Uniqlo's parent runs FLA-accredited supply-chain auditing and real parent-level disclosure — and a 2016 investigation still documented supplier-factory overtime at nearly four times China's legal cap, with no published remediation. Founder Tadashi Yanai told the BBC that Uniqlo "does not utilise" Xinjiang cotton, then called the scrutiny "too political" and declined to elaborate. A founder-controlled, 2,512-store giant answers to public markets — and leaves its hardest sourcing question open.