March 27, 2021
How brands are responding to China’s Xinjiang boycotts: deleting past statements or all-out flip-flops
BY GRADY MCGREGORSome of the world’s largest apparel companies are facing an unprecedented reckoning in China as state media outlets and social media campaigns call for (...)
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November 26, 2018
Campaigners challenge U.N. over forced labor in Uzbekistan's cotton industry
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June 24, 2020
A New Chapter in Uzbekistan’s Cotton Sector?
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August 7, 2021
Levi Strauss sustainability chief leaves Better Cotton Initiative board
(Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co’s chief sustainability officer, Jeff Hogue, has left the board of trade body Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), the denim maker (...)
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September 1, 2019
China’s Uyghur Camps Put Global Brands’ Supply Chains at Risk
Words by Nithin CocaA new report from the Citizen Power Initiatives for China highlights the growing use of forced labor in the cotton and garment industry in (...)
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January 30, 2020
BCI slammed for refusing to quit Xinjiang
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November 16, 2019
Cotton and Corporate Responsibility: Fighting Forced Labor in Xinjiang and Uzbekistan
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September 1, 2020
Ban US cotton imports from Xinjiang, say human rights campaigners
Petitions issued to US authorities cite ‘integral role of forced labour’ involving Uighur Muslims and other minority groups
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November 16, 2019
Teachers toil in cotton fields as Tajikistan tries to fix trade imbalance
Farmers are forced to grow it. Teachers are forced to pick it. And though everyone loses, the government still thinks cotton will fix its lopsided balance of trade.
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April 23, 2020
UK urged to stop cotton imports made in Chinese 'prison camps'
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