Corrections 17 September 2024

Dear readers,

Via the ongoing communications between Volkswagen and China Labour Bulletin, we realized that there is a mistake in our recent report "Breaking the Mould: Germany's Supply Chain Act as a New Approach to Global Labour Rights Accountability ".

In the section "Shenzhen Qiao Feng - retaliation against worker leaders", our original article said:

CLB has contacted brands that Qiao Feng supplies, including BMW and Volkswagen, about the violations of workers' right of association, and their unpaid social insurance. Volkswagen then responded, stating that after investigation, they had found Qiao Feng to be in violation of the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, and that they would refer the case for further investigation, and appropriate response measures.

Instead of "after investigation", the sentence should be corrected as:

Volkswagen then responded, stating that "after reviewing your report we came to the conclusion that the supplier might violated against the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act", and that they would refer the case for further investigation, and appropriate response measures.

We have updated the report and sincerely apologize to our readers and Volkswagen Company for our mistake.

We are grateful to Volkswagen Company's ongoing communication and we thank the Company's reminder.

CLB will continue to work with multi stakeholders to explore the use of the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, to help to better implement China's labour laws and to improve workers' rights in the country.

China Labour Bulletin

September 17, 2024

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