Total 400 factories have completed Alliance Corrective Action Plans (CAPs), remediation progress reaches 91 percent.
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After the dissolution of the Alliance, Alliance member brands will continue to monitor conditions in Bangladesh factories from which they source to verify that those factories remain safe and going forward, an official press release said this quoting Alliance Executive Director Amb. Jim Moriarty.
“We are confident that the vast majority of factories operating under the Alliance that supply our member companies will be in excellent shape and will function fully in accordance with our rigorous safety standards at the time of our transition at the end of this calendar year,” he said.
“We are pleased to report that remediation of Alliance factories continues at a rapid pace,” said Jim Moriarty.
The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety (Alliance) announced on 10 September that 36 more Alliance-affiliated factories completed all material components outlined in their Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) since the month of July, bringing the total to 400. To date, 91 percent of factory remediation is complete across all Alliance factories. Alliance suspends five factories for failing to progress.
This milestone is a testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone involved in the remediation process, from the engineers and inspectors who have guided the process, to the factory owners, managers, and workers who have made safety a priority within their factories.
In addition to the new CAP completions, five factories were suspended in August, which brings the total number of factories suspended to 173. This is the first time since March that the Alliance has had to suspend factories that did not make adequate progress.
“This milestone is a testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone involved in the remediation process, from the engineers and inspectors who have guided the process, to the factory owners, managers, and workers who have made safety a priority within their factories,” said Alliance Chief Safety Officer Paul Rigby.
“These factories now meet international standards of safety, something for which they should all be proud.”
