DHAKA, Dec 7, 2021: A total of 30 institutions from six sectors will
be given the ‘Green Factory Award’ tomorrow marking the birth centenary of
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to join the award-giving function
virtually as the chief guest, said a press release here today.
On behalf of the Premier, State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum
Monnujan Sufian will hand over the prizes to the representatives of the award
winner at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the city.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has introduced the ‘Green Factory
The award, 2020’ aiming at building Bangabandhu’s ‘Sonar Bangla’ and encouraging
the local industrial institutions for competitive participation in the global
arena.
From this year, the award will be given every year, the handout said,
adding that under the policy formulated for the award, 30 institutions from
six sectors have been selected considering some criteria related to labour
quality such as essential compliance, environmental compliance, institutional
compliance and innovative activities.
The institutions are 15 factories from the garment sector, three institutions
from the food processing sector and four from the tea industry sector, two from
leather industry sector, three from the plastic sector and three from
pharmaceutical industry sector.
The 15 garment factories are Remi Holdings Limited, Tarasima Apparels
Limited, Plummy Fashions Limited, Mithela Textile Industries Limited, Vintage
Denim Studio Limited, AR Jeans Producer Limited, Karooni Knit Composite
Limited, Designer Fashion Limited, Kenpark Bangladesh Apparel Private Limited
(Kenpark Unit 2), Green Textile Limited (Unit-3), Four H Dyeing and Printing
Limited, Wisdom Attires Limited, Mahmuda Attires Limited, Snowtex Outerwear
Limited and Auko-Tex Limited.
The institutions from the food processing sector are Habiganj Agro Limited,
Akij Food and Beverage Limited and Ifad Multi Products Limited.
Four institutions from the tea industry sector are Gazipur Cha Bagan (Gazipur
tea garden), Laskarpur Cha Bagan (Laskarpur tea garden), Jagchara Tea Factory
and Neptune Cha Bagan (Neptune tea garden).
Two factories from the leather industry sector are Apex Footwear Limited and
Edison Footwear Limited.
Three institutions from the plastic sector are Banga Building Materials
Limited, Allplast Bangladesh Limited and Durable Plastic Limited.
Three institutions from the pharmaceutical industry are Square Pharmaceuticals
Limited, Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited and Incepta Pharmaceuticals Limited.
Source: BSS
