UNDP, BGMEA to continue collaboration in SDGs reporting in RMG sector

Economic Reporter :
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) will continue collaboration in SDGs reporting in RMG sector.
Following it, a delegation of the UNDP headed by Khurshid Alam, Assistant Resident Representative, met the BGMEA President Faruque Hassan at the latter’s office in the capital on Thursday.
They discussed the overall sustainability agendas of BGMEA, including the continuation of collaboration between BGMEA and UNDP in the area of SDGs reporting by garment factories to assess the private sector’s impact on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) achievements.
Earlier, UNDP and BGMEA in association with Principal Coordinator, SDG Affairs, Prime Minister’s Office and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) launched a report on Bangladesh National Priority Indicators and Sustainable Development Goals.
The report highlights the sustainability initiatives of 47 BGMEA member factories which conducted sustainability self-reporting translating their impact into the language of NPIs and SDGs.