Bangladesh’s ‘green’ garment factories slammed by workers

DHAKA - A new investigation into Bangladesh’s 'green' garment factories warns that LEED certification is doing little to protect workers from poverty wages, heat stress and gender-based violence – and may do more for brand reputations than workers’ rights.
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Entitled Green Industry, Grey Realities, the report by Italian NGO FAIR/Campagna Abiti Puliti in collaboration with the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity (BCWS), is based on interviews with 132 workers at eight LEED‑certified factories supplying brands including Benetton, Bestseller, Decathlon, Fruit of the Loom, GAP, H&M, Hugo Boss, Kiabi, M&S, Next, OVS, Zara and Wrangler.