中国:カゴメ、新疆産トマト使用停止 人権問題考慮
2021年4月15日
カゴメが、中国の新疆ウイグル自治区で生産されたトマト加工品の使用を2021年中に終了することが15日、分かった。品質や調達の安定性、コストなどの観点に加え、少数民族への人権侵害をめぐる国際的な批判を考慮し、総合的に判断したという。
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これまで調達した分については、「人権侵害が行われている環境で作られたものではないと確認している」(広報)という。
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2021年4月15日
カゴメが、中国の新疆ウイグル自治区で生産されたトマト加工品の使用を2021年中に終了することが15日、分かった。品質や調達の安定性、コストなどの観点に加え、少数民族への人権侵害をめぐる国際的な批判を考慮し、総合的に判断したという。
[…]
これまで調達した分については、「人権侵害が行われている環境で作られたものではないと確認している」(広報)という。
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Swedish public procurer SKL Kommentus Inköpscentral, the Swedish Regions and the Church of Sweden have produced a joint letter requiring their suppliers to take certain actions following concerns over the Uyghur forced labour.
The State Department declared that the Chinese government is committing genocide and crimes against humanity through its wide-scale repression of Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in its northwestern region of Xinjiang, including in its use of internment camps and forced sterilization.
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New documents show Lens Technology, which makes iPhone glass and is owned by China’s richest woman, received Uighur Muslim laborers transferred from Xinjiang.
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