Chemical use and water pollution

Chemical use in China

·         17-20% of water pollution in China comes from the dying processes in textile factories.

·         72 toxic chemicals originate solely from dying and 30 of these cannot be removed from water.

·         In China over 100,000 deaths annually are caused by chemicals in water, 300 million Chinese people do not have access to clean water, this is almost the equivalent to the whole of the United States.

·         Many big name brands and companies have been responsible for polluting water in China, some of these companies include, Abercrombie and Fitch, Adidas, H&M and Nike.

 

 

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/toxics/water/detox/

Greenpeace

·         Greenpeace’s Detox campaign is run by over half a million people and they are demanding toxic free fashion and clean water.

·         15 Global brands have signed up to the Detox plan:

1.       Nike

2.       Adidas

3.       Puma

4.       H&M

5.       M&S

6.       Li-Ning

7.       Zara

8.       Mango

9.       Espirt

10.    Levi’s

11.    Uniqlo

12.    Benetton

13.    Victoria’s Secret

14.    G-Star Raw

15.    Valentino

·         The campaign is famous for naming and shaming brands with negative environmental impacts and an unethical ethos.

·         The campaign was launched in 2011 and is still continuing to urge global brands such as Calvin Klein and GAP to join the campaign.

·         This campaign is one of the largest of its kind and has had a huge positive impact so far. Greenpeace will hopefully continue to put pressure on brands and show them the importance of this situation and how much good they could do.