Leading fashion brands join with unions to sign new Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety

Leading fashion brands join with unions to sign new Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety

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