| inbluevt | Date: Wednesday, 2013/05/15, 11:21 PM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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Walmart has confirmed it will not sign up to a legally binding agreement on worker safety and building regulations in Bangladesh supported by retailers including H&M, Zara, Primark, Tesco,
Sainsbury's, Marks and Spencer, Next, C&A and several others.
However, the US retail giant has created its own agreement, which it claims goes
beyond the current accord that was drafted by labour groups and
campaigners.
The company, which also owns the UK's third biggest supermarket, Asda, said the deal signed by its rivals was "unnecessary to achieve fire and safety goals" and questioned the "governance and
dispute-resolution mechanisms".
Instead, Walmart has agreed its own deal to inspect all 279 factories it uses in Bangladesh within six
months, and has promised to publish the findings immediately.
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