H&M is funding offshore wind in Bangladesh to get garment factories off fossil fuels

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Women work at a ready-made garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Feb. 22, 2022. Image via Shutterstock/Rehman Asad
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Women work at a ready-made garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Feb. 22, 2022. Image via Shutterstock/Rehman Asad

H&M will co-invest in a project it hopes will supply 40 per cent of the country's power

Sweden's H&M Group is investing in Bangladesh's first offshore wind project, a utility-scale installation being developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners. Bangladesh is home to many factories that...

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