Establishing eco-friendly and lean environment by coordinating the concept of lean manufacturing and corporate social responsibility.

Due to the increasing requirements for social and environmental responsibility, the representatives of the production sectors are forced to consider ways for ensuring a lean and eco-friendly approach to business activities in order to increase the companies' sustainability in the market. In this paper, the issues of establishing an eco-friendly and lean environment are analyzed through a relevant case study, such as the production textile companies of Bangladesh. Following the international trends, the ready-made garment (RMG) sector as a catalyst for the development of Bangladesh is faced with challenges to rethink attitude to the environmental agenda towards the interests of society and stakeholders, including employees. This way, this paper proposes Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a mediator for lean environmental management introduction to improve the social and environmental focus of the RMG industry. The practical and theoretical framework is developed for the integration of the considered concepts to address the environmental impacts caused by the RMG companies' activities. The findings reveal the capability to achieve positive effects during implementation of the eco-friendly and lean practices in the RMG industry enterprises and ensure sustainable development while maintaining long-term benefits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]