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Company Response

22 May 2013

Author:
Karl Rieker

Karl Rieker response

[Karl Rieker response to OECD complaint accusing KiK of partial responsibility for deaths and injuries at a KiK supplier factory fire in Bangladesh.] [W]e did not place any order to Tazreen Fashions but one single order to the Holding (Tuba)- not knowing, that parts of it have been produced at Tazreen. Due to this unauthorized subcontracting amongst some additional quality problems, we finished business directly and with immediate effect in may 2012...We are deeply sorry about the death of several hundred people, but the actual very serious situation in Bangladesh makes it very clear to all of us, that each company on its own cannot achieve far- reaching changes...We can only improve anything in close collaboration together with all the other companies who are engaged in this country. We see this as the only chance to put enough pressure on Bangladesh´s government to allow workers associations and to assure human rights for all of them finally. Due to this reason we are in close contact with the executives of the new “Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh” of May 12, 2013 clearing the full terms to be able to join this convention.

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