Accord on Building and Fire Safety in Bangladesh, a consortium of European brands and buyers, has cut business relations with 37 more Bangladeshi readymade garment factories due to refusal and failure of the factory authorities at implementing workplace safety measures in the units suggested by the buyers’ platform. With the latest numbers, the Accord has so far cut business relations with 133 RMG factories on the ground of safety issues that produce products for the European brands and buyers.
After a deadly building collapse in a garments factory, located at Savar, in 2013 the Accord was formed by EU to improve factory safety in Bangladesh. The platform has so far conducted fire, electrical and structural safety inspection in more than 1,600 RMG factories which are the suppliers of EU buyers and retailers. The overall remediation progress rate of safety issues identified in initial inspections verified as fixed has reached 83 per cent, a recent report of the Accord said. It also said that remediation is close to completion at 699 factories that has completed more than 90 per cent of the remediation while 127 factories have completed all remediation from initial inspections.
