Even nine years after the Rana Plaza factory collapse that killed 1,138 textile workers in Bangladesh, the safety regulation Accord has found only one taker – Tally Weij, which signed up with Accord in 2014. Another Swiss retailer Coop, which sells various brands of clothing and soft furnishings, procures its few own-label textiles from a handful of suppliers in Bangladesh and takes the responsibility for implementing sustainability standards directly. Similarly, Swiss outdoor label Mammut has built up a substantial control and management system over the past 10 years and is therefore, not a part of Accord.

Accord is the world’s first legally binding measure to improve workplace safety for garment workers. Under this agreement, inspection teams have screened over 1,600 factories and identified more than 118,500 dangers related to fire safety, electrical installations and structural issues.