Banana Republic
In March 2020, Banana Republic was named in ASPI’s report as one of at least 82 global brands whose supply chains were highly likely to contain Uyghur forced labour. ASPI’s report identified Banana Republic as a customer of Esquel, a company with ties to Uyghur forced labour and labour transfers.
Banana Republic was also named in a report from the Helena Kennedy Centre, published in November 2021, as one of many international brands whose supply chains were linked to textile companies known to source cotton from Xinjiang, who also own subsidiaries documented to have employed state-sponsored labour transfers.
Banana Republic has not responded to either report’s findings.