Special report: Newcastle United sponsor Noon and shocking allegations of worker mistreatment
الملخص
Date Reported: 12 يونيو 2024
الموقع: السعودية (المملكة العربية)
الشركات
Noon - Employer , Newcastle United Football Company Limited - Other Value Chain Entity , The Football Association Premier League Limited - Other Value Chain Entity , Al-Mutairi Support Services - Labour Supplierأخرى
Not Reported ( التوصيل السريع ) - Labour Supplier , Not Reported ( الشحن والمناولة: عامة ) - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - أفريقيا , التوصيل السريع , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - أفريقيا , الشحن والمناولة: عامة , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - آسيا والمحيط الهادىء , التوصيل السريع , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - آسيا والمحيط الهادىء , الشحن والمناولة: عامة , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - باكستان , الشحن والمناولة: عامة , Men , Unknown migration status ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Women , Unknown migration status ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - أوغندا , التوصيل السريع , Men , Unknown migration status ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - الهند - Sector unknown , Men , Unknown migration status ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - بنجلاديش - Sector unknown , Men , Unknown migration status ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - أوغندا , التوصيل السريع , Women , Unknown migration status )القضايا
الحرمان من حرية التعبير , الترهيب والتهديد , التمييز على أساس العرق/ الأتنية/ الطائفة/ الأصل , العمل القسري , رسوم التوظيف , Debt Bondage , احتجاز وثائق الهوية و السفر و العمل , Occupational Health & Safety , Excessive production targets , Wage Theft , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Heat exposure , الحق في الغذاء , Contract Substitution , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , الضرب والعنف , الإصابات , Dismissalالرد
Response sought: Yes, by The Resource Centre & media
Story containing response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: Noon and the Premier League provided statements in response to requests from the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, but did not directly address questions around due diligence processes in light of the investigations. NUFC failed to provide a response. After the investigation was published, the Saudi Arabian Government said it would investigate the claims.
نوع المصدر: NGO
الملخص
Date Reported: 12 يونيو 2024
الموقع: الإمارات العربية المتحدة
الشركات
Noon - Employer , Newcastle United Football Company Limited - Other Value Chain Entity , The Football Association Premier League Limited - Other Value Chain Entityالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: 150
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - نيبال , الشحن والمناولة: عامة , Men , Unknown migration status ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - الهند , الشحن والمناولة: عامة , Men , Unknown migration status )القضايا
Poverty Wages , الحصول على المعلومات , الصحة العقلية , الترهيب والتهديد , المرض , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Wage Theftالرد
Response sought: Yes, by Journalist
External link to response: (Find out more)
الإجراءات المتخذة: A Noon spokesperson said to the NYT: “Noon strongly refutes these allegations as grossly inaccurate misrepresentations. After the investigation was published, the Saudi Arabian Government said it would investigate the claims.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
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Noon, the Gulf’s largest online retailer, has been Newcastle’s sleeve sponsor for the past two years. Its circular logo is prominent on the club’s shirt, stadium, and website. It will be there again next season — despite multiple allegations unearthed by The Athletic of serious worker mistreatment within the company’s supply chain and shared with Newcastle before the release of the club’s new Adidas kit.
A year before it was announced as Newcastle’s sleeve sponsor, Noon struck a deal with Emirati-owned Manchester City, becoming a “regional partner” of the Premier League champions, and hosting the trophy in its offices. Though Noon is a far less prominent partner at City than it is at Newcastle, not appearing on the shirt or stadium, the relationship is still operative.
Irfan is one of 12 workers from across the Gulf to whom The Athletic has spoken over recent months as part of a special investigation into labour conditions at Noon and, as in Irfan’s case, at agencies that supply Noon with migrant workers...
Although some workers are hired through agencies, Noon still has the responsibility under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to audit its supply chain — it is the one hiring the workers, paying wages, whose business is reliant on their labour...
The accusations raise serious questions for Noon, its partners Newcastle and Manchester City, and the Premier League about the levels of due diligence undertaken, the way sponsorship deals are policed by the league and what action, if any, it will take in light of these findings...
Newcastle and Manchester City completed due diligence processes on their deals and remain supportive of Noon but declined to comment when contacted by The Athletic. PIF also declined to comment. A Noon spokesperson referred to the size, scope and sophistication of the company’s operation, and denied all the claims, saying: “Noon strongly refutes these allegations as grossly inaccurate misrepresentations...
In response, the Premier League declined to formally comment but the view within the organisation is that the identity of sponsorship partners is a matter for individual clubs...