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UConn Wins Global Recognition for Ethical Supply Chain Efforts UConn has established itself as one of the premier institutions in the country in the area of human rights and ethical sourcing
UConn has maintained its commitment to ethical supply chain management even in the difficult atmosphere of the pandemic. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo) Copy Link
UConn is receiving global attention for its commitment to ethical supply chain management, licensing, and branding as the winner of the 2021 International Collegiate Licensing Association Service Award.
In addition to sourcing all face masks provided to UConn employees and students from a living-wage factory (Alta Gracia Apparel in the Dominican Republic) during the COVID-19 pandemic, UConn has innovated in other ways to build capacity, strengthen institutional commitment, and raise the profile of ethical sourcing practices with all its licensing and branding partners.
The suit accuses Spain-based Inditex (whose brands include Zara, Bershka, Massimo Dutti, Oysho, Pull and Bear and Stradivarius), France-based SMCP (comprised of Parisian brands, Sandro, Maje, Claudie Pierlot and De Fursac), U.S.-based footwear company Skechers, and the U.S. subsidiary of the Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo, of being accomplices in serious crimes, including concealment of the crime of forced labor, the crime of organized human trafficking, the crime of genocide and crimes against humanity.
The plaintiffs are asking the French judiciary to rule on the possible criminal liability of the companies. The stated aim is to end impunity for the brands, which are accused of offloading on their subcontractors their responsibility for human rights.
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Global brands find it hard to untangle themselves from Xinjiang cotton
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published : 6 Apr 2021 at 10:31
2 Workers are seen on the production line at a cotton textile factory in Korla, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China April 1, 2021. (Reuters photo)
Faced with accusations that it was profiting from the forced labour of Uyghur people in the Chinese territory of Xinjiang, the H&M Group the world’s second-largest clothing retailer promised last year to stop buying cotton from the region.
But last month, H&M confronted a new outcry, this time from Chinese consumers who seized on the company’s renouncement of the cotton as an attack on China. Social media filled with angry demands for a boycott, urged on by the government. Global brands like H&M risked alienating a country of 1.4 billion people.