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15 Dec 2022

Belarus: Furniture sold by EU retailers is allegedly produced with use of forced prison labour, investigation reveals; incl. cos. responses & non-responses

A new investigation, published by Earthsight in November 2022, revealed allegations that large European furniture retail chains have been selling furniture linked to the use of forced prison labour in Belarus.

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre reached out to Ivatsevichdrev, Roller, Porta Holding, FanDOK, POCO, Polipol, BEGA Gruppe, Höffner, SB-Möbel BOSS. Only Ivatsevichdrev replied. The company's response is attached below.

Company Responses

Ivatsevichdrev View Response
Roller

No Response

Porta Holding GmbH & Co. KG

No Response

SB-Möbel BOSS

No Response

FanDOK

No Response

Poco

No Response

Polipol

No Response

BEGA Gruppe

No Response

Hoeffner (Höffner)

No Response

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