List of companies that are said to have profited from Uyghur Camp Labour
editThe following list includes some of the companies that are said to have profited from Uyghur Camp Labour. None of the companies admitted directly being involved, responses vary between claims to be unaware, claims of direct overseer, pledges of strengthening standards of control and verifying origin of products, and cutting incriminated factories from suppliers. Some companies that were asked did not answer.
Company | Owned brand(s) | Sector | Response | Note | Country |
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Adidas[1][2] | Sportswear | Pledge to cut Uyhgur supply from supply chains | GER | ||
Abercrombie & Fitch | Clothing | US | |||
Amazon | Retail | USA | |||
Apple | Electronics | No response given[3] | USA | ||
BMW[4] | Automobile industry | No Uyghur camp work, "We employ employees directly"[5] | GER | ||
Esprit Holdings | Clothing | GER | |||
Fila | Sportswear | ITA | |||
Fast retailing[6] | Clothing | "Of course if we find any human rights problems in any of our factories or cotton production, we immediately stop doing business" | GER | ||
Inditex | Zara | Clothing | No response given. | ESP | |
Lacoste[7] | Luxury clothing | Pledge to cut Uyghur supply from supply chains | FRA | ||
Marks & Spencer | General clothing | UK | |||
Nike | Sportswear | US | |||
North Face[8] | Clothing | No links recognised by the company with any of the companies in Xinjiang. | USA | ||
Puma | Sportswear | GER | |||
Ryohin Keikaku Co Ltd (Muji) | Diversified company | None of the company's products are branded | JPN | ||
Samsung | Diversified company | No Uyghur work. | ROK | ||
361 Degrees[9] | Clothing | CHN |
See also
editSources
edit- ^ "adidas' response". Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ "Lacoste and Adidas pledge to cut forced Uighur labor from supply chain". Glossy. 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ "Apple suppliers linked to Uyghur forced labor in new report". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ "BMW's response". Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ SPIEGEL, DER. "Diskriminierung von Uiguren in China: Volkswagen verteidigt Fabrik in Xinjiang". www.spiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ "Fast Retailing, parent company of Uniqlo, says company is politically neutral but will halt business with human rights violators". Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ "Lacoste and Adidas pledge to cut forced Uighur labor from supply chain". Glossy. 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ "North Face/VF Corp's response". Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ "Chinese apparel brand 361 Degrees to source Xinjiang materials with China Cotton Industry Alliance". Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. Retrieved 2021-05-18.