Volkswagen says audit finds no sign of forced labour at Xinjiang site

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A Volkswagen-commissioned audit of its jointly owned site in Xinjiang, China, had found no signs of forced labour, the automaker said on Tuesday, although the auditor added that the challenges of data collection in China were widely known. The audit, which was carried out by German human rights due diligence firm Loening Human Rights & Responsible Business GmbH, included on-site interviews and inspection of employee contracts and salary payments for the site’s 197 employees. “The situation in China and Xinjiang and the challenges in collecting data for audits are well known,” Loening’s managing director Markus Loening said in a statement,...