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USTAINABILITY HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY BECOMING AN INTEGRAL PART OF BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO SUSTAIN IN TODAY’S COMPETITIVE WORLD AND ALSO IN THE DAYS COMING. KEEPING PACE WITH THE DEMAND OF TIME AND PLANET, THE APPAREL AND TEXTILE INDUSTRY OF BANGLADESH HAS ALSO SET ITS FEET ON THE PATH TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY TO GET AN ENDURING FOOTING IN THE GLOBAL
MARKET. THE FIRST EDITION OF SUSTAINABLE APPAREL FORUM (SAF) WAS ORGANIZED BY BANGLADESH APPAREL EXCHANGE (BAE) TO BRING TOGETHER LIKE-MINDED STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE STRONG DESIRE TO TAKE OUR INDUSTRY TO THE NEXT LEVEL IN A SUSTAINABLE MANNER.
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SEE YOU AGAIN !
1 2 T H J U LY 2 0 1 8 W I T H N EW I D EA S AN D E X P E R I E N C E TO FAC I L I TAT E T H E I N D U S T R Y ’ S J O U R N E Y TO WA R D S S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y !
WITH THANKS AND BEST REGARDS,
MOSTAFIZ UDDIN
FOUNDER & CEO
BA NGL A DESH A PPA REL EXCH A NGE (BA E)
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MA K I N G AP PA R E L B U S I N E S S S U S TA I N A B L E I S A L O N G J O U R N EY WE H AVE AL R EADY E M BA R K E D O N . S U S TA I N A B L E AP PA R E L F O R U M AI M S TO MA K E T H E PAT H C L EA R AN D S M OT H E R S O T H AT WE CAN AL L WAL K TO G E T H E R TO R EAC H O U R C O M M O N G O AL – A GA R M E NT I N D U S T R Y W H I C H I S S U S TAI N A B L E B Y AL L M EAN S . S U R E LY , YO U R S U P P O R T AN D C O O P E R AT I O N WI L L S E R VE A S A G R EAT S O U R C E I N S P I R AT I O N TO O R GAN I Z E T H E N E X T E D I T I O N O F SAF I N A
THANK YOU !
M O R E I N C LU S I VE M AN N E R . H O P E TO S E E YO U A GA I N N EX T T I M E O N 1 2 T H JUNE 2018.
WITH THANKS AND BEST WISHES,
MD. MOHIUDDIN RUBEL
M A NAGING DIRECTOR
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