Original article by Sarah Danckert
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 15-Dec-15
Australian supermarket groups Coles, Woolworths and Aldi will review their supply chains after revealing that they source frozen prawns from a Thailand-based company that has been accused of using forced labour. It is also alleged that Thai Union uses child labour at a prawn peeling factory in the city of Samut Sakhon. Thai Union is one of the world’s largest seafood suppliers.
CORPORATES
COLES SUPERMARKETS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, WOOLWORTHS LIMITED – ASX WOW, ALDI STORES SUPERMARKETS PTY LTD, THAI UNION FROZEN PRODUCTS PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED, INDEPENDENT GROCERS OF AUSTRALIA, METCASH LIMITED – ASX MTS, GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL, ASSOCIATED PRESS, THAILAND. DEPT OF FISHERIES, INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION