British institute preparing report on garment factory safety
Britain’s Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors says it is preparing a report for the Cambodian government on possible steps to reassure garment buyers about factory safety. The report by the institute, which investigated the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh last year, will also include possible steps to improve building standards and fire safety across Cambodia. “Like Bangladesh, garment manufacturing is a very large part of the Cambodian economy,” special projects and sustainability director Martin Russell-Croucher said in a posting on the institute’s website Thursday. Russell-Croucher said the institute’s team had already interviewed officials from the Cambodian government and Phnom Penh Municipality as well as building contractors and garment manufacturers. …
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
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