BP and Spotify bought carbon credits at risk of link to forced Uyghur labour in China
by Patrick Greenfield, Amy Hawkins and Manisha Gangul from Environment | The Guardian on (#6GB2Y)
Credits sourced from carbon project that was centred on biomass power plant in Xinjiang, investigation finds
BP and Spotify were among companies who bought carbon credits at risk of being implicated in potential Uyghur forced labour, an investigation has found.
The credits were sourced from the Bachu carbon project, which was developed by South Pole, the world's largest carbon consultancy. The project focussed on a biomass power plant in Xinjiang, China, which said it would lower global carbon emissions by using waste cotton stalks from nearby fields to generate electricity.
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