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Bangladesh proposes its own compliance platform

Like Accord and Alliance, garment makers in Bangladesh want to form a factory inspection and remediation agency to strengthen workplace safety in the apparel sector.

The proposed platform will be called Shonman. All decisions would be consensus-based.

New factories registering after December this year would have to pay for their inspections based upon the square footage of their facility.

Arbitrations will be governed by the country's laws and administered by the Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre. Thorough, credible safety inspections of new factories and routine monitoring of old ones shall be carried out by skilled personnel selected by and acting under the direction of the implementation board.

From 2021, Shonman would become fully self-financing.

Garment makers came up with the Shonman proposal soon after Accord, the inspection and remediation platform of more than 200 retailers and brands, mostly European, disclosed plans to extend its stay in Bangladesh for three more years.

Accord is a legally binding platform formed in May 2013 after the Rana Plaza building collapse with a five-year tenure for building inspection and remediation. Its tenure expires in June next year. Garment owners have opposed the extension.

Accord and Alliance, a platform of North American retailers and brands, have been working in Bangladesh to strengthen workplace safety in the garment sector through remediation of fire, electrical and structural loopholes.

 
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