If enacted, the language Corker is objecting to would only permit the department to source
garments from suppliers participating in the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in …

On 24 April 2013, in the Savar suburb of Dhaka, Bangladesh, the Rana Plaza building
complex which housed several garment factories employing over 3,000 workers collapsed …

One of the most distinctive attributes of the recently signed Accord on Building and Fire
Safety in Bangladesh (“Accord”) is that, unlike nearly all initiatives since the advent of global …

Three weeks after a building collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 workers,
several of the world's largest apparel companies--including the retailing giant H&M and …

In April 2013 a factory building called Rana Plaza collapsed in the Bangladeshi capital,
Dhaka. More than 4,000 workers were employed in factories that exported garments. Over …

The factory fire at Tazreen Fashions in 2012 and the collapse of the Rana Plaza in 2013
generated a huge outcry about the working conditions and labour relations in the …

DHAKA, Bangladesh—Hannah Jones, Nike Inc.'s head of sustainable business, had been
lecturing colleagues for years about the dangers of manufacturing in Bangladesh. Yes, the …

INTRODUCTION n April 24, 2013, a poorly constructed factory building in Savar,
Bangladesh collapsed, resulting in the deadliest tragedy in the history of the garments …

Five years after the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in 2013–a disaster that killed 1,133
garment workers–the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, a multi‐stakeholder …