The agreement will include a trigger mechanism for implementation, which will be de ned either by the number of brands that have signed on or by total amount of purchasing volume. Cooperation from the IFC or other international nance institutions will be sought to front-load the brand premium contributions, enabling relief in the short term while also enabling brands to spread the payments out over a dedicated period. All told, it will cost brands no more than ten cents per t-shirt to meet their wage assurance commitment, their annual dues to the Severance Guarantee Fund, and to provide for an enforceable grievance mechanism for violations of workers’ rights. How will the legally enforceable agreement support labour rights? Company signatories must agree to respect workers’ rights, including the right to organize and bargain collectively. The agreement will include the establishment of an independent complaints mechanism, empowered to investigate worker grievances in cases of failure of payment and in cases of anti-union retaliation or harassment, gender-based violence and harassment, and occupational health and safety violations. The agreement will be enforced through a similar mechanism as the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh: a dispute resolution mechanism, where the union signatories can ultimately take the brands to court if they fail to uphold the agreement and an escalation protocol where brands will ultimately have to cease sourcing from employers who fail to uphold the agreement. Oversight of the agreement will be subject to negotiation; the Bangladesh Accord provides a proven model to draw from. This includes independent oversight, through a combination of full transparency and a Steering Committee made up of the signatories, together with representatives of the national committees referenced above, and global NGO representatives as witness signatories in a non-voting capacity. The ILO can be invited to act as independent chair, and an ILO-empowered expert committee can assess national social protection projects for nancing and determine progress. (https://www.facebook.com/cleanclothescampaign) (https://twitter.com/cleanclothes) (https://www.instagram.com/cleanclothescampaign/) (https://www.linkedin.com/company/clean-clothes-campaign) About CCC (https://cleanclothes.org/about) Press centre (https://cleanclothes.org/press)