Le Bangladesh ou l’immobilisme

Comme l’indique un récent article de TheTyee.ca de David Ball, les choses ont peu bougé en matière de RSE au Bangladesh malgré l’affaire du Raza Plana : « Bangladesh Factory Safety Fixes ‘Far Behind Schedule’: Investors ». « Garment factory collapse killed 1,134 workers. But some warn progress is too slow » mentionne le journaliste. Face à cette situation, les investisseurs d’alarment.

Morceau choisi :

On Thursday, a letter signed by 140 organizations hoping to leverage their investment portfolios to improve conditions warned that despite some progress made since the disaster in setting safety standards, inspecting facilities, and signing accords, efforts to actually fix unsafe Bangladeshi factories have been too slow.

« While expert inspections have identified thousands of issues, the vast majority of corrective action plans are far behind schedule, » the letter states. « The lack of significant progress in addressing persistent systemic issues [will] continue to not only put workers at risk, but also pose material, financial and reputational risk for companies and their investors. »

One of the letter’s signatories was the Shareholder Association for Research & Education (SHARE), an organization that represents large institutional investors such as unions, pension plans and churches.

À la prochaine…

Ivan Tchotourian

Ce contenu a été mis à jour le 4 juin 2016 à 11 h 29 min.