Fire and building safety are extremely important to us and we were the first company to sign the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety in 2013 – a joint approach of textile brands and international unions to make the textile industry safer...We are convinced that the work being done within the Accord is making the industry safer...However, there are remaining challenges that we and the other collaborating participants within the Accord are dealing with. There are about 5,000 ready-made garment factories in Bangladesh. The Accord is inspecting 1,600 of these factories. All the factories that H&M is working with, less than 300, meet the Accord requirements for operation. Where H&M is lead-brand, almost 60 percent of the remediation work is completed and we see good progress. However, the Accord is experiencing some delays of the planned remediation process. Although any delay is of great concern to us, it is of utmost importance that measures taken are according to the high quality standards agreed between the Bangladesh Government and the Accord/Alliance...