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Article

26 Jun 2017

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Taipei Times

Shoemakers urged to tackle abuse

Leading shoe and designer clothing labels, including Nike Inc and Puma AG, have made progress in tackling forced labor in their leather supply chains, but could do more to address the issue at tanneries and ranches providing hides, according to a study...The survey of five footwear and five luxury clothes brands was done by KnowTheChain...It said information from the 10 companies generally revealed very little on how...they addressed forced labor risks in countries which produce hides, process leather and manufacture leather goods...Forced labor is a significant problem on cattle ranches in Brazil, the world’s largest hide-producing country, with young men ending up in debt bondage after being brought to plantations by labor brokers, the study said.