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KANIZ GARMENTS LIMITED

Factory information

Introduction

Right from the initial stage of RMG business in Bangladesh, Abedin Garments Limited, a Group-QA company, entered into the trade of apparel (woven) manufacturing. Abedin Garments Limited started its journey with only two lines at a rented accommodation at 50 Gulshan, Dhaka in August 1983. Gradually it has increased its scope and size of business to three lines by the end of 1989. Thereafter due to opulent demand from the buyers and increased opportunity, the management felt the necessity for opening another unit namely Kaniz Garments Ltd at 158 Tejgaon, Dhaka (a rented accommodation) in July 1994 with four lines. With the passage of time, the booming business led us to develop the 3rd unit namely Kaniz Fashions Limited in October 1998 at 50 Gulshan, Dhaka with two lines. Considering the rapid growth and expansion of business, Group-QA has established its own production facility at 228/A, Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka, which is a 9 storied building of about 1,60,000 sft, each floor left alone with the space of 18,000 sft. The factory is well equipped with Material Handling System (MHS) from Mostoles, Spain. The bonded warehouse is equipped with racking system which have been imported from Vogel Sang, Germany. It has also introduced Switch Track and Production Handling System. This Switch Track has been imported from the United Kingdom and it’s design was developed by the renowned company of South Africa and the MHS was designed from Sri Lanka.

In order to make our position clear to all our Buyers as well as to our staff and workers, we have set forth a ‘Code of Conduct’ policy. It is almost non-negotiable requirement so that all staff and workers without any exception follow this Code of Conduct.

The Code of Conduct of Group-QA has been formulated considering the following major issues of industrial and commercial factors in line with labour laws of the soil.

* Environment
* Factory Conditions
* Safety (Building, Fire and Man Security)
* First Aid
* Employment
* Workers’ Rights and Entitlements (Employment Contracts, Wages, Working Hours and OT etc)
* Child Labour
* Indiscrimination
* Freedom of Association
* Forced Labour
* Staff Rights and Entitlements
* Application of Code of Conduct
* Monitoring

Environment

Group QA complies with all applicable environmental laws and regulations of the country. Where such requirements are less stringent, the factory authority would out-line their own directions to meet the international standards as and when necessary.

Factory Conditions

Group QA ensures cleanliness of its premises, floors and every work station. Room temperature of working floors are tolerable, while sufficient ventilation keeps the floors congenially airy. Lighting at every work place is sufficient and separate sanitary facilities for men and woman are adequate, easily accessible and clean.

Safety (Building, Fire and Man Security)

Group QA ensures safety of its all structural establishments, they are well built and properly maintained. All exit routes and doors are clearly marked with ‘EXIT’sign, adequate stair-ways and escape routes are in place.

Sufficient number of smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, hosepipes, dedicated water reserve and other fire-fighting equipments are available as per the law of the land. These arrangements have been certified to be ok by the concerned govt. authorities.

Group QA also arranges adequate safety guards for both PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) and machineries. Engineers, mechanics and electricians ensure time to time checking of all machineries, electrical cables, panels, switch boards etc. Training are conducted periodically and all workers are encouraged for using safety gears.

First Aid

Group QA ensures medical attention of its workers. Adequate number of First Aid boxes / facilities are placed on each floor complying the local laws and the person in charge of the First Aid Box area is trained properly. A registered MBBS doctor and a qualified nurse have been posted in the in-house medi-care centre and they take care of the patients as and when necessary. If   any worker, while on duty, needs higher medical attention, we provide the same from outside at Company cost.

Employment

Group QA ensures issuance of appointment letters to all its workers at the time of joining. Age verification is done by own registered doctor before recruitment. Appointment Letter contains the followings:

1. Wages structure
2. Daily working hours
3. Weekly off-day.
4. Maximum Over Time work ( not more then 12 hours a week)
5. Over Time rates (double of basic wages)
6. All kinds of leave (Casual, Sick, Festival and Annual) facilities as per law.
7. Maternity leave and benefits thereof as per the provisions of law.

Pay Slips are issued to all workers regularly on the day of wages payment that clearly depicts the break down of their monthly wages. Wages of our workers are always on the higher side that usually exceeds what the Minimum Wages Act demands. Wages of workers are paid by 7th day of the following month.

Service conditions of the workers are governed by the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 and we strictly go by the dictates of the law. Apart from all these, we allow our workers to encash their un-availed Annual leaves at the year-ending.

Workers Rights and Entitlements

We are well aware of the basic rights of the workers and their minimum needs at the work place. To ensure a congenial workplace, the prerequisites are: no forcible work, helpful supervisors, compassionate to employee grievances, no physical punishment, no sexual harassment, enjoyment of weekly off-day and other leaves as per law, timely payments of wages etc. On the other hand, easily accessible wash-room facilities, safe drinking water, clean cafeteria, neatly managed day-care centre for the suckling babies – these are the minimum needs of the workers. We ensure all these, because we believe all these elements develop a sense of belonging amongst the workers.

Child Labour

Group QA strictly ensures, there is no child labour in its factories. While recruiting the workers, it ensures that the workers must be of minimum 18 years of age and that always be certified by the in-house registered doctor.

Indiscrimination

Group QA employs workers regardless to race, color, gender, religion, political opinion, social or regional origin and marital status.

Freedom of Association

Workers are free to join associations of their own choice. Authority does not interfere with the workers who wish to law-fully and peacefully associate, organize or bargain collectively. Our workers are always free in selecting or choosing their association or organization.

Forced Labour

Group QA does not force any worker to work and does not use bonded or prison labour and nor it takes any financial deposit from the workers against their employment.

Staff Rights and Entitlements

Group QA recruits all its staff, officers and higher management executives following a high-level ethical practice. Staff rights and entitlements are determined before contracting or issuing appointment letter.

None of the staff, officers, executives and higher management executives are allowed to manage or favour, or convince superiors or parties outside by exchanging any kind of gifts, money or other sorts of unfair and unethical means. Person(s) who found to be associated with such kind of mischiefs, are brought to book on charge of misconduct.

Application of Code of Conduct

Group QA assigns its responsibility for all matters pertaining to the code of conduct within its organization. The authority also assigns responsibility for implementing this code at all levels  and ensures that all employees and workers become aware of the contents of the code by visualizing the same displayed on the notice Board in Bengali language.

Monitoring
Group QA assigns duties and responsibilities to its employees for regular monitoring, supervision and strict compliance of the COC. They inspect frequently and keep record if any non-compliant activities are found at floors and sections. Inspection is done without hampering any process or speed of production or any disruption in the performance of works. They may interview the concerned persons where it is deemed necessary for any specific occurrence. Officer in charge of the Code of Conduct (Compliance) reports to the top management from time to time of any non-compliance of this policy and ensures appropriate remedial measures in this regard

Social Compliance Goal/Objectives and progress Status

SL	Area	Base Year	Goal (What)	Tactical Steps (How)		Progress  Status up to September 2022	Remarks
1	RSC	2014	100% Works will be completed by End of 2019 in respect of the Fire, Electrical points of view.	Works will be done as per Accord Guideline and continuous monitoring.		100% completed	We got recognition letter from RSC
2	Energy	2017	Reduce Energy/GHG 17%  by 2020 2018 – 10% 2019 –  4% 2020 –  3% 2021 –  3% 2022 –  2%	1) To replace 100% class motor by servo motor. 2) To replace 2500 no of T8 to T5 or LEED 3) Have introduced heat recovery system in the boiler 4) To Improve Compress air leakage systems. 5) Increase training and awareness 6) Increase production efficiency 5% comparing to the previous year		15.625% Achieved against our set-up target.	In-2021
3	Water	2017	Water consumption reduced by 10% by 2020 2018-   5% 2019 –  3% 2020 –  2% 2021 – 2% 2022 – 2%	1) To Modify the flashing system. 2) To change the water tap. 3) To provide training and awareness programs.		Achieved 4.78%	In-2021
4	Wastage	2017	10% wastage reduction by 2020 2018-   5% 2019 –  3% 2020 –  2% 2021 – 2% 2022 – 2%	1) Established zero defects policy and rejection to be reduced by 1% 2) Improve marker efficiency and minimize fabric and thread consumption. 3) Minimum cutting wastage.		Achieved 6.67%	In-2021
5	Education		To educate 350 no of old people and disadvantaged children in society by 2022. (Korail Bosti)   2019 – 300 2020 –  400 2021 – 250	1. Through the establishment of school. 2. Raise awareness about the need of education. 3. Conducting educational activities.		Achieved 90%	In-progress
6	Awareness program		Increase health and safety awareness to 250 no people living in Corail Bosti. 2019 – 100 2020 –  150 2021 – 100	1. By conducting training program		Achieved 80%	In-progress

Overview information of Facilities Social & Environmental performance:

Social performance is the process of managing an organization to achieve a social goal. Kaniz Garments Ltd always try to maintain it in a proper manner and conduct different types of internal and external audit time to time for measuring the social performance of the company.

Kaniz Garments Limited
Update Audit Status -2020
SL	Audit Name	Buyer Name							Performance
		H&M	C&A	S. Oliver	Camaieu	M&S	Debenhams	Kappahl
1	Smeta Audit	–	–	–	–	√	√	–	Acceptable
2	FEM(Higg)	√	–	–	–			√	72.4%
3	ICS	√	–	–	√			–	91%
4	GRS	–	√	–	–			–	Acceptable
5	RCS	–	√	–	–			–	Acceptable
6	BCI	–	√	–	–	√	√	–	OK
7	EIA	√	–	–	–			–	Acceptable
08	Energy audit	√	–	–	–			–	OK
09	European Flax	–	√*	–	–			–	OK
10	Better Work	√	–	–	–			–	OK (3rd cycle)
11	SVCOC	–	√	–	–			–	Acceptable

Environment Performance:

Chemical :

Kaniz Garments ltd typically used different chemical in production process as per requirements. To avoid the use of hazardous chemical/ban chemical in production and minimize their adverse impact to our environment, we highly encourage implementation of proper chemical management system in our factories. We have a dedicated person to monitor all the chemical regulations on regular basis with reference to Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of Chemical, Classification, Labelling and various tools for screening followed in facility. As well as we continually update of Restricted Substance lists (RSLs) based on the latest legal and brands requirements.

• Energy and water :

Last couple of years we have been working to improve the environmental performance in our factory. In this regard we are working in different area. For improving the energy & water consumption we have taken some decision and implement accordingly which will be continue in future.

 

Environmental Sustainability Report-2021 and 2022

	Energy Consumption in 2022
SL	Month	Purchased electricity        (kwh)	Solar Photovoltaic (electricity)	Total Natural Gas consumption (m3)	Diesel (Litre)
1	January	158448	1426	12031.01	800
2	February	144084	1627	11012.21	400
3	March	183984	2399	9167.74	800
4	April	155724	1794	11878.91	400
5	May	141024	1878	10438.50	800
6	June	186144	1584	10324.24	400
7	July	122868	1353	9110.13	2500
8	August	128784	2114	7846.09	2000
9	September
10	October
11	November
12	December
	Total	1221060	14175	81808.81767	8100

	Quantity & Energy Consumption in 2021
SL	Month	Purchased electricity        (kwh)	Total Natural Gas consumption (m3)	Diesel (Litre)
1	January	122,676	8524.90	800
2	February	106,380	9359.14	–
3	March	146,592	7045.65	800
4	April	149,928	9083.05	800
5	May	135,936	6015.57	400
6	June	185,556	8836.81	800
7	July	99168	6970.68	400
8	August	152640	5700.31	800
9	September	166836	9592.76	400
10	October	181,992	10186.58	400
11	November	182,172	10725.16	800
12	December	158,820	10303.31	400

 

Total Energy uses & production status Year-2021 (Baseline-2017)
Year	Uses Power Consumption in KWH	Use Power Per pcs /KWH	Remarks
2017	1855200	0.32	Energy reduced:   +15.625%
2021	1788696	0.37

In 2021, the energy reduction target was 3% but not achieved.

Note: Due to higher SAM compared to 2017, Energy consumption comes negative in 2021. If considering SAM, Energy consumption reduction has come to 3.23%.

Water:

Total Groundwater withdrawal Summery-2022
Sl	Month	Consumption in Gallon	Remarks
01	January	1,301,000
02	February	1,411,000
03	March	1,504,000
04	April	1,609,000
05	May	1,016,000
06	June	112,000
07	July	1,087,000
08	August	1,203,000
09	September
10	October
11	November
12	December
Total		9,243,000

Total Ground Water Withdrawal Summary – 2021
Name of the Month	Consumption in Gallons	Remarks
January	1,081,000
February	1,099,000
March	976,000
April	765,000
May	892,000
June	877,000
July	666,000
August	987,000
September	765,000
October	798,000
November	765,000
December	945,000
Grand Total (Gallons)	10,616,000

 

 

Total Water uses & production status Year-2021 (Baseline- 2017)
Year	Consumption in Gallons	Use Water Per pcs /Gallons	Remarks
2017	11953000	2.09	Water reduce-4.78%
2021	10,616,000	2.19

In 2021, the water consumption reduction target was 2% but not achieved.

Note: Due to higher SAM compared to 2017, Water consumption comes negative in 2021.

NGO/External Stakeholder Engagement Information of
Kaniz Garments Ltd
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SL	Name of The Stakeholder/NGO	Key Working Area	Activities
1	Accord	Fire Safety, Electrical Safety, Structural Safety	Provide guideline, support and monitor to develop the factory in respect of fire, Electrical and structural point of view.
2	Engender Health Bangladesh	Family Planning & Reproductive Health	Aware and support to the worker regarding family planning and General health.
3	Eminence	Lactating Mother	Support working mother in Appropriate infant and young child feeding.

 

Supplier List
Kaniz Garments Ltd.

SL Item/Trims Tier Information Supplier name
1	Washing	Tier -1	HAMS Washing & Dyeing Ltd.
2	Washing	Tier -1	Orix  Washing Project
3	Washing	Tier -1	SF Washing
4	Print & Embroidery	Tier -1	AlMuslim Garments Accessories
5	Print	Tier -1	Fair Design
6	Fabric	Tier -2	Zaber & Zubair Fabrics Ltd
7	Fabric	Tier -2	Sim Fabrics Ltd
8	Fabric	Tier -2	Padma Bleaching & Dyeing Ltd
9	Fabric	Tier -2	Silver Line
10	Fabric (Pocketing)	Tier -2	SM Tex / Hossain Tex
11	Fabric	Tier -2	UNIFILL COMPOSITE DYEING MILLS LTD
12	Fabric	Tier -2	Link Target Fabric Ltd.
13	Fabric	Tier -2	VISIONLAND Co Ltd.
14	Fabric	Tier -2	Thermax
15	Fabric	Tier -2	Sanjana Fabric (Asiatic Textile Mills)
16	Thread	Tier -2	SANZI Textile Mills Ltd.
17	Thread	Tier -2	Coats Bangladesh Ltd
18	Eyelet, Button , Buckle (Metal)	Tier -2	SAB Weixing BD
19	Interlining	Tier -2	Etacol Bangladesh Ltd.
20	Button	Tier -3	Vision Accessories
21	Label	Tier -3	HSK
22	Label	Tier -3	Maheen Label Tex Ltd.
23	Label	Tier -3	R-pac Bangladesh packaging company Ltd.
24	Label	Tier -3	Shore 2 Shore Packaging Ltd.
25	Carton	Tier -3	Uniglory Paper & Packaging Ltd. (UPPL)
26	Poly	Tier -3	Noor Accessories Ltd.
27	Thread	Tier -3	AMANN BANGLADESH LIMITED
28	Price Tag	Tier -3	Paxar Bangladesh Ltd.
29	Eyelet (Metal)	Tier -3	Rabab Trading International
30	Button (Metal)	Tier -3	Rabab Trading International
31	Eyelet (Metal)	Tier -3	ACIS (POLY BAG MANUFACTURING CO. LTD)
32	Eyelet, Button (Metal)	Tier -3	AGAMI Accessories Ltd.(DEKKO)
33	Button (Plastic)	Tier -3	Impress Accessories Ltd.
34	Interlining	Tier -3	Etasia Interlinings ltd.
35	Zipper	Tier -3	YKK Bangladesh PTE Ltd.
36	Zipper	Tier -3	FBN Zipper (Fabian Group)
37	Zipper	Tier -3	NEO Zipper