Major car brands like Volkswagen, Tesla, and BMW are at high risk for sourcing metals from factories linked to forced Uyghur labor, researchers say

Dec 9 2022 by Business Insider

 
A man working a smelter at a steel factory in China.

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Major car makers are at high risk for exposure to forced Uyghur labor, according to new research. Sheffield Hallam University reports Uyghur workers extract and process steel and aluminum. The alleged use of forced labor could disrupt efforts to ethically decarbonize the global supply chain.

Many of the world's largest car manufacturers may be linked to the forced labor of Uyghurs, a Muslim minority group...

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