The Accord has made âphenomenal changeâ on the ground, inspecting over 1,600 factories, says the BGIWF
In the aftermath of the Bangladesh Rana Plaza tragedy in 2013, two initiatives were set up to oversee the country s clothing factories for fire, electrical and structural issues – the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety and the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety. The Alliance s tenure comes to an end next month, and there are serious concerns for garment workers if another agreement is not signed soon.
Under the oversight of the Accord and Alliance, Bangladesh now has one of the safest and most transparent ready-made garment (RMG) industries in the world. But that could now under threat.
The Rana Plaza collapse on 24 April 2013 was the world s worst industrial accident in 30 years
The Rana Plaza tragedy in 2013 was a wake-up call to Bangladesh and the entire garment industry that building and worker safety should be a priority. Eight years on and the country has one of the safest and most transparent apparel industries thanks to the remediation work that ensued. But while much has been achieved, there remains no room for complacency.
When a multi-storey factory building complex collapsed on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, eight years ago in April 2013, killing at least 1,138 garment workers, the industry was shaken to the core. It was the world s worst industrial accident in 30 years and came just five months after the Tazreen factory fire in the same city, where more than 120 workers lost their lives.
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