Alliance certification shows YKK’s commitment
11/03/2019
The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety formed in the immediate aftermath to the Rana Plaza building collapse on April 24, 2013, which killed 1,134 workers and critically injured thousands more. It aims to improve worker safety in the ready-made-garment industry by upgrading factories, educating workers and management, empowering workers, and building institutions that can enforce and maintain safe working conditions throughout Bangladesh. Twenty-nine global apparel companies, retailers, and brands are members and have committed to only using certified production facilities.
YKK’s vice-president for global marketing, Terry Tsukumo, said the zipper producer had made a commitment in 1994 to eliminating causes of hazard and harm at all of its workplaces around the world, adding that certification by Alliance was another example of its commitment to worker safety.
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