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Related Keywords: AKH Eco Apparel LTd, AKH Group, apparel manufacturing, BGME, eco friendly measures, exporting from Bangladesh, highly integrated leading group, invested Tk one hundred fifty crore, LEED certified by the US Green Building Council, Primark, PVH and Debenhams, set up new green factory, supplies to Gap Inc, textile industry in Bangladesh

AKH Group, one of the highly integrated leading group in apparel manufacturing and exporting from Bangladesh which supplies to the like of M&S, Gap Inc, H&M, Primark, PVH and Debenhams has opened a new green factory, AKH Eco Apparel Ltd, investing Tk150 crore (US$25m) to set up the factory.

The new factory has been LEED certified by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) for its eco friendly measures. The new factory has also received gold certification from LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). Gold is the second highest LEED rating, after platinum.

Related Keywords: Atiur Rahman, Central Bank of Bangladesh, dyeing and finishing, Governor of Bangladesh Bank, integrated knitting mills in Bangladesh, textile industry in Bangladesh, textile processing

With an aim to bring benefit to the country's vertically integrated knitting mills that operate their own dyeing and finishing facilities, the Central Bank of Bangladesh will create a US$500 million Green Fund for the textile sector. Textile processing like washing, dyeing, and finishing (WDF) are the key pillar of the country’s economy. The country has 1,700 WDF units and 200,000 workers contribute a net value added of up to 20 per cent to the textile value chain.