BFC's relevance slips in Cambodia: Stanford report

22 Feb '13

3 min read

The document makes three major recommendations. First, it suggests that BFC should take a vital step towards greater openness by issuing public reports on individual, identified factories, which include the steps taken by the factory managers and its buyers to remediate those problems.

The second major recommendation made by the study is for BFC to make a much greater effort both to seek input from, and to respond to the concerns of, garment workers and their labor representatives. Specifically, the report suggests that BFC should gather information concerning factory conditions from workers and unions away from the workplace.

Lastly, the document recommends the BFC to expand its role in the remediation process once it identifies labor rights violations at particular factories. For the purpose, “BFC should require buyers and factories to submit remediation plans jointly to BFC that detail a concrete action plan for achieving compliance with Cambodian labor laws and international labor standards.”

“BFC could play a technical support and advisory role to ensure that the factories are able to come into compliance without interrupting their ongoing business operations, and that worker representatives are adequately consulted in this process,” according to the report.

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