Jack Wolfskin

Clothing
Written By Lina K

Jack Wolfskin was identified in a report from the Helen Kennedy Centre (HKC), 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.

Jack Wolfskin did not respond to the report’s findings.

In May 2022, researchers at the Agroisolab in Jülich and the Hochschule Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, both in western Germany, say an isotope analysis has found traces of Xinjiang cotton in shirts by Jack Wolfskin.

In response, Jack Wolfskin did not directly answer a question about the use of Xinjiang cotton in its supply chain but said its cotton was certified.

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