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Accord to do more factory inspections in Bangladesh

The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh will inspect 100 more garment factories as its signatory brands have provided a fresh list from which they source apparel products.

Over the last couple of months, brands have sent a list of over 100 factories to Accord that have been newly listed and that need to be inspected. The list includes those factories from which Accord signatory brands source clothing products.

Accord, the platform of 190 European retailers, started its inspection of readymade garment factories last year and completed inspection of over 1,300 factories. It is supposed to inspect around 1,600 factories.

During the inspection, Accord found critical failures which are threatening workers’ safety in more than 50 factories. Of the 50 factories 26 were closed while eight were partially closed.

Later on, eleven factories were allowed to resume production on condition of completion of the necessary corrective measures. The outcry over safety issues began after the Rana Plaza factory disaster that killed over 1,135 workers and injured over 2,500 people in April 2013.

After the disaster, Accord made a commitment to provide financial and technical support to improve fire and building safety standard of readymade garment factories from which European retailers source products.

bangladeshaccord.org

 
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