BRANDS AND BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT MUST ACT TO BOOST FACTORY SAFETY – OECD CONFERENCE TOLD
July 1st, 2013
Calls to streamline and coordinate the myriad initiatives taken to prevent another factory fire or collapse in Bangladesh dominated a two-hour debate on the aftermath of the Rana Plaza disaster in April held by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development last month (June 26-7).But there is concern that the Bangladesh government and its industry will not be able to respond sufficiently swiftly and comprehensively to prevent another industrial disaster in this critical knitwear outsourcing centre. “Without a strong national counterpart at the ...
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