Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), has launched a month-long tree plantation campaign to pay homage to the memory of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who dreamt of a prosperous and green Bangladesh and initiated tree plantation campaigns in the country soon after the independence as he realized the importance of trees to protect environment long before the issue of climate change had surfaced.
BGMEA has begun the campaign in the month of August to pay tribute to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and to those who were martyred on August 15, 1975. President Faqurue Hassan inaugurated the campaign by planting trees on the premises of Sparrow Apparels in Gazipur on August 15 where he along with the leaders of BGMEA paid homage to the architect of our independence by placing wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu. Later on, the BGMEA President planted trees in different garment factories in Chattogram, Gazipur and Narayanganj with the aim to inspire people from all walks of life to fill Bangladesh with greenery. The month-long campaign concluded by planting trees at the newly constructed BGMEA headquarters at Uttara in Dhaka. The BGMEA headquarters is and will remain as a body to facilitate and accelerate green growth in the apparel industry of Bangladesh. We express our gratitude towards Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her support in allocating land to BGMEA to construct the new building. BGMEA has taken the initiative of making the BGMEA headquarters located at Uttara, Dhaka as a green building and hopes to achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from US Green Building Council (USGBC). The new BGMEA building will be equipped with energy saving lights, rainwater harvesting, solar PV, energy efficient water-based chiller system, and sewage treatment plant (STP). To ensure daylight consumption the building will also have double-glazed glass. The plumbing of the building will be equipped with LEED compliant water-efficient fixtures. It will use FSC certified furniture, VOC-free paint etc.
We are expecting the newly build green BGMEA headquarters will be fully functional in December 2021, when the whole country will celebrate 50 years of independence. BGMEA is happy to have its headquarters at Uttara as the starting station of the long-cherished and first-ever metro rail of Dhaka is also located at Uttara.
