Buyer–Supplier Role in Improving Ergonomics in Garment Supplier Factories: Empirical Evidence from the Garment Industry of Bangladesh

• Published in: Sustainability Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 492
• Main Authors: Hoque, Imranul, Hasle, Peter, Maalouf, Miguel Malek
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Clothing industry; Collaboration; Cooperation; Data analysis; Data collection; Developing countries; Ergonomics; Factories; Garment industry; Garments; Intervention; Interviews; LDCs; Occupational health; Purchasing; Qualitative analysis; Qualitative research; Researchers; Risk factors; Sewing machines; Supervisors; Suppliers; Sustainability; Work stations; Workers; Bangladesh

Ergonomics is a key concern of garment suppliers to improve their workers’ well-being and efficiency. However, suppliers’ isolated initiatives are not sufficient to improve ergonomics conditions. Thus, buyers’ cooperation and collaboration with suppliers are necessary to make the ergonomic initiativ...