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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has partnered with Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co), a leading jeans-wear manufacturer, to develop a global program aimed at achieving environmental sustainability.

The program will build on the extensive experience of IFC’s Bangladesh Partnership for Cleaner Textile (PaCT) program, focusing on providing advice on implementing cleaner production practices in over 165 textile factories in Bangladesh.

This is the first time that the IFC PaCT program will be implemented outside Bangladesh, said a press release on Thursday (September 1).

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