People working and living around the Savar Tannery Estate in Bangladesh face serious social and environmental human rights impacts that if not addressed will continue to limit the potential of tanneries and the Bangladesh leather sector as whole.
This learning paper presents the endline findings from the Improving Environmental and Social Conditions in the Savar Tannery Estate project (2024–2026). The initiative was carried out by the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), ETI Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF), and Mondiaal FNV, with support from the UK government‑funded Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution (SMEP) Programme.


