“Decathlon benefits from forced labor through Uyigboeren in China”

The French sports store chain, which is active internationally, would have cotton sports clothing manufactured by the Qingdao Jifa Group, a subcontractor who “trusts a network of forced labor in China,” said Disuclose. In the documentary, Thursday evening on France 2, there is also child labor: the program makers were able to film with a hidden camera in a Chinese studio, where a 12-year-old girl naps clothes.

Decathlon confirmed to the French news agency AFP that it indeed cooperates with the targeted supplier, Qingdao Jifa Group, but added that it “with a clamp condemns any form of forced labor”: “We are committed to the integrity and respect of fundamental rights on a daily basis To be insured with our activities and in our value chain, and we will not hesitate to respond and take all the necessary measures if the facts are proven, “says the company. (krs)