Regulation, reporting, finance and supply chains, explained by the people who train Bangladesh's ESG professionals.
Bangladesh is scheduled to leave the Least Developed Country list on 24 November 2026, but it has asked the UN to defer that to 2029. The General Assembly's decision is…
Gas shortages have cut garment output by 30–40%, and buyers are now asking factories to prove where their energy comes from. A CPD study says rooftop solar could cover roughly…
A new 2.5-year initiative in Dhaka brings Dutch retailers, technology providers, BGMEA and BKMEA together to test traceability and decarbonisation on real factory floors. Behind it sits a big shift:…
Southeast Bank has joined Bangladesh Bank's Tk1,000 crore refinance scheme for green industries and green factory buildings. Banks draw the money at 2% and can lend it on at no…
Bangladesh's Financial Reporting Council has finalised adoption of IFRS S1 and S2, the global standards for sustainability and climate disclosure. Banks have been on this path since a 2023 central…
After sustained industry lobbying, the EU has dropped cattle leather from the scope of its flagship anti-deforestation regulation. For Bangladesh's leather and footwear exporters, that's one compliance headache removed —…
Quietly, without much local fanfare, Bangladesh opened a formal consultation on adopting the world's fastest-spreading sustainability reporting standard. Twenty-eight jurisdictions have already gone ahead. The question now is how fast…
Bangladesh's apparel exporters are already staring down the loss of duty-free EU access after LDC graduation. Layer the EU's carbon border tax on top, and the math gets brutal —…
A three-year, Tk128,013 crore energy overhaul promises a smarter grid, more renewables, and less blackout anxiety. But the plan also leans on a coal plant, a nuclear reactor and gas,…
Hivedemy turns ESG into short, hands-on lessons built and checked by professionals worldwide. Every lesson teaches first, then asks you to do the work, and every attempt gets a reason.
