SusLeather Project Concludes with a Closing Ceremony at AUST

The AUST-SDU SusLeather Project held its closing ceremony on 28–29 October 2026 at the Vice Chancellor Seminar room, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), Dhaka, formally concluding the project’s activities. The meeting brought together the project team and university authorities to review the project’s major outcomes, finalize policy recommendations and address the remaining technical, publication and financial matters.

An important part of the ceremony was the finalization of the project policy, building on the research findings, recommendations and stakeholder discussions from the SusLeather Policy Workshop held in September 2026. The discussions focused on consolidating the project’s evidence-based recommendations to support improvements in occupational health and safety, productivity and sustainability in Bangladesh’s leather tanning industry.

The closing meeting marked an important milestone in the AUST-SDU SusLeather collaboration, bringing together the project’s research outcomes, policy recommendations and final deliverables. Supported by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), the project has worked to generate practical knowledge on sustaining Lean production and occupational health and safety improvements in Bangladesh’s leather tanning industry.