March 29, 2024, 3:58 pm


Staff Correspondent

Published:
2021-01-24 17:18:05 BdST

'Compliance must for leather sector development'


State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian on Saturday said the factories have to be compliant for the development of the leather sector.

She also urged factory owners to take effective steps to prevent environment pollution.

“The government is with the owners for the development of the export-oriented sector. We have to take the industry forward by producing quality goods and ensuring rights of the workers as per the Labour Law,” she said at a dialogue organised by the Asia Foundation on the impact of coronavirus on the workers of the tannery industry.

In order to tide over compliance related crises and attain global certification, the country’s leather industry needs a realistic and modern policy framework in the post pandemic era.

For the last couple of years, Bangladesh’s leather industry has been going through a crisis over environmental and social compliance issues, which have pushed export earnings down. In the last FY20, exports from the sector fell by 22% to $798 million.

The crisis deepened with the slow relocation process of tanneries from Hazaribagh to the Savar Leather Industrial Park.

The sector is yet to become compliant and environment–friendly due to the lack of a functional Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP).

In the given situation, it is crucial to restore buyers’ confidence through ensuring compliance and certification from the Leather Working Group (LGW).

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