Ten years ago, the Rana Plaza textile factory collapsed in Bangladesh. More than 1,130 workers died while making their clothes for Western brands.
The collapse of the eight-storey building in Savar, west of Dhaka, killed 1,138 people. Under international pressure, garment multinationals were pushed to sign a binding agreement with Bangladeshi unions on safety standards for the country's factories. Since 2023, an agreement with the same inspection system has been in place in Pakistan.