Apparel Online Bangladesh Magazine November Issue 2018 | Page 71

TÜV Rheinland supports Bangladesh to
be free from hazardous chemicals in the
Textile Industry
Prasad Pant (R), South Asia Director of The ZDHC Foundation in deep conversation with
Mohammad Syful Islam Khan (L), MD, TÜV Rheinland Bangladesh
As a company that takes its commitment
to sustainable efforts seriously, TÜV
Rheinland is the latest company to join
hands with ZDHC to provide support
for ZDHC MRSL Accepted Certification
Standard for Level 1 Testing. While
wastewater and sludge testing services
are being provided by nearly all service
providers, TÜV Rheinland is the only
service provider to offer this support
in Bangladesh, making it one of the
prominent contributors to ZDHC.
The aim is to make the apparel and
footwear supply chain sustainable through
the collaborative efforts of Bangladeshi
manufacturers and TÜV Rheinland. The
guiding principle for TÜV Rheinland is to
achieve sustainable development of safety
and quality in order to meet the challenge
arising from the interaction among
humans, technology and the environment,
symbolised by the points of its
triangular logo.
TÜV Rheinland Bangladesh Pvt. Ltd.
Alauddin Tower (5-8th floor)
Plot # 17, Road 113/A, Gulshan-2,
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
Phone + 880 2 9894904
Fax + 880 2 9894978
Mohammad Syful Islam Khan, MD, TÜV Rheinland Bangladesh Pvt. Ltd. addressing the
gathering at the seminar
holistic approach towards tackling
the issue of hazardous chemicals in the
global textile, leather and footwear
value chain.
In its pursuit to achieve a sustainable
supply chain in Bangladesh, TÜV
Rheinland will be regularly organising
awareness seminars, workshops and
training programmes for industry experts
to interact with its own team of experts,
to understand how ZDHC can place
their companies onto the path of
sustainable growth.
As a part of these series, TÜV Rheinland
recently organised its first event
with ZDHC in Dhaka, which was well
attended by the industry. Besides the
TÜV Rheinland Bangladesh team, Prasad
Pant, South Asia Director of The ZDHC
Foundation was present to explain
the significance of ZDHC and answer
queries raised by the industry. The ZDHC
Foundation oversees implementation of
the ZDHC Programme worldwide.
The ZDHC Programme includes a
collaboration of 24 signatory brands, 59
value chain affiliates and 15 associates.
Together, these contributors are working
to support implementation of safer
chemical management practices. TÜV
Rheinland is proud to be one of these
contributors and is confident that the
importance of ZDHC will increase in
the coming days, as greater awareness
is created on the implementation of
sustainable chemistry and best practices
in the textile, leather and footwear
industries, to protect consumers, workers
and the environment.
Though ZDHC is not a mandatory
requirement, global brands/retailers
and other stakeholders of the textile
value chain are focused on creating
a sustainable supply chain for both
environmental and economic aspects.
ZDHC helps all of them to achieve
their sustainability goals as the ZDHC
Roadmap to Zero Programme takes a
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