The Accord – the body set up to ensure garment factory safety on behalf of European brands following the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster – handed over its duties to a new body, the RMG Sustainability Council (RSC) earlier this year.
However, four witness signatories to the Accord – the Clean Clothes Campaign, International Labor Rights Forum/Global Labor Justice, Maquila Solidarity Network, and Worker Rights Consortium – fear that progress toward factory safety in Bangladesh is now at risk.