forced labour

March 5, 2024
The EU has reached a provisional agreement on a regulation to ban products made with forced labour from entering the market.
March 1, 2024
The proposal would have likely been consequential for the solar PV industry, which is plagued by allegations of forced labour in the production of polysilicon and other upstream components.
February 19, 2024
Members of the European Parliament, the ESMC and Uyghur representative groups discussed the alleged ongoing forced labour and exploitation of the Uyghur population in Xinjiang province.
January 15, 2024
The European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) has written an open letter to the EU calling for “robust regulation” of forced labour in the solar supply chain.
October 19, 2023
Facing an auditorium of the biggest names in solar, the panelists in the discussion emphasised the central role that ESG and supply chain traceability is coming to play in the solar industry.
October 17, 2023
EU committees have adopted a draft regulation banning solar products with forced labour in their supply chains from entering the EU.
September 22, 2023
The European Solar Manufacturing Council offers several recommendations for the EU and solar companies to address forced labour in the supply chain.
August 17, 2023
The Clean Energy Council (CEC) of Australia and the New South Wales anti-slavery commissioner James Cockayne have partnered to produce a new Code of Practise to manage the risks of modern slavery exposure in renewable energy supply chains.
August 16, 2023
US thin-film solar PV manufacturer First Solar has disclosed unethical labour practices at its factory in Malaysia.
February 15, 2023
Dan Shreve of Clean Energy Associates discusses five major market trends for the solar and energy storage industries in 2023.

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