Consiglieri is conducting the end-line assessment of the Safe, Clean, Environment-Friendly Factories in Bangladesh (EHS+ Center) Project, implemented by The Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) and funded by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Wal-Mart Foundation, Inc. (Walmart).
The EHS+ Center is a public-private partnership initiative co-implemented by the ISC and North South University (NSU) in Bangladesh to build the capacity of factory managers to improve occupational health and safety standards and reduce the overall environmental footprint of factories in Bangladesh, enhancing their global competitiveness. The key objectives of this project are to: 1) Improved Health and Safety Practices; 2) Improved Environmental Management Practices; 3) Improved Energy and Carbon Management Practices; and 4) Establish a Financially Independent and Operationally Sustainable Center of Excellence on Environment, Health, Safety and Energy Management (EHS+) for industry professionals.