Leading fashion brands are redoubling their commitments to responsible global supply chains by entering into a new Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh with global trade unions.
IndustriALL Global Union, UNI Global Union, together with brand representatives from C&A and LC Waikiki, will announce the new agreement at today’s OECD Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct in Paris.
The agreement has so far been signed by Kmart Australia, Target Australia, Primark, H&M, Inditex (Zara), C&A, Otto, KiK, Aldi South, Aldi North, Lidl, Tchibo, LC Waikiki, Helly Hansen, Loblaw and PVH. Further brands: Esprit, Hüren, Bestseller, Wibra, Schmidt Group, N Brown Group, Specialty Fashion Group Australia and Carrefour have committed to signing.
It means that over a thousand Bangladeshi garment factories supplying signatory brands will already be covered under the new Accord. This number will grow as more brands sign.
Signatory brands of the current Accord are today meeting in Amsterdam to consider the new agreement, and it is expected that most of them will sign. IndustriALL and UNI are signatories to the new Accord, while four non-governmental organizations including the Clean Clothes Campaign and the Worker Rights Consortium will be witness signatories.
This three-year agreement builds on the achievements of the first Bangladesh Accord signed in May 2013 in response to the Rana Plaza building collapse. It continues the first Accord’s ground-breaking legally binding framework and commitment to transparency. It also adds new worker protections and ensures that many more factories will be inspected and renovated, as signatory brands add suppliers.
The Rana Plaza collapse in April 2013 claimed the lives of more than 1,100 workers, injuring 2,500 more. Six weeks later, unions, non-governmental organizations and brands announced the first Bangladesh Accord. Currently, the Accord covers more than 2.5 million workers. The new Accord goes into effect after the 2013 Accord expires in May 2018. MORE
Signatories to the 2018 Accord
A list of brands and retailers that have signed the 2018 Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh.
| A&M Holmberg Adidas Åhléns Aldi North Aldi South Alma Mater Wear America Today American Eagle Outfitters APG and Co Arcadia Group Artsana (Chicco) Auchan Baumhueter International Bearbottom Clothing Bel&Bo Bel-confect Benetton Bestseller Bonmarché BrandCo Management Brands Fashion Bristol (Euro Shoe Group) Brüzer Sportsgear C&A Camaïeu Carrefour Casino Global Sourcing Cencosud Paris and Johnson Cencosud Supermercados Chantal Cherokee/Hi-Tec Sports Chicca Comtex CoolCat Coop Danmark Cotton On Dansk Supermarked Group Daytex Mode Debenhams Deltex Designworks Desigual Distra DK Company DPDB Group E Leclerc Edinburgh Woollen Mill El Corte Inglés Ellos Group Ernsting’s Family ESPRIT ETP Fashionbridge Fast Retailing Fat Face Fipo Group Forever New Fristads Fruit of the Loom Gebra Non-food Gekås Ullared | G. Güldenpfennig Gina Tricot Global Impact G-Star H&M Hakro Hanson Im-und Export Heinrich Obermeyer Helly Hansen HEMA Hemtex HKG Garment Solution Horizonte Hugo Boss Hunkemöller Hüren OHG ID Identity Inditex (incl. Zara) Intersport JBC JOGILO John Lewis Julius Hüpeden Juritex Import & Export GmbH KappAhl Karstadt Kesko Kid Interior KiK Killtec Sport Klaus Herding / Herding Heimtextil Kmart Australia Knights Apparel Kromtex L. TEN CATE LC Waikiki Licensing Essentials Lidl Loblaw LPP Mainpol Madness Sport Mango Mavi Marks and Spencer Matalan Mayoral Moda Metro Miss Etam Monoprix Morrison Supermarkets Mothercare MS Mode N Brown New Agenda by Perrin New Frontier New Look New Wave Group Next Oceania Trading Asia OLYMP Bezner O'Neill | Orsay Otto Outerstuff Ltd OVS Padma Textiles Paprika Cassis Peak Performance Prénatal Moeder & Kind Prénatal Retail Group (Prénatal: BimboStore; Mawi) Primark Princess Gruppen Puma PVH PWT Brands RAWE Moden Reclaimed Sticks Reima Retail Holdings Rewe Group River Island RNB Retail and Brands Sandryds Sainsbury's Schmidt Group Shoeby Shop Direct Schijvens Confectiefabriek Hilvarenbeek s.Oliver Specialty Fashion Group Stadium Star Brands Apparel Stockmann Group Suprema Takko Tally Weijl Target Australia Tchibo Tesco Tex Alliance Texsport The Just Group The Sting House of Brands Top Grade International Transmarina Handelsgesellschaft TVM Europe Uhlsport Uncle Sam Van der Erve Varner Vegotex Verburgt Fashion Vetta VOICE Norge AS WE Fashion Wibra Supermarkt Woolworths Australia Workwear Group W Republic Wünsche Group Yongo Europe Y’Organic Zeeman Zephyr Headwear |
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