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Human Rights Watch – Clothing Companies in Bangladesh Not Complying with Safety Plan

After the 2013 garment factory collapse that killed 134 and injured over 1,000 workers in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi government and several U.N. agencies joined with global clothing companies in adopting a plan which would improve workplace safety across Bangladesh’s vast garment industry, the second largest in the world. Unfortunately, per New York-based group Human Rights Watch, many of these companies are not complying with the minimum disclosure guidelines outlined in the safety plan.

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convergence is an environmental, health, safety and social management consultancy that specializes in multi-country (international) projects and programs.  We are able to meet our clients’ needs on a global scale while recognizing the important regional differences that our clients face in conducting business.  We are one of the leading international EHS audit consultancies; and our country health and safety legal compliance tools for offices, retail and service sectors, known as CORE, are the foremost resource of its kind.