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BGMEA to put in place new inspection strategies post Accord, Alliance

Nearly two years before the current safety assessment draws to a close, Bangladesh-based RMG manufacturers are eager to work out a strategy for the continuation of safe workplaces. The safety inspection by Accord, a platform of European buyers and Alliance, another platform of North-American buyers, will cease in June 2018. The two started inspection process in mid-2014 to improve electrical, fire and structural safety in the RMG sector in Bangladesh.

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) will table the issue at its next board meeting on October 29. The board is expected to discuss how it can maintain safety standard in the apparel industry through the adoption of an internally acceptable mechanism.

There was widespread public outcry over safety after the Rana Plaza factory disaster killed more than 1,135 workers and injured over 2,500 people on April 24, 2013. The next year, the Accord on Fire and Building safety and Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety took a five-year initiative to improve fire, electrical and building safety standard in RMG factories from which their members source products.

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) vice-president Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu said that after the expiry of inspection procedure by Accord and Alliance, it should be sustainable and there should be regular monitoring. The Association will have to have a nationally and internationally acceptable mechanism that will look into the safety assessment after the inspection follow-up and make sure that the factory is monitored as per the set parameter, Babu noted.
 

 
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