SUSTAINABILITY COMPACT

Second follow-up meet Jan 28

The second follow-up meeting of the Sustainability Compact will be held in Dhaka on January 28 aiming to take stock of the progress achieved since October 2014 and look into the future prospects. It will bring together all Compact partners and offer a session for interested stakeholders, according to the Facebook page of the European Union Delegation in Bangladesh. The government of Bangladesh will host the meeting at a local hotel. In reaction to the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in April 2013, the government of Bangladesh, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the European Union and the United States launched a joint initiative known as "Compact for Continuous Improvements in Labour Rights and Factory Safety in the Ready-Made Garment and Knitwear Industry in Bangladesh". The European Commission has been working closely with its partners to translate Compact's commitments into tangible improvements in labour, health and safety conditions for Bangladeshi workers and to encourage responsible business conduct in the country's clothing industry. To follow progress, the Commission organised in October, 2014 the first Compact follow-up meeting in Brussels and released two technical reports, in July 2014 and April 2015.

SUSTAINABILITY COMPACT

Second follow-up meet Jan 28

The second follow-up meeting of the Sustainability Compact will be held in Dhaka on January 28 aiming to take stock of the progress achieved since October 2014 and look into the future prospects. It will bring together all Compact partners and offer a session for interested stakeholders, according to the Facebook page of the European Union Delegation in Bangladesh. The government of Bangladesh will host the meeting at a local hotel. In reaction to the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in April 2013, the government of Bangladesh, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the European Union and the United States launched a joint initiative known as Compact for Continuous Improvements in Labour Rights and Factory Safety in the Ready-Made Garment and Knitwear Industry in Bangladesh. The European Commission has been working closely with its partners to translate Compacts commitments into tangible improvements in labour, health and safety conditions for Bangladeshi workers and to encourage responsible business conduct in the countrys clothing industry. To follow progress, the Commission organised in October, 2014 the first Compact follow-up meeting in Brussels and released two technical reports, in July 2014 and April 2015.