Loblaw to include structural integrity audits of supplier companies

TORONTO – Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L) says it will include the structural integrity of buildings in audits of suppliers in the wake of the collapse of a building in Bangladesh that housed one of the companies suppliers and killed more than 400 people. The company also said it will have its own staff on the ground to help with the inspections of its supplier companies and set up a relief fund to help victims and families of those killed in the disaster now and in the future.

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