We have a 5-year plan that calls for independent safety inspections and for companies to publicly report findings.
KARACHI: This is with reference to Maheen A Rashdi’s piece “The supply chain” (May 31). I work for the H&M Pakistan office. The incident of the Bangladesh factory collapse has been quite disturbing for everyone who is a part of H&M. To make things a little clear from H&M’s end, our company is among those which are pioneers when it comes to signing health and safety accords after this incident. We have a five-year plan that calls for independent safety inspections and for companies to publicly report the findings of these inspections.
After H&M, a flood of international brands also joined in, including Spanish brand Zara’s parent company Inditex, Calvin Klein and the owner of Tommy Hilfiger, PVH, along with Dutch retailer C&A and British retailer Primark. All these companies signed the agreement that promises to overhaul the way health and safety is monitored in Bangladesh.
Hafsa Azhar
Published in The Express Tribune, June 1st, 2013.
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