Editing Benetton Group (section)

===Building collapse at Savar===
{{main|2013 Savar building collapse}}
On 24 April 2013, [[2013 Savar building collapse|the eight-storey ''Rana Plaza'' commercial building collapsed]] outside [[Dhaka]]. It housed one of the factories in which Benetton clothing was made.<ref>{{Citation | title = Bangladesh building collapse: An end to recovery efforts, a promise of a new start | url = https://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/14/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse-aftermath/ | last1 = Ahmed| first1 = Saeed | last2 = Lakhani | first2 = Leone | access-date = 16 December 2013 | work=CNN | date=14 June 2013}}</ref> At least 1,130 people died.<ref name=RanaBBC>{{cite news|title=Rana Plaza factory collapse survivors struggle one year on|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27107860|access-date=12 March 2015|work=[[BBC News]]|date=23 April 2014}}</ref> Benetton first denied reports linking production of their clothing at the factory, but clothes and documents linked to Benetton were discovered at the disaster site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rjumi2|title=Benetton denies to have any involvement with Bangladesh factory in their Tweet}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/29/bennetton-bangladesh-factory-collapse_n_3179523.html|title=Benetton Denies Ties To Deadly Bangladesh Factory, But Its Shirts Were Found In The Rubble: Quartz (PHOTOS) | work=Huffington Post | first=Emily|last=Cohn|date=29 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dw.de/bangladesh-factory-collapse-death-toll-rises-above-1000/a-16802345|title=Bangladesh factory collapse death toll rises above 1,000}}</ref> Of the 29 brands identified as having sourced products from the Rana Plaza factories, only nine attended meetings held in November 2013 to agree a proposal on compensation to the victims. Several companies refused to sign including Walmart, Carrefour, Bonmarché, Mango, Auchan and Kik. The agreement was signed by Primark, Loblaw, Bonmarche and El Corte Ingles.<ref name=Ovi2013>{{Citation | title = Buyers' compensation for Rana Plaza victims far from reality | url = http://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2013/nov/17/buyers%E2%80%99-compensation-rana-plaza-victims-far-reality | year = 2013 | author = Ovi, Ibrahim Hossain | access-date = 16 December 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160325223918/http://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2013/nov/17/buyers%e2%80%99-compensation-rana-plaza-victims-far-reality | archive-date = 25 March 2016 }}</ref> A year after the collapse, Benetton faced international protests after failing to pay any compensation to the Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2014/04/516416.html |title=Benetton stores targeted by global protests | work=Indymedia UK| first=Beth|last=Tichborne|date=26 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/23/rana-plaza-disaster-oxford-street-demonstration |title=Rana Plaza disaster marked by Oxford Street demonstration | work=The Guardian | first=Sarah|last=Butler|date=24 April 2014}}</ref> Protests included shutting down Benetton's flagship Oxford Street store in London.<ref name="Kilcooley-O'Halloran">{{cite news|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2014/04/25/benetton-protest-oxford-circus-rana-plaza |title=Benetton Rana Plaza Protests | work=Vogue | first=Scarlett |last=Kilcooley-O'Halloran|date=25 April 2014}}</ref>

In April 2015, Benetton Group announced that it has doubled compensation for Rana Plaza victims recommended by independent assessors (PWC AND WRAP) and applied the principles of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety to global suppliers. Benetton's engagement for Bangladesh is available on their website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.benettongroup.com/sustainability/benetton-for-bangladesh/|title=Benetton Group – Corporate Website}}</ref>