Textile industry and Uyghurs: time for action!

This new twist in the Uyghur case demonstrates (or rather confirms) 3 trends:

• current textile supply chains are complex and opaque;
• the responsibility of brands can no longer be confined to their direct suppliers;
• more than ever, they are expected to take action by civil society but also by political institutions in terms of transparency and action.

Identifying and mapping supply chains is a first step towards meeting these three challenges…

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NGOs file French complaint against fashion retailers over forced Uyghur labour

An alliance of NGOs has called for an investigation in France of four multinational clothing manufacturers, accusing them of profiting from forced labour of China’s Uyghur minority.