Week in review: Apparel consumers’ growing ESG concerns can’t be ignored
The apparel sector has responded to several worrying reports about human rights abuses in its supply chain and consumers are…
Xinjiang labour abuse reports hit apparel industry
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Government solutions ‘essential’ as French NGOs demand forced labour inquiry
The complaint issued by human rights organisations Sherpa and Collectif Ethique sur l'étiquette, the European Uyghur Institute, and a Uyghur…
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G20 members urged to enact Xinjiang import bans ahead of summit
The Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region believes global import bans on the region's most commonly exported…
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Blacklisted Xinjiang cotton trickling through despite sanctions
Cotton from China’s Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) is still making it on to US and EU shores. Linkages…
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Better Cotton Initiative halts Xinjiang operations
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is to halt all field-level activities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China, where ongoing allegations…
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UK forced labour probe reaches out to apparel retailers
Major apparel companies including H&M, Marks & Spencer, Adidas, Nike and Gap have been contacted by UK politicians to give…
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US names China as forced labour “hotspot”
China has been earmarked by the US as a global hotspot for goods made using forced labour. The US Department…
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US lawmakers vote for action against Xinjiang forced labour
The US House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to take comprehensive action against the import of apparel and other goods…
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Xinjiang cotton ban would “wreak havoc” on supply chains
A total US import ban on cotton products from China's Xinjiang region over forced labour concerns would "wreak unending havoc"…
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Top China cotton producer placed on US trade ban list
US companies have been banned from trading or engaging with the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corporation (XPCC) — a government entity…
