Alliance set a target in March last to complete all remediation and final inspections at about 600 of its supplier factories by July 2017 in Bangladesh. It also expected to complete final inspections in at least 10 per cent of its listed units by July 2015. Alliance is a platform of North American apparel retailers and buyers. The remediation could not be completed as the flaw-fixing program had been advancing slowly because of mainly because of the political instability during the first quarter of 2015 that hampered import activities and created difficulties for manufacturers to run their businesses.

However, Alliance expects all remediation work to be complete by 2018. After the completion of initial inspection, Alliance found that on an average only 32 per cent of the required remediation was done while it conducted second verification at about 17 factories. The rate of remediation was 87 per cent at the 17 units. Alliance says that by making financing more widely available and affordable, and working with factory owners to make the necessary repairs, it is making factories safer for millions of workers.

The platform says it’s working with the government of Bangladesh and apparel makers to address work place safety issues.

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