Sourcing breakthrough: First ever garment factory map launched

There was a time, as recently as five years ago, when putting the locations of garment factories in supplier countries on a map seemed like a Utopian fantasy. There was fear on the buyers’ side to be associated with a certain kind of (read: sub-standard) factories and on the suppliers’ side to disclose their address and location. Now, this fantasy has become a reality: In what is a major breakthrough for the garment industry worldwide, the first digital map of garment factory locations in Bangladesh has been launched to increase transparency and accelerate the sector’s progress further.