Addressing the concerned stakeholders including tannery owners, labour leaders and workers of the leather industry, the leaders of Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) called upon all to work jointly with collective initiatives to help boost Bangladesh’s leather industry ensuring social compliance.
Addressing a press meet BLF Chairman and the ex-President of the Jatiya Sramik League, Abdus Salam reportedly underlined the owners and tannery workers must work together with the aim to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 with the target of US $ 10 billion export earnings from the leather sector, which happens to be the second largest export-earning industry in Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, expressing grave concern over the present environmental situation even after shifting the tanneries to Hemayetpur from Hazaribagh, BLF Secretary General ZM Kamrul Anam reportedly called for ensuring compliance at all about 133 factories and develop the sector in the greater benefit of the nation even as he added the industry’s image should be improved in both local and international markets.
