Textile Compliance

Textile Compliance is a new term in our textile industry. Many of you may aware of it.

Definition: A clearly defined law or standard, a specification that has been confirmed is known as compliance.

In simple language, a set of process, standards, or law that is established to specify the protocol is called compliance. In the textile industry, compliance complies with the law of a country and the code of conduct (CoC) of the buyers. It is the perfection or assurance of safety with various International & National Standards on Social Principles.

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History of evolving compliance issue in RMG:

First, in 1995 Pwc India office came to Bangladesh to do a social audit for Walmart. Then in 1996, during the European nations cup, several trade unions and NGOs drew attention to the forced labor of children making footballs for the world market. Due to this publicity world-famous retailers focused their eyes on the Bangladesh garments industry to monitor compliance issues especially on child labor and minimum wages.

After that in 1996, An agreement was signed among ILO, BGMEA, and Bangladesh Government to work together to work on the labor rights issue. From 1998, the Pwc India office continued social audit for Walmart, Jones Apparel Group, Target, Aramark, Russel Inc., Lego Company, Timberland, Sara-Lee Corporation, Abercrombie & Fitch, etc.

In this phenomenon two tragedies had taken place in the history of the garments industry of our country, one was a Fire accident in Tazreen Fashion (2012), and the second, was Rana plaza collapsed (2013). These two incidents switched the alarm about the safety issues in the garments factories and workplaces not only in our country but also all over the world. The authorities and other human rights consultant NGOs came forward to ensure the safety of workers in the factories. And in this way, the compliance issue evolved in the RMG sector.

The Importance of Textile Compliance:

There are some importances of compliances in our garments sector. They can be described as below:

Sustainability of existing buyers
Attracting new buyers
Matching the Government requirement
Securing benefits of the workers
Preserving good relationship among workers and management
Environmental safety
Social accountability

Compliance Issues Standard Variables:

Compliance area
Organization
Purchaser region

Compliance Areas in the RMG Sector:

Social / Ethical compliance area.
Technical compliance area
Safety compliance area
Security / C-TPAT Compliance area
Environmental compliance area
Quality compliance area

Dealing Compliance Requirements:

National law.
Government & organizational Policy
International law
Requirements and standards by regulatory bodies.