\u003C/p>\u003Cp>In supporting local communities, DBL has built schools and provided computers to equipe local colleges. The group also offers recurring technical and vocational trainings for both employees and community inhabitants. DBL employees have access to further trainings every month ranging from first aid to waste handling and environment awarness. Finally, DBL group offers free medical treatments to all community members as part of recurring programs and free treatments all year round to workers and families.\u003C/p>",[394],{"name":395,"type":211,"value":395},"https://www.tamicare.com/manufacture",{"id":397,"type":215,"cta":15,"cta_link":15,"created_at":398,"updated_at":399,"owner_id":165,"owner_relationship":166,"views":158,"owner":400,"image":401,"article_locations":404,"article_industries":405,"view_count":158,"like_count":158,"collection_count":199,"content":410},"22748","2023-01-18T08:56:00.607Z","2025-01-17T15:49:27.715Z",{"id":165,"type":168,"owner_id":165,"about":15,"job_title":15,"url":15,"linkedin":15,"email":15,"staff_of_id":15,"organisation_id":15,"organisation":15},{"id":402,"link":403,"alt":15,"source":15,"created_at":398,"updated_at":399,"article_id":397,"image_profile_id":15,"banner_profile_id":15},"5Dk3EMMS4-Y=","https://kh-assets.prod.circularity-gap.world/main-image/1778154993918-rEYJP1SD.jpeg",[],[406,408],{"article_id":397,"industry_id":267,"created_at":175,"updated_at":15,"industry":407},{"id":267,"name":269,"description":270,"sector":192},{"article_id":397,"industry_id":188,"created_at":175,"updated_at":15,"industry":409},{"id":188,"name":190,"description":191,"sector":192},{"id":411,"score":158,"body":412,"status":212,"article_id":397,"created_at":398,"updated_at":399,"published_at":398},"7bol",{"title":413,"outcome":414,"problem":415,"summary":416,"solution":417,"attachment":418},"H&M circulator - training program on circularity for designers","\u003Cp>The circulator guide can be consulted at: https://hmgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Circulator_Guide_v1.0.pdf\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Modern textiles rely heavily on petrochemical products that come from many of the same oil and gas companies driving greenhouse gas emissions. Today, in fact, fashion accounts for up to 10% of global carbon dioxide output—more than international flights and shipping combined, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. 48 million tones of clothing are disposed worldwide every year. 73% are incinerated, 12% is reused, 12% is downcycled, and only less then 1% is turned into new clothes.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>H&M Group wants to become a fully circular business and by 2025 it aims to design all products for circularity using the Circulator. To make this transition the company needs to design products that last longer, are easier to recycle and made from safe, sustainably sourced or recycled materials.  \u003C/p>","\u003Cp>With over 70% of a product’s environmental impact determined at the design stage, it is time for a new approach. Over the past few years, a team of H&M Group internal and external experts have been reshaping the company approach to developing products. The result is the Circulator – a tool that supports designers through a new product development process. First steps involve defining a product’s purpose that will guide decisions on which materials and design strategies to use. The tool balances trade-offs between durability and recyclability, supports more objective decision making and assesses the circular potential of products. \u003C/p>",[419],{"name":420,"type":211,"value":420},"https://corning.mailthisback.com/",{"id":422,"type":215,"cta":15,"cta_link":15,"created_at":423,"updated_at":424,"owner_id":165,"owner_relationship":166,"views":158,"owner":425,"image":426,"article_locations":429,"article_industries":443,"view_count":158,"like_count":158,"collection_count":199,"content":448},"22747","2023-01-18T08:32:52.777Z","2025-01-17T15:49:32.246Z",{"id":165,"type":168,"owner_id":165,"about":15,"job_title":15,"url":15,"linkedin":15,"email":15,"staff_of_id":15,"organisation_id":15,"organisation":15},{"id":427,"link":428,"alt":15,"source":15,"created_at":423,"updated_at":424,"article_id":422,"image_profile_id":15,"banner_profile_id":15},"rs2ofJ2_UwA=","https://kh-assets.prod.circularity-gap.world/main-image/1778154993205-EO2cBZIA.jpeg",[430,434,439],{"article_id":422,"location_id":431,"created_at":175,"updated_at":15,"location":432},"CHN",{"id":431,"type":177,"name":433,"color":15,"parent_location_id":322,"created_at":180,"updated_at":15},"China",{"article_id":422,"location_id":435,"created_at":175,"updated_at":15,"location":436},"PRT",{"id":435,"type":177,"name":437,"color":15,"parent_location_id":264,"created_at":438,"updated_at":15},"Portugal","2026-02-27T07:55:14.722Z",{"article_id":422,"location_id":440,"created_at":175,"updated_at":15,"location":441},"ESP",{"id":440,"type":177,"name":442,"color":15,"parent_location_id":264,"created_at":438,"updated_at":15},"Spain",[444,446],{"article_id":422,"industry_id":267,"created_at":175,"updated_at":15,"industry":445},{"id":267,"name":269,"description":270,"sector":192},{"article_id":422,"industry_id":188,"created_at":175,"updated_at":15,"industry":447},{"id":188,"name":190,"description":191,"sector":192},{"id":449,"score":158,"body":450,"status":212,"article_id":422,"created_at":423,"updated_at":424,"published_at":423},"RsnZ",{"title":451,"problem":415,"summary":452,"solution":453,"attachment":454},"Inditex - internal training on efficient resource use","\u003Cp>Thanks to collaboration between the different departments, all Inditex employees –and even new recruits– participate in environmental awareness workshops.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>To ensure all activities at Inditex incorporate environmental sustainability and efficient use of natural resources, each activity is accompanied by specific training projects for each division of the company. For example, Inditex partners with the sales and design teams to train them on eco-efficient raw materials and technologies so that their most sustainable products continue to grow. \u003C/p>\u003Cp>In Spain, Inditex reinforced the engagement of logistics centre personnel by giving training workshops on the \u003Cem>Zero Waste to Landfill\u003C/em> objective. The group has also trained the teams at the Zara stores in Spain, Portugal and China on \u003Cem>Closing the Loop\u003C/em> so they can learn first hand, from the outset, the benefits associated with the project and how they can contribute to its success.\u003C/p>",[455],{"name":420,"type":211,"value":420},{"id":457,"type":162,"cta":15,"cta_link":15,"created_at":458,"updated_at":459,"owner_id":165,"owner_relationship":166,"views":158,"owner":460,"image":461,"article_locations":464,"article_industries":467,"view_count":158,"like_count":158,"collection_count":199,"content":475},"22715","2023-01-17T17:12:07.066Z","2025-01-17T15:47:17.247Z",{"id":165,"type":168,"owner_id":165,"about":15,"job_title":15,"url":15,"linkedin":15,"email":15,"staff_of_id":15,"organisation_id":15,"organisation":15},{"id":462,"link":463,"alt":15,"source":15,"created_at":458,"updated_at":459,"article_id":457,"image_profile_id":15,"banner_profile_id":15},"uGZDTFl6wKs=","https://kh-assets.prod.circularity-gap.world/main-image/1778154992342-5rTNmTuk.jpeg",[465],{"article_id":457,"location_id":319,"created_at":175,"updated_at":15,"location":466},{"id":319,"type":177,"name":321,"color":15,"parent_location_id":322,"created_at":180,"updated_at":15},[468,470],{"article_id":457,"industry_id":327,"created_at":175,"updated_at":15,"industry":469},{"id":327,"name":329,"description":330,"sector":331},{"article_id":457,"industry_id":471,"created_at":175,"updated_at":15,"industry":472},"education_and_government_services",{"id":471,"name":473,"description":474,"sector":233},"Education and Government Services","Providing public and private education and support services at any level or for any profession, and governmental and public administration services, including judicial, regulatory, and legislative activities, taxation, defence, public order and safety, immigration services, foreign affairs and the administration of government programmes",{"id":476,"score":158,"body":477,"status":212,"article_id":457,"created_at":458,"updated_at":459,"published_at":458},"RmMw",{"title":478,"problem":479,"summary":480,"solution":481,"attachment":482},"Build - Sustainability Green Growth Committee","\u003Cp>Bangladesh adds 2 million people to its labour force every year, while it only creates about 1 million genuine jobs, including migrants. In addition, although Bangladesh has performed well in terms of manufacturing exports, the growth has produced very few productive jobs for individuals entering the labour force. In comparison, Bangladesh’s competitors have a much more diversified export base. Finally, Bangladesh’s record in attracting FDI despite the low cost of labour has been dismal.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>The government of Bangladesh, therefore, needs an effective partner to help it provide an effective environment for private sector growth, thereby unlocking the private sector’s tremendous potential to develop and grow to meet the nation’s development goals and to create the jobs necessary to transform Bangladesh into a middle-income country by the 50th year of its birth. With this background, BUILD came into existence to become the government’s partner and platform to promote private sector development, investment, jobs and, therefore, growth in Bangladesh.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) is the country’s pioneering public-private dialogue platform jointly promoted by the three leading chambers of the country, Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), and Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI). Established in 2011, BUILD is uniquely positioned to provide research-driven policy recommendations to the government on behalf of the private sector. BUILD has seven thematic working committees, each with its own ability to implement recommendations since each is co-chaired by a private-sector leader and a high-up official from a relevant Ministry of the Government of Bangladesh (GoB).\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>The Sustainability and Green Growth Working Committee (SGGWC), co-chaired by BGMEA and Bangladesh Secretary Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change (MoEFCC), works as a public private dialogue (PPD) platform to gather inputs from government, private sector, civil society, and development partners to make businesses resource-efficient and environmentally responsible. The specific objectives of the Sustainability and Green Growth Working Committee (SGGWC) are as follows:\u003C/p>\u003Cp>- To advocate policy recommendations on enabling the private sector to achieve environmental sustainability and resource use efficiency.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>- To engage policymakers, private sector, civil society and development partners through dialogues, meetings, and other interactive processes to create awareness, interest and activities on climate change, environmental damage, disaster risk reduction for developing compliant and resource-efficient entrepreneurship.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>- To bridge the twin goals of sustainability and competitiveness in various industry sectors by conducting research and facilitating sectoral planning and strategy development.\u003C/p>\u003Cp>The SGGWC team has undertaken a number of projects as well, such as the Textile Sustainability Platform (phases 1 to 3), Assessing Investment Opportunities for MSMEs in Southwest Bangladesh, Business Opportunities in Mongla and Southwest region for climate migrants, climate finance transparency mechanism (CFTM), Sustainable Transportation in Bangladesh, and so on.\u003C/p>",[483],{"name":210,"type":211,"value":210},[]]