The buildings of Bangladesh’s major garment manufacturing enterprises, Big Boss Corporation Limited and Aptech Caswier Ltd., have received renowned LEED Platinum certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) with 88 and 86 points, respectively.
These two enterprises are sister concerns of Aptech Group, a major garment manufacturing factory in Kashimpur, Gazipur.
USGBC recognises factories based on various criteria, including transformation performance, energy, water, and waste management. The best performers are graded platinum, followed by gold and silver.
Bigg Boss Corporation Ltd. and Aptech Cashwar Ltd. received these certificates based on their scores for water conservation, power conservation, efficient waste management, increased renewable energy, water conservation and utilisation, green plants, and so on.
As an honourable guest, Gunasekaran Raju, WELL AP, Managing Director of INNOWELLl Group handed over the certificates and LEED Plaques to the Aptech Management Team on 7th July.
This event was hosted by Mahbub Sarwar, DGM, Compliance and Sustainability of Aptech Industrial Park. Md. Tariqul Islam, Asst. Manager of Aptech Group; Ariful Islam Deputy Manager Innowell Engineering Pvt Ltd and buyers representatives, NCC Bank Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Samsul Arifin, Deputy Managing Director Mahbub Alam and senior officials, Bank Asia, senior officials and Prime Bank EVP and Unit head were also present at the certificate handover ceremony.
Bangladesh is now the global leader in green, ecologically friendly apparel factories, with 220 Leed Green Factories, including 84 Platinum-rated, 122 Gold-rated, 10 Silver-rated, and four certified factories.