Bangladesh, Oct. 5 -- Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) industry is facing a crucial transformation due to shifting global trade norms that demand complete supply chain transparency, circularity and decarbonisation.

Industry leaders called for a unified data platform and shared responsibility, mostly costs burden to meet strict European Union ESG and traceability rules.

The observations and demands were made at a project launching event held on Monday in a city hotel.

Solidaridad, in partnership with the Dutch Embassy here in Dhaka, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), Dutch retail brands (Zeeman, Wibra, XD Connects), technology innovators (Aware, tex.tracer, OneTrueValue, Colubris), and industry trade bodies (BGMEA, BKMEA) of...