It is a long-term investigation which has the effect of a bomb. Online mediaThe Informationclaims seven Apple suppliers participated in forced labor programs in China. At least five of them received thousands of Uighurs and other people from the country's ethnic minorities who were allegedly oppressed in factories that worked for the apple brand.
The article cites seven companies concerned: Advanced-Connectek, Luxshare Precision Industry, Shenzhen Deren Electronic Co., Avary Holding, AcBel Polytech, CN Innovations and Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing Co. To identify them, the journalists rely on numerous elements including past statements, images, videos. The investigation also draws on public and internal Apple documents, as well as interviews with employees.
Apple has already been accused of this in the past
The Cupertino company wanted to respond toThe Information. The company specifies that “searching for the presence of forced labor is part of every assessment we conduct in every country where we operate". She adds:
Despite Covid-19 restrictions, we have conducted additional investigations and found no evidence of forced labor anywhere we operate. We will continue to do everything we can to protect workers and ensure they are treated with dignity and respect.
Apple is not the only company cited by the online media. Google, Samsung, Amazon, Tesla, Dell, Lenovo, BMW, Cisco and HP also worked with these seven suppliers according toThe Information.
Remember that last year, the apple brandwas accusedto benefit from forced labor imposed on the Uyghur ethnic minority via several of its suppliers. This report from the NGO Tech Transparency Project claimed that thousands of people had been used by Lens Technology.
A little later, Tim Cook was questioned by the American Congress on this subject. He believed that “forced labor is odious”, and that his company “didn't tolerate it» and that she «would terminate relationships with suppliers if evidence of abuse was found».
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