Volkswagen, Mercedes -Benz and other major German automobile manufacturers have been accused of human rights organizations. They did not carefully review whether its supply chain involved in the forced labor of Xinjiang, China, and may violate German supply chain -related laws.
According to Reuters, the Human Rights Organization of the European Constitution and Human Rights Center (ECCHR), which is headquartered in Berlin, reported to Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes -Benz to the German Federal Economic and Export Control Office on Wednesday (June 21).Refers to these three top car manufacturers who have not done their due diligence to prevent its supply chain from risk in Xinjiang forced labor.
Volkswagen said that the company was surprised by these allegations and will review it; Mercedes -Benz said that he had not received a complaint and showed that the company had no business in Xinjiang.Mercedes also added: "It is contacting our suppliers. Whenever someone raises concerns, we will ask the supplier to clarify." BMW has not responded to the comment request.
Since January 1 this year, companies that exceed a certain scale in Germany must establish due diligence procedures, including annual risk analysis to prevent the occurrence of supply chains that may involve human rights and environmental destruction.
The United States and other Western countries have long accused the Chinese government's implementation of forced labor in Xinjiang. The Chinese government claims that these allegations are out of nothing, and instead said that the United States is "in Xinjiang" through these allegations.
Volkswagen has a factory in Xinjiang, but the factory does not produce cars and only conducts a quality inspection of cars sold in Xinjiang.
Although there are no factories in Xinjiang in Xinjiang, researchers and other institutions at the University of Sheffield Harry said that there are suppliers of the two automakers and companies in Xinjiang or nearby companiesBusiness Contacts.
