H＆M集團在網站發布的一份聲明引發關注。
聲明部分截圖。
記者查詢發現，這份聲明寫道：H＆M集團對來自民間社會組織的報告和媒體的報道深表關注，其中包括對新疆維吾爾自治區少數民族強迫勞動和宗教歧視的指控。（H＆M Group is deeply concerned by reports from civil society organisations and media that include accusations of forced labour and discrimination of ethnoreligious minorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region （XUAR）．）
聲明中，H＆M集團表示，我們不與位于新疆的任何服裝制造工廠合作，也不從該地區采購產品／原材料。（We do not work with any garment manufacturing factories located in XUAR， and we do not source products from this region． ）
聲明稱，新疆是中國最大的棉花種植區，到目前為止，我們的供應商從該地區與“更好的棉花計劃”（BCI）相關的農場采購棉花。由于在該地區進行可信的盡職調查變得越來越困難，BCI已決定暫停在新疆發放BCI棉花許可證。這意味著我們產品所需要的棉花將不再從那里獲得。（XUAR is China’s largest cotton growing area， and up until now， our suppliers have sourced cotton from farms connected to Better Cotton Initiative （BCI） in the region． As it has become increasingly difficult to conduct credible due diligence in the region， BCI has decided to suspend licensing of BCI cotton in XUAR． This means that cotton for our production will no longer be sourced from there． ）