Reuters: Regulatory News: Fast Retailing signs Europe-led Bangladesh fire and safety accord

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Fast Retailing signs Europe-led Bangladesh fire and safety accord Aug 8th 2013, 02:47 TOKYO | Wed Aug 7, 2013 10:47pm EDT TOKYO Aug 8 (Reuters) - Fast Retailing Co Ltd, Asia's biggest retailer and operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain, said on Thursday it had signed a Europe-led safety pact for Bangladesh garment factories after a building collapse in April killed more than 1,100 people. A spokesman for the Japanese firm said the company had taken several months to join the accord - already signed by European clothing companies H&M and Zara operator Inditex SA - because it wanted to thoroughly consider the pact's conditions. "Our reason is quite simple - our priority is to work across the industry to improve conditions for the workers in Bangladesh, so we just wanted to join in," said Aldo Liquori, a spokesman for the firm in Tokyo. Fast Retailing's clothes were not being manufactured in the factory that collapsed on April 24 but the company said it had also completed an investigation into its subcontractors' factories in Bangladesh. Several firms have decided not to sign the pact and instead adopt their own initiatives to tighten safety and improve worker conditions in the country, including U.S. firms Wal-mart Stores Inc, Gap Inc and Target Corp.

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