
SUPPLY CHAIN
Increasing Supply Chain Transparency to Protect Human Rights: Uyghur Repression and Forced Labour
The Uyghurs, an ethnic Turkic and religious minority Muslim group from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in northwestern China, have been subjected to severe state-sponsored oppression for several decades, including forced labour that has tainted the global supply chain across multiple sectors. VCIM, along with 55 other organizations, is a signatory to the Investor Alliance of Human Rights (IAHR), as well as Know The Chain (KTC). This investor group is engaging 52 companies that are potentially exposed to forced labour in their supply chains. VCIM’s engagement on human rights in XUAR is ongoing. VCIM is engaging Cisco, Seagate Technology, Adidas, Inditex, Nike, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Sony and Siemens Gamesa on this issue, and we plan to expand to other companies in the upcoming year.