Scott Nova heads the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), an independent organization that conducts investigations of working conditions in factories around the globe – especially garments bearing the logos of nearly 200 universities across the country (including UCSB, and all other UC campuses).

On April 24, 2013, the Rana Plaza industrial building in Dhaka, Bangladesh collapsed. More than 1,100 workers died.  Thousands were injured. Was your clothing being made in Rana Plaza – or countless other Bangladesh factories where fires have claimed hundreds of lives? Scott Nova helped to craft the agreement, signed by nearly 200 major apparel brands and retailers, that may be a game-changer – assuring that this never happens again.