American fashion giant Gap Inc. has joins Pakistan Accord

American fashion giant Gap Inc. has joined the Pakistan Accord, marking a breakthrough in efforts to expand membership of the worker safety initiative.

The news was announced by parent organisation the International Accord in a post on LinkedIn Thursday. 

It comes after of months campaigning to encourage large American brands to sign on to the binding agreement.

The Pakistan Accord is the first effort to internationalise a landmark safety agreement established in Bangladesh after the deadly Rana Plaza factory collapse in 2013. 

But Gap was among a number of American companies that launched a separate safety initiative and remained apart from efforts to expand the Accord framework.

The Pakistan Accord launched late last year and now has 65 signatories covering 450 factories.