March 28, 2019

U.S. Lifts Uzbek Cotton Ban, Saying Forced Child Labor 'Significantly Reduced'

The United States has removed Uzbek cotton from a list of products that are barred from the country of concerns about child labor. Uzbekistan's Foreign (...)

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March 27, 2021

How brands are responding to China’s Xinjiang boycotts: deleting past statements or all-out flip-flops

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November 26, 2018

Campaigners challenge U.N. over forced labor in Uzbekistan's cotton industry

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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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November 16, 2019

Cotton and Corporate Responsibility: Fighting Forced Labor in Xinjiang and Uzbekistan

There are considerable differences with regard to forced labor in Uzbekistan and Xinjiang, but there is an underlying corporate responsibility to not engage in human rights abuses.

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September 1, 2019

China’s Uyghur Camps Put Global Brands’ Supply Chains at Risk

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January 30, 2020

BCI slammed for refusing to quit Xinjiang

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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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