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#XinjiangCotton: How do I know if it's in my jeans?
Xinjiang cotton is some of the best fabric in the world. It's also, human rights campaigners say, produced by forced labour.
Please bear in mind that Xinjiang cotton accounts for 85% of Chinese production and 20% of world supply.
Some Western brands have removed it from their supply chains, leading to a backlash from Chinese celebrities and netizens. Welcome to the row over cotton from the Xinjiang region of China.
Certification schemes for cotton mills, such as Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced (Yess), work to eliminate forced labour from the supply chain. But that's of limited help to you as a consumer if you're just ordering a pair of jeans off a retailer's website.
"If you really want to be confident of the traceability of the cotton in your jeans, you have to look for Soil Association organic cotton or Fairtrade," advises Clare Lissaman from Common Objective (CO), a sustainable fashion sourcing platform.
Source: BBC #Mar27
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-56535822
#China #XinjiangCotton #Xinjiang #ForcedLabor
#XinjiangCotton: How do I know if it's in my jeans?
Xinjiang cotton is some of the best fabric in the world. It's also, human rights campaigners say, produced by forced labour.
Please bear in mind that Xinjiang cotton accounts for 85% of Chinese production and 20% of world supply.
Some Western brands have removed it from their supply chains, leading to a backlash from Chinese celebrities and netizens. Welcome to the row over cotton from the Xinjiang region of China.
Certification schemes for cotton mills, such as Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced (Yess), work to eliminate forced labour from the supply chain. But that's of limited help to you as a consumer if you're just ordering a pair of jeans off a retailer's website.
"If you really want to be confident of the traceability of the cotton in your jeans, you have to look for Soil Association organic cotton or Fairtrade," advises Clare Lissaman from Common Objective (CO), a sustainable fashion sourcing platform.
Source: BBC #Mar27
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-56535822
#China #XinjiangCotton #Xinjiang #ForcedLabor
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Xinjiang cotton: How do I know if it's in my jeans?
It's at the centre of a row between Western brands and China over allegations of forced labour.