The Ministry of Industries (MoI) should place a budgetary proposal for the fiscal year (FY) 2023-24 to help the country's tanneries to be eligible for the Leather Working Group (LWG) certification, said lead researcher of a study on cost-benefit analysis of getting the LWG certification on Wednesday. [MoI should place budgetary bid to help tanneries - thefinancialexpress.com.bd]
The Terms of Reference foresee the enlargement of the group to relevant Intergovernmental Organisations, such as UNIDO or UNECE, NGOs and Livestock sector organisations. The next meeting of the “Leather Traceability Cluster”, as the working group has been named, is scheduled for the 16th of March. [by MPASTYLE on FEBRUARY 28, 2023 in NEWS]
Trade union leaders and economists on Thursday (December 29, 2022) urged the tannery owners to implement social and environmental compliances for the welfare of the industry and the workers. They said the European Union (EU) and the US are not buying leather from Bangladesh as most of the tanneries are yet to obtain certificates from Leather Working Group. [Experts for social, environmental compliance programs in ...- dhakatribune.com]
Fashion brands have a new problem: committing to sourcing leather from verified "deforestation-free" supply chains by 2030, if not sooner. In this Sourcing Journal report, as Textile Exchange and the Leather Working Group (LWG) launched this challenge on Thursday 17/11 at the 2022 Conference in Colorado Springs. [Textile Exchange Wants Fashion to Take a Second Look at ... – SJ]
That the country's leather sector despite its high potential of becoming the next growth driver of the economy is the victim of lacklustre moves is obvious to not only the industry insiders but also to observers eager to see the sector flourish up to its capacity. Absence of time-bound action plan in respect of facilitations such as central effluent treatment plan (CETP), fiscal restructuring, compliance conformity, value addition etc are some of the core issues that have been hindering the industry's smooth operations, particularly in exports. [Time-bound action plan for leather industry - Financial Express]
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