The Government of Uzbekistan routinely compels hundreds of thousands of children as labourers in the country’s annual cotton harvest…Tesco has led the way in tracing their supply chains…Walmart-Asda, C&A, Gap, Levi’s, Marks and Spencer and Nike are some of the companies that have also taken action to ban the use of Uzbek cotton…This report concludes that little has changed in the cotton fields since the Government of Uzbekistan ratified ILO Conventions on child and forced labour. In conjunction with dialogue between policymakers, it is therefore imperative that the private sector takes action to ensure that forced labour is not part of their supply chains.