Alliance: Four more RMG units complete CAPs

The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety –  a platform of north American buyers – has declared that another four readymade garment factories, which supply products for its signatory brands, have completed Corrective Action Plans (CAPs). However, the retailers platform also suspended operations with eight additional factories for failure to show evidence of remediation progress. According to the latest information of Alliance, to date the Alliance has cut ties with a total of 91 non-compliant factories. While 32 RMG factories have completed critical repairs outlined in their CAPs, 57% of all safety issues in Alliance factories have been corrected. As part of its on-going mission to improve safety in its affiliated garment factories in Bangladesh, the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety announces that within the last month, four additional factories have completed all material components outlined in their Corrective Action Plans, said a statement of the organisation. “We commend Park (Bangladesh) Company, Olio Apparels, Fountain Garments Manufacturing and Unitex International for their commitment to making their factories models of worker safety,” said Alliance Country Director Jim Moriarty. “Conversely, our suspension of eight new factories demonstrates that those unwilling or unable to address critical safety issues will no longer be welcome as partners in our supply chain,” said Moriarty, also former US ambassador to Bangladesh.