The eleventh edition of Bangladesh Denim Expo, an international exposition to promote Bangladeshi denim goods, will focus on driving the country’s denim industry towards the direction of responsibility.
For the first time, H&M Group, a Swedish multinational clothing-retailer, is collaborating with Bangladesh Denim Expo for its 11th edition to be held on November 5-6 at the International Convention City, Bashundhara in Dhaka, said a press release.
In the two-day exposition, a total of 100 exhibitors from 11 countries, including host Bangladesh, will take part. Other participating countries are China, Japan, Italy, India, Singapore, Brazil, Spain, Pakistan, Turkey and Germany.
The theme of this edition is ‘Responsibility’. The theme will be addressing the level of social, environmental and economic responsibility the apparel industry holds to ensure products are produced in the most ethical, environmentally friendly and sustainable manner.
“Every stakeholders involved in denim industry have a degree of responsibility. Responsibility is about environment, it’s about climate change, about circularity, sourcing, working conditions etc,” said Mostafiz Uddin, founder and CEO of Bangladesh Denim Expo.
To be precise, as entrepreneurs and professionals every decision, we take has its impacts. Keeping the impacts positive is our responsibility, said Mostafiz, also managing director of Denim Expert Ltd.
Being responsible and accountable to the earth and workers, it is the duty of all stakeholders in the apparel industry to acknowledge the responsibility and to analyze our business practices, for the benefit of all, said Mostafiz.
The expo’s objective is to showcase Bangladesh’s growth potential in the denim industry. It will be a get-together for buyers, manufacturers and professionals, where they shared experiences on latest trend of fashions and innovation in technology.
The expo will be magnetized by the presence of a number of guest speakers including Andrew Olah, the Founder of Kingpins Denim show, Alice Tonello, R&D Director with the Tonello Group, world renowned denim designer, Piero Turk and Jordi Juani, Asia Regional Directors of Jeanologia.
The expo serves to promote Bangladesh to a wider audience and to offer the opportunity for the local apparel industry to gain contacts, knowledge and business opportunities from the international denim professionals and experts that attend the event.
In sharing knowledge and to learn from the global experts, two panel discussions will be held at this 11th Bangladesh Denim Expo where industry stakeholders from home and abroad will discuss and debate the roles of industry’s responsibility.
