During the last decade, Babylon Group has introduced Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives in the garment sector for the first time such as: Clinics and Child-Care Centers at all factories and public health centers with surgery facilities to serve the local communities around the factories; Fair price shops; Scholarship programs; a library and activities such as annual picnic and sports, fashion show, cultural program, an annual magazine named "Babylon Kathokata" and other benevolent initiatives for the employees and their family members. It also has its own Effluent Treatment Plants at its dyeing and washing units. During natural adversities such as flood, drought, cyclones, tidal surge Babylon group provides of relief materials including cash to the victims as well as partners with the government and other donor agencies to help them.

In order to deal with the menstrual hygiene challenges for urban women workers, Babylon Group has established an in-house production of low-cost sanitary napkins, based on a summer project of a student. The innovation in this initiative is that, by using existing infrastructure and a small start-up investment on the equipment, Babylon Group has been able to, without sacrificing quality, bring down the price to Tk 3 per piece, which is less than 40% of the price at which commercial brands are sold.

Further, the employees of Babylon Group run this operation by themselves in a self sustainable manner without any subsidies on the direct costs. "Softy" the low-cost sanitary napkins from Babylon Group has substantially changed the way their women workers deal with Menstrual Hygiene from being "an act of shame" with rags and diseases to "take it in your stride" attitude that the middle class working women are used to in Dhaka.

At the recent launching ceremony of "Softy," Dhaka Civil Surgeon, Dr. Jasim Uddin Khan said: "This is a major milestone in the effort to keep urban women workers, specially in the garment sector healthy and not loose working days every month on account of menstrual issues." Based on the success of the pilot project, Babylon Group as a pioneer of the lowcost Napkins concept in Bangladesh is interested in expanding availability to the needy, through strategic partnerships / relationships with donors, NGOs and other relevant organizations.

About Babylon Group:
Babylon Group started its journey in 1986 with one company and 140 employees and expanded to 14 companies with 12,000 skilled employees. Babylon Group is involved in: woven wear manufacturing; knit wear manufacturing; washing plant; printing house; knitting unit; dyeing and finishing of knitted fabrics; embroidery; trims manufacturing; paper converting and packaging; apparel trading etc., apart from a fashion wear retailing outlets to satisfy the growing local demand. Babylon Group has one of the finest production facilities in Bangladesh that far exceed the minimum standards set up by international regulators and is often showcased as an example of a responsible corporate citizen of Bangladesh.

Babylon Group

Babylon Group

Babylon Group started its journey in 1986 with Babylon Garments Limited with a humble setup. Relentless efforts and a constant persuasion of quality resulted in the group’s expansion to 14 different concerns. All the units function independently but operate under the direct supervision of the group head quarter. Babylon has strong footing in both knit and woven products. Several units of the group are dedicated to produce finest quality products for buyers around the globe. The group is self reliant and is involved in woven wear manufacturing, knit wear manufacturing, washing plant, printing house, knitting unit, dyeing and finishing of knitted fabrics, embroidery, trims manufacturing, paper converting and packaging, apparel trading etc. It also has fashion wear retailing outlets to satisfy the growing local demand.

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