That needs to be changed,” said Lilianne Ploumen, the Netherlands Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. The minister was speaking at an inaugural function of the Sustainable Sourcing in the Garment Sector (SSGS) in Dhaka yesterday. The second challenge is making minimum wage a living wages.”“All the stakeholders need to talk to each other for sustainability. This is a next step in improving sustainability and also the profitability of the garment sector,” Ploumen said. Tofail Ahmed said the garment sector renovated safety standards in terms of structural, fire and electoral and the sector has made lots of investment in this regards, but the prices of products did not increase.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 29, 2016 18:11 UTC