Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg © 2016 Bloomberg Finance LPKey FactsTop Glove, which exports to 195 nations, is the world's largest maker of latex gloves, producing 96 billion gloves annually. The latest ban applies to all disposable gloves made in Malaysia by the parent corporation and its subsidiaries. Last November, Top Glove had to shut down 20 of its factories in Malaysia after almost 2,700 employees tested positive for the coronavirus. In January, CBP applied a similar prohibition on cotton and tomato products produced in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on information indicating of the use of forced labor by prisoners. Surprising FactOn Tuesday, the publication HR Asia named Top Glove as one of its “Best Companies to Work for in Asia” in 2020, marking the fifth straight year the glove maker won this award.

Source: Forbes March 30, 2021 11:48 UTC