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Article

18 Sep 2011

Author:
James Kilner, The Telegraph [UK]

Global clothing brands boycott Uzbek cotton

More than 60 of the world’s top clothing labels, including Burberry and Levi, are to boycott cotton from Uzbekistan over claims the government forces children to harvest the crop...H&M...Adidas and Puma were among the brands who pledged not to buy cotton from the...country...The groups have signed a pledge under the Responsible Sourcing Network...organised by...As You Sow...“We are a major cotton consumer and like many companies, we take a clear stand against child labour, regardless of country,” said Henrik Lampa, corporate social responsibility manager at H&M...The Uzbek foreign ministry did not comment. The move is the second victory this month for human rights groups over the Uzbek regime...[O]rganisers of the New York Fashion Week, under pressure from the media and rights groups, cancelled a show by the eldest daughter of Uzbek President Islam Karimov.

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