All factories are covered by the Accord and therefore participate in the workplace safety programmes, which entail inspections, remediation monitoring, safety committee training, and a worker complaints mechanism, all implemented by the RMG Sustainability Council in Bangladesh. The full factory list is available to download under this section and is updated on a monthly basis.
Company signatories to the International Accord are currently sourcing from 1449 factories in Bangladesh, which employ around 2.2 million workers. Download the full factory list for August 2022 here.
Company signatories to the International Accord were sourcing from 1437 factories in Bangladesh, which employ around 2.2 million workers. Download the full factory list for June here.
Company signatories to the International Accord were sourcing from 1423 factories in Bangladesh, which employ around 2.2 million workers. Download the full factory list for May here.
Company signatories to the International Accord were sourcing from 1419 factories in Bangladesh, which employ around 2.2 million workers. Download the full factory list for April here.
Last update - 19 August 2022
1- Steering Committee Video Conference Meeting July 2022 – minutes available here.
2- Steering Committee Meeting May 2022 – minutes available here.
3- Steering Committee Call Minutes April 2022 – minutes available here.
4- Steering Committee Meeting 1st February 2022 – minutes available here.
5- Steering Committee Meeting 18-19th November 2021 – minutes available here.
6- Steering Committee Meeting 17th September 2021 – minutes available here
9 May 2022
The International Accord is pleased to publish a Quarterly Aggregate Report for March 2022 which provides the latest status of the inspections, remediation, Safety Committee training and complaints mechanism programmes at factories supplying to Accord company signatories, as well as an update on the International Accord’s expansion work.
Amsterdam, 1 September 2021
Today, 1st of September 2021, marks the official commencement of the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Garment and Textile Industry, a 26-month legally-binding agreement to make ready-made garment (RMG) factories safe.
The garment brands and retailers that have signed the International Accord commit to support the independent RSC, which has already undertaken health and safety related programs in Bangladesh; the brands and retailers further commit to the global expansion of country-specific health and safety programs based on the principles of the 2013 and 2018 Accord agreements and on feasibility studies. The new agreement will be implemented through the International Accord Foundation in the Netherlands. [1]
On 25 August 2021, a group of representatives of international garment retailers and the global trade unions IndustriALL Global Union and UNI Global Union announced agreement on a new, expanded worker safety pact. Since then, 77 companies have signed the new agreement and are therefore part of the first wave of companies that commit to continue and expand their collective efforts with the trade unions to make garment factories safe.
We encourage all garment and textile companies to sign this agreement and join our collective goal of safe and sustainable RMG and related industries.
Please see here a list of all garment and textile companies that have signed the International Accord.
[1] The Foundation based in the Netherlands is currently named the Stichting Bangladesh Accord Foundation and will be renamed Stichting International Accord Foundation.
Joris Oldenziel, Executive Director
International Accord Foundation
joris.oldenziel@internationalaccord.org
Mobile: +31 614954430
Leonie Guguen, Senior Communications Manager
UNI Global Union
leonie.guguen@uniglobalunion.org
Mobile: +41 79 137 5436
Petra Brannmark, Communications Director
IndustriALL Global Union
pbrannmark@industriall-union.org
Mobile: +41 79 198 69 13
1 September 2021 - International Safety Accord - public version (pdf)
DownloadRULES OF CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION REFERENCED IN THE INTERNATIONAL ACCORD
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