Reports & Memos

Reports & Memos

Backsliding Toward Disaster?
Clean Clothes Campaign, Maquila Solidarity Network, and Worker Rights Consortium — February 10, 2025

2021-2022 Safety Incidents Timeline
Clean Clothes Campaign, Maquila Solidarity Network, Worker Rights Consortium, and Global Labor Justice-International Labor Rights Forum — September 9, 2021 (Updated February 4, 2022)

Factory safety in the garment sector: An assessment of mandatory human rights due diligence obligations of apparel brands (without the Bangladesh Accord)
European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, Clean Clothes Campaign, and Worker Rights Consortium — August 19, 2021

Accord Brief - Fire Kills 52 in Bangladesh
Ineke Zeldenrust, Clean Clothes Campaign & Scott Nova, Worker Rights Consortium — July 12, 2021

Zara's Unfinished Business: Outstanding safety hazards at garment factories show that the Accord must be extended and expanded
Clean Clothes Campaign, Maquila Solidarity Network, Worker Rights Consortium, and Global Labor Justice-International Labor Rights Forum — July 12, 2021

Unfinished Business: Outstanding safety hazards at garment factories show that the Accord must be extended and expanded
Clean Clothes Campaign, Maquila Solidarity Network, Worker Rights Consortium, and Global Labor Justice-International Labor Rights Forum — April 29, 2021

BGMEA Issues Statement with False Claims and Unsubstantiated Commitments
to Building Safety in Bangladesh
Clean Clothes Campaign, Maquila Solidarity Network, Worker Rights Consortium, and Global Labor Justice-International Labor Rights Forum — December 22, 2020

Amidst Covid-19 Crisis, Untested Industry Group Assumes Safety Responsibilities for Bangladesh Garment Factories despite Concerns
Clean Clothes Campaign, Maquila Solidarity Network, Worker Rights Consortium, and Global Labor Justice-International Labor Rights Forum — October 26, 2020

Calling for Remedy: The Bangladesh Accord complaint mechanism has saved lives and stopped retaliation across hundreds of factories
International Labor Rights Forum — May 14, 2019

Bangladesh Government’s Safety Inspection Agencies Not Ready to Take Over Accord’s Work
Clean Clothes Campaign, International Labor Rights Forum, Maquila Solidarity Network, and Worker Rights Consortium — April 1, 2019

Future of Fashion: Worker-Led Strategies for Corporate Accountability in the Global Apparel Industry
International Labor Rights Forum — February 13, 2019

Binding Power: The Sourcing Squeeze, Workers' Rights, and Building Safety in Bangladesh Since Rana Plaza
Professor Mark Anner, Center for Global Workers' Rights — March 22, 2018

Bangladesh Accord: Brief Progress Report and Proposals for Enhancement
Clean Clothes Campaign, International Labor Rights Forum, Maquila Solidarity Network, and Worker Rights Consortium — April 24, 2017

Dangerous Delays on Worker Safety: Walmart, Gap, VF, Target & Hudson’s Bay Have Failed to Address Deadly Hazards in Many Factories, But Bangladesh Alliance Downplays the Problem with Rosy Status Reports
Clean Clothes Campaign, International Labor Rights Forum, Maquila Solidarity Network, and Worker Rights Consortium — November 21, 2016

Three Years After Rana Plaza, H&M Factories Still Not Safe
Clean Clothes Campaign, International Labor Rights Forum, Maquila Solidarity Network, and Worker Rights Consortium — May 2, 2016

Ongoing Safety Delays at H&M Suppliers in Bangladesh
Clean Clothes Campaign, International Labor Rights Forum, Maquila Solidarity Network, and Worker Rights Consortium — January 28, 2016

Analysis of H&M’s Response to Report on Safety Renovation Delays at its Bangladesh Supplier Factories
Clean Clothes Campaign, International Labor Rights Forum, Maquila Solidarity Network, and Worker Rights Consortium — October 13, 2015

Evaluation of H&M Compliance with Safety Action Plans for Strategic Suppliers in Bangladesh (English)
Utvärdering av H&M:s efterlevnad av planer för avhjälpande åtgärder hos strategiska leverantörer i Bangladesh (Swedish)
Clean Clothes Campaign, International Labor Rights Forum, Maquila Solidarity Network, and Worker Rights Consortium — October 1, 2015