孟加拉：外国买家为绿色工厂的服装花费变少

Foreign buyers paying less for green factory apparel

International buyers are not paying enough for apparel and garments manufactured in eco-friendly factories in Bangladesh, according to Tofail Ahmed, commerce minister of the country. Investments have been made to make the factories eco-friendly, however, buyers have not increased the prices. On the contrary, they have been cutting prices.

The minister said this during a meeting with the delegation of Germany's Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, which was led by its vice-chairman Michael Sommer.

Factories were turned green after the Rana Plaza collapse in 2013 that claimed the lives of 1,130 people, with a view to improve workplace safety and environment. Multiple steps were taken to ensure workers' safety after this incident.

National Initiative, Accord and Alliance inspected over 3,780 factories and ended up renovating 47 factories and closing 39 of them. The initiative also resulted in 7 factories in the country receiving Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certificates from the Green Building Council of the US.

Less than 2 per cent factories in Bangladesh are non-compliant, which is an internationally recognised standard, said Bangladeshi media reports quoting Tofail.

Labour laws of the country were also amended and Workers' Welfare Association were allowed to be formed in export processing zones.

Germany is the second largest market for Bangladesh.

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孟加拉：外国买家为绿色工厂的服装花费变少

国际买家没有给予孟加拉国服装和服装制造环保工厂足够的重视，该国商务部部长Tofail Ahmed表示。已经进行投资使工厂环保，但是买家并没有增加价格。相反，他们一直在降价。

在会见由副主席迈克尔·萨默带领的德国弗里德里希·艾伯特基金会代表团时，该部长表示。

在2013年Rana广场坍塌夺去了1130人的生命之后，为了改善工作场所的安全与环境，许多工厂转型为绿色工厂。在这一事故之后采取了许多措施来确保工人的安全。

国家计划、协议和联盟检查超过3780家工厂，最终整修47家工厂，关闭39家。该计划也使得7家工厂获得美国绿色建筑委员会颁布的能源与环境设计领导证书。

在孟加拉不到2%的工厂是不顺从的，这是一种国际公认的标准，孟加拉国媒体引用Tofail报道说。

国家的劳动法也已经修改，工人福利协会被允许在出口加工区成立。

德国是孟加拉国的第二大市场。