International Partner Organisations

33 year jubilee in 2023. © ESDO

Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO), Bangladesh

Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO) is a non-profit and non-governmental research organization based in Bangladesh. ESDO is dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of protecting the environment, protecting biodiversity and maintaining the ecological balance.

Since 1990, ESDO's mission has been to promote the environmental movement through inclusive democratic processes and to increase the involvement of social groups. Furthermore, the organization has set itself the goal of improving the livelihoods, social and economic situation as well as environmental awareness of particularly vulnerable communities in Bangladesh.

ESDO's website can be found at: https://esdo.org/

How FEMNET collaborates with ESDO

In September 2023, FEMNET, together with ESDO and other partner organisations in Germany and Bangladesh, launched a three-year project that aims to support companies in fulfilling their due diligence obligations in the textile supply chain and protecting workers and their environment.

In order to deal appropriately with existing risks and problems, data on working conditions and negative environmental impacts in the immediate vicinity of the textile industry are to be collected with the help of two monitoring procedures. Based on this data, the so-called "worker-based monitoring" and "community-based monitoring", the organisations work together with the local authorities to improve living and working conditions. Furthermore, the data collected serves the local brand companies as the basis for a risk analysis. Based on this, a solution-oriented, regular dialogue is to be created between all relevant stakeholders at local, national and international level.

The target group of the project are the residents of two communities and at least ten trade unions/trade union federations from Ashulia, Dhaka.

 

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