The document discusses green and sustainable textile production in Bangladesh. It provides background on the importance of the textile industry and outlines concepts for green production including reducing environmental impacts, increasing resource efficiency, and mainstreaming sustainability. The document then presents strategies for implementing green production techniques in the textile sector, focusing on cleaner production processes, occupational health and safety, and energy generation. It also examines the costs and benefits of green production and provides a case study on initiatives by Noman Group in Bangladesh to increase sustainability.

1. GREEN TEXTILE PRODUCTION:INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGY CHANGE THE SUSTAINABLE
PRODUCTION OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY
Bangladesh textile seminar 2017
Venue: THE WESTIN,DHAKA
Date: 16.02.2017 & 17.02.2017
MIRZA MURTOJA KARIM LENIN
DGM (NOMAN GROUP)
EMAIL: mirza_bangla@yahoo.com

2. • Bangladesh economy has performed quite moderately against the backdrop of the
global economic slowdown and various obstacles over the recent past.
• The economy is flourishing as a rapidly developing one with a growth rate of over 6
percent over the last one and half decades.
• RMG and Remittance inflows activities, on the other hand, also help to achieve the
solid economic growth rate, in which RMG sector contributes 14.07% of the total
national GDP.
• The industry plays a key role in employment generation and in the provision of
income to the poor. Nearly 4.5 million workers one directly, , of whom 85% are
women and more than 20 million inhabitants are indirectly associated with the RMG
industry.
• In this RMG sector, total export earnings are $24.49 billion and average growth rate
6.15 in the last two decades. Total export contribution is 81.16% of the export in the
RMG sector.
• RMG sector contributes 81.16% of the total export and 14.07% of the total GDP.
BACKGROUND

3. • Bangladesh is one of the cheapest garments producer and supplier known their
efficiency and quality. But this price is not representing the social and environmental
cost.
• In globally, social and environmental cost must be concerned for the climate change
that must be responsible consumer and producer. So, consumers must be included
with the adaptation and mitigation program.
• Indeed, given the damage to Bangladesh’s RMG sector following the factory
disasters of Rana Plaza and Tazreen, an additional attraction for BGMEA, BKMEA
and other key stakeholders is the potential positive branding of pursuing a “Green”
or environmentally – friendly agenda for the sector.
• Bangladesh is globally considered to be one of the most adversely affected countries
due to climate change. The Third Assessment Report of the IPCC (IPCC, 2001)
ranked Bangladesh high in the list of most vulnerability countries.
BACKGROUND

4. • Indeed, Green Industry Development is the most innovative step for the industrial
development that will reduce using the natural resources and recycles and reuse
management policy are most effective to maintain towards green industry
framework.
• an introduction to Green industry Development will help to achieve sustainable
development framework towards Green Economy in the RMG sector in Bangladesh.
BACKGROUND

5. CONCEPTS FOR GREEN PRODUCTION
• The green production is a production that results in reducing environmental
risks and ecological scarcities, and that aims for sustainable development
without degrading the environment. It is closely related with ecological
economics, but has a more politically applied focus.
• Green Productivity is a holistic strategy whereby nations can leverage the
dynamism of productivity to achieve a better quality of life for all people, with
social justice and fairness for their citizenry, and enhanced prosperity for their
enterprises.
• In the industrial world, it is defined as resources efficient, technology driven
activity that increases investments and growth while substantially reducing
carbon footprints; thus fast and clean mass-transport systems and motor fuel
hybridisation; cradle-to-cradle production and consumption patterns; advanced
waste management on the 3Rs pattern; controls on chemicals use and
management; careful mining practices and action plans to make these
investments and activities sustainable, characterise one type of green economy.

6. CONCEPTS FOR GREEN
PRODUCTION

7. CONCEPTS FOR GREEN
PRODUCTION
• Green-Production is essentially an inclusive concept comprising
economic, social and the environmental pillars of growth.
• Well-being; measured not merely on the Happiness Index but in the
context of pursuing and achieving the development goals.
• Equity; for diversified sustainable development.
• A win-win economic-environmental model; Projects and programmes
are co-beneficial, bringing in revenues from both environmental and
economic investments.

8. CONCEPTS FOR GREEN PRODUCTIVITY
• Green Productivity is a strategy for simultaneously enhancing productivity and environmental
performance. Its aim is well-rounded socio-economic development that leads to sustained improvement in
the quality of human life. It is the combined application of appropriate productivity and environmental
management tools, techniques and technologies that reduce the environmental impact of an organization's
activities, products and services while enhancing profitability and competitive advantage.

9. GREEN PRODUCTION:
Green
Productio
n
Renewable
Energy
Green Buildings
Sustainable/
Clean
Transportation
Water
Management
Waste
Management
and Disposal
Land
Management
:

10. CONCEPTS FOR GREEN
INDUSTRY
Green Industry is industrial production and development that does not come at the
expense of the health of natural systems or lead to adverse human health outcomes.
Green Industry is aimed at mainstreaming environmental, climate and social
considerations into the operations of enterprises.
Green Industry is therefore an important pathway to achieving
sustainable industrial development. It involves a two-pronged
strategy to create an industrial system that does not require the
ever-growing use of natural resources and pollution for growth
and expansion. As seen in Figure 1, these two components are (1)
the greening of existing industry, and (2) the creation of new
“Green industries”.

11. CONCEPTS FOR GREEN INDUSTRY

12. CONCEPTS FOR GREEN INDUSTRY

13. CONCEPTS FOR GREEN INDUSTRY

14. TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY MECHANISM

15. GREEN INDUSTRY TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT

16. GREEN INDUSTRY TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
textile industries must establish ETP for their effluent treatment. Instead they do not
directly discharge their waste water and solid wastes to nature and contribute to huge
pollution and contamination.
The chemical and fertilizer usage is also significant for raw material production.
Organic cotton is suggested. Reuse and recycling of garment products can provide a
better environment.
The economic aspect of garments industry has the tremendous contribution at the
economic progress. The sustainable pillars are very important for the growth and
development. An economic pillar is one of the most important pillars for the
sustainability.
Nearly 4.5 million workers one directly, of whom 85% are women and more than 20
million inhabitants are indirectly associated with the RMG sector, .

17. GREEN INDUSTRY INDICATOR
• USGBC Indicator

18. 1997 Rules
Indicator
Air Pollution
Water Pollution
Sound Pollution
Motor Vehicles Emission Pollution
Odor Pollution
Sewage Discharge
Waste from industry unit
Gaseous Emission
Effluent (liquid waste)
Boiler of Industrial Unit

32. GREEN PRODUCTION
“The continuous application of an integrated preventive environmental strategy applied
to processes, products, and services to increase overall efficiency and reduce risks to
humans and the environment.” (United Nations Environment Programme)
• Production processes: conserving raw materials and energy, eliminating toxic
materials, and reducing the quantity and toxicity of all emissions and wastes.
• Products: reducing negative impacts along the life cycle of a product, from raw
materials extraction to ultimate disposal.
• Services: incorporating environmental concerns into designing and delivering
services.
Four elements of the green production:
 The precautionary principle
 The preventive principle
 The public participation principle
 The holistic principle

34. GREEN PRODUCTION HIERARCHY

35. GREEN PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES:
Cleaner
production
techniques
Reduction
Good
housekeeping
Process change
Process control
Process
modification
Technology
change
Raw material
change
Recycling
Off – site recycling On – site recycling
Product
modification

36. GREEN PRODUCTION PRACTICES AND
TECHNOLOGIES:
• Technological capacity
• Training capacity
• Institutional capacity
• Government capacity
Cleaner production Stages:

37. GREEN PRODUCTION TOOLS:

39. FIVE AREAS OF THE GREEN PRODUCTION IN
THE RMG SECTOR:
Cleaner
Production
Process Section
Thermal
Mechanical
Section
Chemical Storage
and Chemical
Handing
Occupation
Health and Safety
Power Generation
and Electrical
Section

40. IMPLEMENTING STRATEGY OF GREEN
PRODUCTION IN THE RMG SECTOR:
1. Continuous
2. Integrated
3. Preventive
Environment
al Strategy
1. Processes
2. Products
3. Services
Risk
Reductio
n
1. Humans
2. Environments

41. BENEFITS OF GP
• Increased profitability
• Lower production costs
• Enhanced productivity
• A rapid return on any capital or operating investments required
• Increased product yield
• More efficient use of energy and raw materials
• Improved product quality
• Increased staff motivation
• Active worker participation in idea generation and implementation
• Reduced consumer risks
• Reduced the risk of environmental accidents
• Supported by employees, local communities, customers and the public
• Provided enhanced access to capital from financial institutions and
lenders

42. THE COST OF GREEN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
Cost of the green industrial development (environmentally sustainable) is defined as
the cost to the industry for keeping the quality of environmental resources at their
nature regenerative capacity.
This cost could be measured by modeling producer behavior with environmental
regulation. By using (a) cost function, (b) production function, and (c) distance
function.
In the first model, a firm minimizing cost takes a decision about the pollution load
such that the marginal cost of abatement is equal to the pollution tax.
In the second model, pollution loads could be considered as inputs along with the
conventional inputs (marginal value productivity of pollutant is eq1ual to the tax).
In the third model, shadow prices for a vector of pollutants could not estimated
using estimates of input or output distance functions.

43. GREEN ECONOMY PRICING MECHANISM
 Conventional pricing:
P = MC;
P = Price, MC = marginal cost of production;
 Green Pricing:
P = MC+MEC+MUC;
P = Price, MC = marginal costs of production, MEC = marginal external (Environmental &
Social cost) cost of production, MUC = marginal user cost, i.e. the value of future benefits
forgone by using a resource now, (David, 1992).

44. GREEN TAX
Green Taxes should encourage social inclusion, social equity, economic efficiency
and environmental sustainability.
Its should discourage the use of non – renewable resources, monopoly of common
resources, pollution and waste.
Green tax : Reduce emissions until marginal abatement costs are equal to the charge
on emissions.
Green tax = MAC = Charge on emission
Or
MAC = MD
MAC = marginal abatement cost, and MD = marginal damage.

45. GREEN TAX

46. AN EMISSION CHARGE:
Emissions
(tons/month)
Marginal
Abatement
cost
Total
Abatement
Cost
Total Tax Bill
$120/ton
Total Costs
10 0 0 1200 1200
9 15 15 1080 1095
8 30 45 960 1005
7 50 95 840 935
6 70 165 720 885
5 95 260 600 860
4 120 375 480 855
3 150 525 360 885
2 185 710 240 950
1 230 940 120 1060
0 290 1230 0 1230

47. GREEN GDP
Gross Domestic Product is defined as the market value of all the final goods and
services produced within a country in given period of time.
The most common approach to measuring and understanding GDP is the expenditure
method:
GDP = C+I+G+(X-M);
GDP = Gross Domestic Product, C = Consumption, I = Investment, G = Government
Expenditure, X = Export and I = Import.
Green GDP as the regular GDP minus the cost of environmental and social damage.
Green GDP = GDP – (Environmental costs +Social costs).

48. CASE STUDY: NOMAN GROUP
Current Initiatives
• Introduction of Soft Pigment Print (uses less water, chemical &
energy)
• Re-use of emitted gas from CNG generator
• Recycling of 200 Tons of Fabric every month: Recycled fabrics are
processed to make Wastage Yarn
• Clothing for the poor and Hosiery
• Recycling of chemical drums & plastic byproducts: 30 Tons every
month
• Use of energy efficient bulbs
• Recycling of Salt
• Caustic Recovery & Hot Water Reuse: 2400 tons caustic recovered
& 52 m3 of hot water/hour reused)

49. CASE STUDY: NOMAN GROUP
Energy Efficiency in Production
• Co2 emission reduction: 16,000 tons
• <="" li=""> CER potential: 27,538 CER/year
• Clothing for the poor and Hosiery
• Recycling of chemical drums & plastic byproducts – 30 Tons
every month
• Use of energy efficient bulbs
• Recycling of Salt
• Caustic Recovery & Hot Water Reuse – 2400 tons caustic
recovered & 52 m3 of hot water/hour reused)

50. CASE STUDY: NOMAN GROUP
Water Footprint
• Our business relies on abundant sources of water, whether it is in manufacturing
or providing clean water for workers wherever we operate. The water usage
associated with manufacturing is a significant part of our overall water footprint.
Hence, addressing water usage, quality and availability within our direct
operations not only reduces our overall environmental footprint, it also makes
good business sense to operate as efficiency and cost effectively as possible.
• Noman Group was one of the pioneers in Bangladesh to strictly enforce
guidelines for water quality standards set by international buyers. Since the
beginning, we have been tracking water usage throughout our factories across
the country. With that data, we are able to compare across facility types and
develop targets for water reduction at each factory.
• The facilities at Noman Group are prudently designed and operated in eco-
friendly manner in order to minimize the environmental impact. Noman Group
possesses the country’s largest biological Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP), ensuring
that the water used in production returns to natural sources without any harmful
substances. The volume of treated water currently stands at a staggering 1000
M3/hour. We also use the sludge in cement clinker manufacturing.
• We are focused on future efforts that go beyond keeping water clean to
comprehensive water management programs.