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November 20, 2023 Wired

Climate Activists Tell the EV Industry to Fix Its Filthy Supply Chain

The protesters were also calling out Toyota’s alleged ties to forced Uyghur labor in the Xinjiang region of China. A report published last year by researchers at Sheffield Hallam University found that forced Uyghur labor was used by suppliers throughout the auto industry...

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November 18, 2023 The Globe and Mail

Canadian Seafood Company High Liner Cuts Ties With Supplier Following Forced-Labour Investigation

Some Canadian grocery chains and food companies, including Nova Scotia-based High Liner Foods Inc., are investigating their supply chains after a team of journalists found seafood processed using forced labour in China is being shipped to the United States, Europe and Canada.

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November 15, 2023 DeSmog

The Outlaw Ocean Project Exposes China’s Use Of Forced Uyghur Labour To Supply UK Seafood Industry

Britain is facing calls to impose import controls on China after an investigation revealed that supermarkets are sourcing seafood from companies exploiting forced labour by minority Uyghurs.

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November 15, 2023 Ottawa Citizen

Teich and Tohti: Forced Labour of Uyghurs Taints the Seafood Industry too

The state-sponsored forced labour of Uyghurs taints the supply chains of at least several dozen multinational corporations. This has been well-researched in the garment industry, where numerous apparel giants have been implicated, including Nike and Zara. But Uyghur forced labour permeates numerous other industries, many of which are only recently coming to light. One such industry: seafood.

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November 14, 2023 Coda

Why are Climate Skeptics Speaking Out About the Uyghur Genocide?

For conservatives in the U.S., China’s assault on ethnic Uyghurs has become a near-perfect reason not to invest in solar energy.

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November 13, 2023 The Guardian

BP and Spotify Bought Carbon Credits at Risk of Link to Forced Uyghur Labour in China

BP and Spotify were among companies who bought carbon credits at risk of being implicated in potential Uyghur forced labour, an investigation has found.

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November 2, 2023 The Economist

Jewher Ilham On How Policymakers Can Stand Up to the Chinese Government’s Mistreatment of Uyghurs

Start by banning imports made with forced labour, says the daughter of an imprisoned scholar.

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October 19, 2023 CNBC

Shein, the Fast Fashion Darling Mulling a U.S. IPO, Opens Up About Forced Labor, Data Privacy

Shein told CNBC that data on American consumers is stored in the U.S. and it’s taking steps to expand its supply chain outside of China.

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October 11, 2023 The China Project

Gold Mined by Uyghurs Forced to Work for Chinese Firms Ends Up in Western Investments and Products, Report Shows

Blackstone, State Street, and Vanguard; Dell, Google, J&J, and Sony among global firms linked to mining conditions akin to slavery.

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October 9, 2023 The New Yorker

The Uyghurs Forced to Process the World’s Fish

The result of these failures is that thousands of tons of seafood imported from factories using forced labor continue to enter the U.S. We found that at least ten large seafood companies in China have used more than a thousand Uyghur workers since 2018.

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