A researcher has uncovered the following information. Decide if each factor is mostly about profits, people, or the planet. For each factor, paste or draw the symbol indicating which pillar is indicated. Then indicate whether the information leads you to choose either Canada or Bangladesh. The first one has been done for you.
Planet
Profit
People
Remember to consider this from the point of view of the factory owner!
1.Canada or Bangladesh?
2. Pillar
Information:
It will cost about $1.00 per garment to ship it and pay import duties to Canada from Bangladesh.
The average wage for an Albertan working fuil time in the garment industry is $1592/month and the average wage for a Bangladeshi working fuli time in the garment industry is $67/month.
The typical garment worker in Bangladesh makes 14 cents for every shirt made while the factory owner makes about 58 cents
Factories in Alberta must meet environmental standards. Factories in Bangladesh have very few environmental standards.
About 5900 people die of air pollution in Canada every year. Over 50,000 people die from air pollution in Bangladesh every year.
Canadian workers can work a maximum of 12 hours/day. There are no limits on the number of hours per day a Bangladeshi worker may work.
Canadians are provided with some health and pension benefits by their employer. There are very few benefits paid to Bangladeshi workers.
All businesses in Alberta must follow health and safety standards. Businesses in Bangladesh have very few health and safety standards, or if
they do, these rules are often ignored.
In the past ten years, clothing imports from Bangladesh to Canada have doubled in the sane time period, the number of women who died in childbirth has dropped by 50%. Almost every child in Bangladesh is now vaccinated. More women can now afford to send their chiidren to school.
In April 2013, nearly 2000 people were killed when the eight-story Rana Plaza In Bangladesh collapsed. The top four floors of the building were built without a permit. Although cracks had appeared in the building the day before, garment workers were told to go to work or they would be fired or docked pay. The factories produced clothing for Canadian stores such as Walmart and Superstore
