GAP have made it clear that 'they will not accept any clothing manufactured with fabrics that were knowingly made from Uzbek cotton.'

This is good from gap however the use of the word 'knowingly' makes me think they still use it, this is because large companies like GAP will just focus on cost effectiveness, trying to ensure they gain the cheapest raw materials, they may choose not to know where its come from in order to recoup the cheapest possible raw materials.

In signing Gap Inc.’s VCA, which incorporates our COVC, Gap Inc. suppliers agree to comply with the following:“All applicable laws, rules and regulations ... these laws include, but are not limited to, laws relating to theemployment conditions of their respective employeessuch as: (1) wage and hour, labor, child labor, and forced labor requirements; (2) health and safety; (3) immigration; (4) discrimination; (5) labor or workers’ rights in general; and (6) environmental laws and regulations.3

Failure of vendors to abide byGap Inc.’s COVC and/or VCAcan result in corrective action up to and including the termination of all existing and future business.4