Reform policy to include RMG workers for

environmental safety :

A comprehensive policy framework, incorporating workers, is required to make the country’s readymade garment sector environment-friendly and mitigate climate change-related challenges.

To do so, joint effort from owners and other stakeholders is required, while relevant laws should also be amended to sufficiently address green transition-related challenges.

International Labour Organisation (ILO) said just transition is making the economy green in a way that is as fair and inclusive as possible to everyone concerned, creating decent work opportunities and leaving no one behind.

Meanwhile, people in Bangladesh are not sufficiently aware of what “just transition” is and how to achieve it.

Although the country’s RMG sector has the opportunity to transition to green energy, one key challenge is the lack of policy support, as a comprehensive energy transition framework is currently absent.

The country’s green energy transition should not only remain in infrastructural and technological changes but also uphold workers’ rights.

The readymade garment (RMG) sector in our country stands at a pivotal crossroads.

It is high time we embrace a comprehensive policy framework that not only steers this industry toward environmental sustainability but also addresses the pressing challenges posed by climate change.

Such a transformation cannot be achieved in isolation; it necessitates the collective commitment of industry owners, and various stakeholders, and the revision of existing laws that it is not sufficient to deal with environment-friendly issues.