By Jürgen Klute | 15 Aug 2023

The Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, the European Parliament, and the Supply Chain Directive
The Rana Plaza disaster happened 10 years ago on 24 April 2013 in Bangladesh, killing over 1000 textile workers. The European Parliament remembered the victims and discussed a Commission proposal aiming to make EU big corporations accountable for their suppliers on environmental and workers' issues. Conservative MEPs were divided during the debate.