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Aug 6 (Reuters) – Denim maker Levi Strauss & Co LEVI.N is standing down from the management of cotton commerce physique Higher Cotton Initiative (BCI), the Wall Road Journal reported on Friday, citing individuals accustomed to the matter.
Earlier this yr, a number of manufacturers together with Swedish style chain H&M HMb.ST and sportswear maker Nike NKE.N as properly as BCI, a gaggle that promotes sustainable cotton manufacturing, turned targets of some Chinese language web customers after they raised considerations about alleged pressured labor in Xinjiang.
BCI members embody NikeNKE.N, Adidas ADSGn.DE, H&M and Japan’s Quick Retailing.
The China department of BCI, nevertheless, mentioned in March it had discovered no indicators of pressured labor in Xinjiang. The Journal mentioned BCI deleted from its web site a press release about its considerations in Xinjiang 4 months in the past and has not commented since.
Members of the coalition stay torn over how and when to reply to the Chinese language assaults, with some wanting BCI to swiftly and forcefully rebut the assaults and otherspushing for a slower and extra cautious strategy, the Journal reported.
Levi and BCI didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ requests for feedback.
(Reporting by Praveen Paramasivam in Bengaluru; Enhancing by Maju Samuel)
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