Wal-Mart has told suppliers to stop buying cotton from Uzbekistan to try to end forced child labour in cotton harvesting. The world's largest retailer said it had formed a coalition representing 90 per cent of US purchases of cotton and cotton-based merchandise.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/wal-mart-boycott-uzbek-cotton
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-times-london
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cotton
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-labour
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uzbekistan
