Bangladesh Factory Safety Group Seeks to Delay Closure, Flags Lingering Risks

Bangladesh Factory Safety Group Seeks to Delay Closure, Flags Lingering Risks
A worker works in a garment factory in Savar June 10, 2014. Andrew Biraj/File Photo/Reuters
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DHAKA—A group set up by European fashion brands to improve factory safety in Bangladesh has sought a stay on a court order that calls for its local operations to end this week, its executive director said on Nov. 28.

The group comprises more than 200 firms - including global clothing giants such as H&M and Zara-owner Inditex—who are signatories to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, formed after the Rana Plaza factory collapse in 2013, which killed more than 1,100 people.