Two separate platforms of western fashion brands and retailers namely Alliance for Bangladesh Workers Safety and , the European Buyers’ Group, Accord on Fire and Building Safety have snapped business relations with four more readymade garment factories in Bangladesh for their failure to comply with the safety standard of the Buyers’ Groups. While the Alliance for Bangladesh Workers Safety has cut business ties with three readymade garment factories, Accord on Fire and Building Safety terminated business relations with one of its suppliers as the factories failed to make required progress in remediation.

Alliance has suspended ties with Hi-Fashion, Fortune Fashion and Knitex Apparels in Chittagong while Accord suspended ties with Fresh Fashion Wear of Gazipur. With the four, the total number of RMG factories with which global buyers cut business relations in different times on workplace safety grounds reached to 130. Of them, the Alliance has cut business ties with 93 factories and the Accord with 37 supliers.

Alliance says, Hi-Fashion and Fortune Fashion failed to provide evidence of remediation; and also have failed to remove lockable gates from the factories. On the other hand, the Knitex Apparels was suspended from the supplier list of the buyers’ group due to closure of the factory, Alliance said. The Accord says the platform terminated business relations with Fresh Fashion Wear due to non-compliance with Occupational Safety and Health complaint mechanism.

With the four, the total number of RMG factories with which global buyers cut business relations in different times on workplace safety grounds reached to 130. Of them, the Alliance has cut business ties with 93 factories while the Accord with 37 supliers.