Accord has warned of curtailing business relations with more than 550 readymade garment units of Bangladesh unless they make the required remedial works for ensuring workplace safety.

Accord is a platform of more than 200 European retailers and buyers. If a supplier factory fails to implement the Accord’s corrective actions and cooperate fully in its inspection and related programs, the supplier will receive notice and warning that its business with Accord’s signatory companies will be terminated if non-compliance persists.

If the notice and warning process does not lead to sufficient progress, business with the supplier will be terminated by Accord’s signatory companies.

If they fail to expedite their remediation works, Accord's signatory members might discontinue business relations with those units.

Of 550 units, some 449 units are in the process of stage one of notice while some 104 are on stage two and received warnings. Some 35 units out of 104 have made very poor progress in line with the corrective action plan.

Accord has put some 100 factories in stage two of its escalation process due to slow remediation progress.

Accord so far terminated business relations with some 48 garment factories while Alliance, another platform of North American apparel buyers, suspended business with some 92 units.