International Lawmakers Urge Volkswagen to Leave Xinjiang Plant Following Audit Leak

Published on September 28, 2024

International lawmakers urged Volkswagen to divest its joint-venture factory in Xinjiang after a company-commissioned social audit was leaked and discredited. Volkswagen told investors in December 2023 that an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) audit found “no indications of any use of forced labor or forced laborers among the employees” at the plant in China’s Xinjiang region—without publishing the full document. A report that analyzed the leaked audit said its method and implementation meant it was “not able to adequately assess forced labor risks.” After the report was published, members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) from more than 20 legislatures called on Volkswagen on Sept. 20 to “withdraw from Xinjiang in recognition of the impossibility of meaningful human rights due diligence in the region.”...

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