Greens urge Sadiq Khan to ban Shein adverts from TfL network Sir Sadiq Khan has been urged to ban all advertising from the fashion giant Shein on London’s transport network, amid concerns over the firm’s human rights record.
A Shein spokeswoman said: “Shein takes supply chain risks extremely seriously and strictly prohibits forced labour in its supply chain globally.
In written evidence to MPs, Shein later said it only allows cotton from approved regions, which do not include China, for its products sold in the U.S., its biggest market, as part of its compliance with the U.S. Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act, which prohibits the importing of products made in Xinjiang.
“As you will be aware, Shein was one of the companies questioned on labour standards in their supply chain by Parliament’s business and trade committee in early January,” Ms Russell told Sir Sadiq.
“The Shein EMEA General Counsel, Yinan Zhu, did not respond to any of the committee’s many questions about the company using cotton sourced from China, specifically from the Xinjiang region, which is notorious for the forced labour of the minority Muslim Uyghur people.
