December 21, 2016
H.E. Alison Blake, British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, and Rushanara Ali MP, the UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Bangladesh visited SQ Station on December 19, 2016. SQ Station is the state-of-the-art industrial park of SQ Group comprising of Three of the Top 10 Most Environment Friendly factories in the world. Along with them there were Ruzina Hasan, Director, Department for International Trade, and Massarat Quader from the British High Commission in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The Top Management members of SQ Group accompanied the team throughout the visit. The high officials from the British Embassy received an overview of SQ’s story of sustainable growth, valuable contribution to the growth of the local industry, the noteworthy achievements in the fields of Environmental Performance, and the People practices that are in the core of SQ’s strategy for long term sustainability.
The team then explored the LEED Platinum rated manufacturing units of SQ Group. During the tour they were given an overview of the manufacturing process of apparel items; apparel items that are being produced for some of the leading global customers. The enthusiastic group of embassy delegates also engaged into discussions with some of the workers during the tour. They shared their happiness after receiving positive feedback from everyone.
Before leaving H.E. Alison Blake, Rushanara Ali MP, Ruzina Hasan and Massarat Quader expressed their joy and admiration for SQ’s People centered business approach. They wished further success of the company and thanked the SQ team for the hospitality.