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  1. 2021

    Rowntree历史研究引发信托机构道歉

    问题披露

    Rowntree Society的研究指出，Rowntree业务可能与奴隶贸易存在历史关联，并提出种族歧视及反工会做法的指控，涉及其南非子公司Wilson Rowntree在种族隔离时期的情况。Rowntree Society表示没有证据显示Rowntree直接拥有或交易被奴役者。Rowntree慈善信托机构就其资金来源相关研究结果道歉，并宣布支持进一步研究。

    品牌回应

    • 道歉 — Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust

      We are deeply sorry that the origins of our endowment have roots in shameful practices that caused deep suffering and created enduring harms.

    • 调查 — Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust

      Therefore, alongside the other independently endowed Rowntree trusts, we will fund the Rowntree Society to investigate this part of our history more fully.

    • 道歉 — Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust

      As a former shareholder in the Rowntree company and an institutional beneficiary of its wealth, we are deeply sorry.

    • 澄清 — Nestlé

      Nestlé has been the custodian of Rowntree's as a confectionery brand and we acknowledge and welcome these statements made by other organisations that bear the Rowntree name.

    来源摘录

    • A statement by the Rowntree Society stressed that it had found no evidence that Rowntree's directly owned or traded in enslaved people.
    • The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust said: 'As a Trust we are appalled by what we have learned about these abhorrent practices, which are at odds with our Quaker values and our commitment to building a more just society.
    • The investigation into the company's history was party prompted by the Black Lives Matter movement and revealed evidence that the famously philanthropic family business may have profited from the slave trade.
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