Correspondence
Email sent to the press contact for Wolt.
The email said: "We’re contacting you in light of our latest investigation which concerns the use of forced labor in China’s food processing industry, and a link we’ve discovered between a company engaged in such practices and your supply chain – Dandong Yuanyi Refined Seafoods. We have uncovered evidence that the Chinese company Dandong Yuanyi Refined Seafoods used North Korean labor after the December 2019 deadline for the repatriation of overseas North Korean workers required under United Nations Security Council sanctions. This evidence showed North Korean labor at Dandong Yuanyi’s factory in Liaoning, China, as recently as 2022. According to our research, Dandong Yuanyi has supplied dried squid products to the Monolith Group’s Ikroff range. We have seen Ikroff squid snacks listed on your platform. While we understand that you may not be aware of the above issues, does Wolt have any comment to make in response to this email?"
Wolt replied: "Thank you reaching out and bringing this to our attention. We were not aware of this, and have started reaching out to the companies we work with to better understand the situation and to determine what the right course of action is."