PARIS – NGOs have launched new legal action in France calling for a judicial investigation into whether fashion brands are benefiting from the use of forced labour in China’s cotton industry.
It comes after the French national anti-terror prosecutor’s office dropped an investigation into fashion giants Uniqlo, Inditex, SMCP and Skechers over the alleged use of forced labour in their global supply chains.
That case was brought by anti-corruption group Sherpa, Collectif Ethique Sur L’étiquettethe – a French partner of the Clean Clothes Campaign, and the Uyghur Institute of Europe, who are also behind the new action.
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