Archer Daniels lied about stake in Xinjiang factories, Hunterbrook Media reports

Archer Daniels is being tied to a scandal in Xinjiang, and has a major stake in two food processing plants in the Chinese region,m which is known for state-sponsored forced labor, reports Hunterbrook Media, which aims to “bring visibility to under-covered regions and accountability to under-scrutinized sectors.” In a document posted to the sustainability section of its website earlier this year, the company claimed there was “no identifiable direct or indirect connection between ADM and the region,” but the facilities are owned by a subsidiary of Wilmar International, a Singapore-based conglomerate whose largest single shareholder is ADM, Hunterbrook writes. ADM and Wilmar operate two facilities in Xinjiang, which have expanded significantly since China’s detention and forced labor policies intensified in 2017, Hunterbrook found.