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UK urged to stop cotton imports made in Chinese “prison camps”

Cotton farming China

London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Major brands are turning a blind eye to forced labour on a scale not seen since World War II, lawyers and campaigners said on Thursday as they urged Britain to halt imports of cotton goods originating from China’s Xinjiang region. They named H&M, IKEA, Uniqlo and Muji among companies selling merchandise […]

With banana leaf lamps, H&M backs firms promising social change

HM shop

LondonThomson Reuters Foundation With lampshades made by Indian women and trays from East Africa, H&M said this week that it had become the latest retail giant to back businesses with a mission to do good, as pressure mounts to end throwaway consumerism. The world’s second-biggest fashion retailer said it will sell homewares made by two […]