For decades, sourcing cotton in Uzbekistan was considered risky, with child or forced labour used in most cases to harvest by hand. In 2009, more than 300 international brands - including Burberry, Puma, Gucci and Adidas - even joined forces in the Cotton Campaign and announced a boycott of Uzbek cotton products. This hit hard, especially...
Jul 1, 2022
French know-how and fashion training, which is still expanding abroad, is being established in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The AICP (Académie Internationale de Coupe de Paris), the French school of excellence for patternmaking designers, opened a branch in this Central Asian country in early September due to a global focus on this new destination...
Oct 17, 2019
A deal that was made in 2014 between the Uzbek state joint stock company O'zbekyengilsanoat and the South Korean company Rainbow is coming to fruition now: The latter provided equipment and a laboratory to facilitate the production of ecological dyes for the international textile industry made from agricultural plants grown in Uzbekistan. After...
Nov 16, 2016
While a World Bank report found that there was no systematic use of child labour during the 2015 cotton harvest in Uzbekistan, forced labour associated with the widespread organised recruitment of adults remains a concern. The World Bank published the findings of its Third Party Monitoring of the use of child and forced labor during the 2015...
Nov 25, 2015
In view of the annual International Uzbek Cotton and Textile Fair in Tashkent to conclude today, international apparel brands and retailers are taking action to prevent Uzbek cotton that has been harvested using child labor or forced labor from entering their supply chains. Tesco, the world's second largest retailer, is the latest multinational...
Oct 15, 2014
