Environmental Society of PTA (SZ) and UNIDO organize workshop

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To address solid waste issue and introduction of Low-Carbon Technologies, a workshop was jointly organized by Pakistan’s Tanners Association (PTA) and United Nations Industrial Development Organization under Global Environment Facility (UNIDO-GEF) at a local hotel in Karachi. Muhammad Alsam Ghauri, Secretary, Environment Climate Change and Coastal Development, Government of Sindh, Waqar Hussain Phulphoto, Dr. Atif Mustafa, Arjmand Qayyum Amjad, Abdul Salam, Chairman, PTA (Southern Zone), Kamran Habib, Muhammad Danish Khan, Tariq Mahmood and Industrialist from the Leather Industry attended the workshop.

Speaking on the occasion, Muhammad Aslam Ghauri, Secretary Environment, Climate Change and Coastal Development, Government of Sindh, underscored the significance of low-carbon modern technologies and knowledge sharing platforms in addressing the challenges of the textile and leather sector in Sindh.

Gulzar Feroz, President, Pakistan’s Tanners Association (South Zone), Environment Society also stress and present his views that disposal of solid waste and wastewater from tanneries is a serious challenge for which they are transforming leather processing industries towards low carbon emissions and adopting climate resilient development plans.

To ensure proper solid waste management, experts from Dr. Atif Mustafa, NED University, Arjmand Qyyum Amjad, WWF and Waqar Huusain Phulphoto, Additional Director General, SEPA also delivered different interventions to adopt sustainable and best practices to improve the environmental compliance throughout their supply chains.

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