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Since 2008, Sustainable Built Environment Initiative – Bangladesh (later Bangladesh Green Building Council) founder, Sanwar Azam had worked to unify the stake holders towards a greener country, saying that with growing population in a diminishing land and rapid urbanisation to major cities, 'Going green' had become a marketing ploy for ...
The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh (the Accord) was signed on 15 May 2013. It is a five-year independent, legally binding Global Framework Agreement between global brands , retailers , and trade unions designed to build a safe and healthy Bangladeshi Ready Made Garment (RMG) Industry.
Sustainable development has become the primary yardstick of improvement for industries and is being integrated into effective government and business strategies. The needs for sustainability measurement include improvement in the operations, benchmarking performances, tracking progress, and evaluating process, among others. [12]
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association and Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh met on 14 January 2020. [4] They decided to establish an organisation, RMG Sustainability Council, to take over the accord's responsibilities in Bangladesh. [4] RMG Sustainability Council was established on 1 June 2020. [4]
holistic sustainability considerations will be made for the fulfillment of technical, economic, social and functional requirements of the building. promotes sustainable design and construction principles throughout the building lifecycle. increases the monetary value of a building or a property in the real estate market.
GSAS framework is comprehensive and designed to follow an integrated life cycle approach to improve the sustainability performance of the built environment. GSAS addresses the sustainability impacts during the design, construction and operation stages of buildings and infrastructure projects.
The International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling Impacts Code is aligned with COSA indicators [41] as is the Shared Framework for Performance Measurement of the Sustainable Food Lab and the Shared Approach to Performance Measurement: Common Indicators and Metrics” that was developed in partnership with Ford Foundation ...
Sustainability standards can be categorized as either voluntary consensus standards or private standards. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an example of an standards organization who develop international standards following a voluntary consensus process for sustainability under Technical Committee 207, Environmental management and Technical Committee 268, Sustainable ...