Bangladesh’s apex garment makers’ association, BGMEA has launched an initiative to help member factories, interested in working with European buyers, to get their factories inspected by the Readymade Garment Sustainability Council or RSC. BGMEA recently sent out letters to member factories directing them to share profiles of respective units to be audited under the RSC program.

The consortium of EU buyers, Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh conducted fire, electrical and structural safety in the factories and handed over the responsibilities to RSC after its termination. As per BGMEA, more than 1,200 apparel factories were listed under the RSC following which the council took over the charge of the Accord’s work in Bangladesh in June 2020.