Desk Report: The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has recognised three more readymade garment factories in Bangladesh as green – raising the total number of environment-friendly establishments in the apparel sector to 183.
According to the BGMEA latest data, 3 latest LEED-certified factories of Bangladesh for 2022 are as below:
1. Swisstex Village
Address:
103 Kohilatoli, Jamirta, Singair, Dhaka,Bangladesh, 1822
Rating system: LEED BD+C: New Constructionv3 – LEED 2009
Last certified on: December 21, 2022
Certification level: Gold
2. Jinnat Knitwears Ltd, RMG Building
Address:
Mawna, Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh, Gazipur, Bangladesh, 1740
Rating system: LEED BD+C: New Constructionv3 – LEED 2009
Last certified on: December 20, 2022
Certification level: Platinum
3. Jinnat Knitwears Ltd, Printing Building
Address:
Mawna, Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh, Gazipur, Bangladesh, 1740
Rating system: LEED BD+C: New Constructionv3 – LEED 2009
Last certified on: December 20, 2022
Certification level: Platinum
Bangladesh is the global leader having the highest number of green garment buildings, where 60 are platinum rated, 109 gold-rated, 10 silver, and four have no rating.
The country has been receiving the certificate since 2001. In the recently concluded year, 30 RMG factories were recognised as LEED
The council honours factories based on several criteria – transformation performance, energy, water, and waste management. The best performers are rated with platinum, followed by gold and silver.
In this crisis moment, Bangladesh is the global leader in green factories having the highest number of green garment buildings. Due to the green buildings still, global buyers are very confident in our factory on sustainability said, Mohiuddin Rubel, Director, BGMEA.
Besides our government needs more support for green factories including, financing, low interest in Bank loans etc, added Mr. Mohiuddin.
