July 21, 2021

Reports of forced labor are driving brands to abandon Chinese cotton

Early last year, amid mounting reports of forced labor and human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), U.S. outdoor apparel maker Patagonia (...)

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October 2, 2020

Uighur labor will be tough to avoid with about 20% of cotton connected to Xinjiang

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December 18, 2020

US enforcement covers a third of cotton produced with forced labor from Xinjiang: report

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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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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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August 23, 2020

Sanctions on China’s top cotton supplier weave a tangled web for fashion brands

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October 22, 2020

Better Cotton Initiative Stops Xinjiang Field Activity

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December 17, 2020

UK says credible evidence of forced labour in China's Xinjiang region

By Reuters StaffLONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Wednesday there was credible, growing and troubling evidence of forced labour among Uighur Muslims in China’s Xinjiang (...)

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August 26, 2020

Fashion can bear the costs of virtue cotton

Dasha AfanasievaLONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - Clothing makers’ fair labour credentials are hanging by a thread – a cotton thread. More than 80% of China’s crop (...)

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May 8, 2021

Adidas shrugs off China boycott call to raise outlook

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