H&M bans Syrian and Turkmenistan cotton from supply chain
18/02/2016
It follows an equivalent ban on cotton from Uzbekistan since 2013.
It said: “H&M under no circumstances accepts underage workers and/or forced labour being used anywhere in our value chain, including in cotton cultivation.
“Unfortunately this is sometimes the case in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and H&M does therefore not accept conventional cotton from Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan or Syria in our products.
“By 2020 at the latest, our goal is that all the cotton we use in our products will come from sustainable sources – organic, recycled or from the Better Cotton initiative – and will therefore be fully traceable.”
Before the Arab Spring uprisings in 2012, Syria was the world’s number two supplier of organic cotton.
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