"WRC Update: Renewal of the Bangladesh Accord", 30 June 2017

Thirteen collegiate licensees currently source from Bangladesh, 10 of which have signed the Accord, and there are 20 factories in the country that produce university logo apparel, 19 of which are covered by the Accord safety inspection and remediation program... To date, 85% of the safety hazards in the collegiate factories have been corrected... There is, however, much work left to do. The 85% figure overstates progress: among the 15% of the renovations still incomplete, there is an over-representation of especially costly items, such as the installation of automatic sprinkler systems and major structural repairs... Despite these challenges, factories producing university logo goods in Bangladesh have collectively completed close to a thousand individual safety renovations and repairs and these buildings are much safer for employees as a result. This is a degree of progress that is a massive advance over previous safety initiatives in Bangladesh, none of which led to meaningful safety improvements in the nation’s garment factories, including the collegiate factories.