In the fight for due diligence, multinationals didn’t get to make the law

24 April marks an important day in the global fight for corporate accountability. That day in 2013 saw the Rana Plaza textile factory building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing 1,134 workers. This catastrophe was the result of a system of corporate impunity that still exists to this day. A system in which multinational companies can organise and profit from the exploitation of workers in global value chains, without taking any responsibility for their safety and the violation of their rights.