UK retreats from forced labor pledge

Ana Maria Rus

LONDON — The U.K. government has walked back a promise to banish forced labor from the supply chains of its flagship clean energy company, as ministers rush to hit climate goals.   The Labour government promised last spring that GB Energy, the government-owned energy company, would “secure” supply chains free of forced labor in countries like China when it invested in renewable power like wind and solar.   But the company has since funded firms that cannot guarantee their solar supply chains 

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