Blogposts tagged 'Pollution'

Osborne's plan for the UK: pollute our way to growth

Posted by petespeller - 1 December 2011 at 10:19am - 3 Comments
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George Osborne launched an assault on green measures in his Autumn Statement that reads as if it were written by the UK’s biggest polluters. Tax breaks for heavy polluters, renewed support for airport expansion, opening the countryside to development, more roads and a freeze on fuel duty  - all this adds up to the dirtiest budget in recent history.

Article tagged as: airport expansion, autumn statement, energy, osborne, pollution, roads

Will H&M make “Detox” the new must-have?

Posted by tracy.frauzel - 13 September 2011 at 9:54am - 1 Comment
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70% of China's rivers and lakes are now dangerously polluted: manufacturing industry being the main cause

There's a skeleton in H&M's closet. The fast-fashion retailer sells clothes made with chemicals which cause hazardous water pollution around the world, and the only way to stop this water pollution is to come clean and stop using such chemicals for good. As one of the largest clothing groups in the world, a H&M committed to a toxic-free future would set a trend for the rest of the fashion industry to follow.

Article tagged as: adidas, chemicals, china, clothing, Detox, fashion industry, H&M, nike, pollution, Puma, toxics, water

Greenpeace research reveals toxic chemicals in biggest clothing brands

Posted by Eoin D - 23 August 2011 at 2:30am - 1 Comment
Clothing and the Global Toxic Cycle - 300 dpi
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Dirty Laundry: Clothing and the Global Toxic Cycle

Our latest research reveals that the clothes you are wearing may contain nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) - chemicals that are effectively banned in clothing manufacturing in Europe - which can break down in water to form nonylphenol (NP), a toxic, persistent and hormone-disrupting substance. 52 out of 78 garments from 14 global clothing, brands sold in the UK and the continent, tested positive for NPEs, including four Adidas articles.

Article tagged as: adidas, china, clothing, Detox, gender bending chemicals, industry, nike, pollution, Puma, reports, textiles, water

Rebranding Adidas to Detox our Water

Posted by Eoin D - 19 August 2011 at 1:02pm - 2 Comments
Greenpeace activists hang up two banners at Adidas Outlet store in Helsinki, rea
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Greenpeace activists hang up banners at Adidas store in Helsinki

Within hours of Nike's announcement on 18 August to champion a toxic-free future, Greenpeace activists in cities around the world headed to their nearest Adidas store with huge Detox stickers to rebrand the shop windows and doors.

Article tagged as: actions, adidas, china, Detox, nike, pollution, Puma, rebranding, slideshow, sportswear, successes, toxics, water

Nike steals the lead in Detox challenge

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 18 August 2011 at 1:00am - 3 Comments
Nike commits to a champion a toxic free future. Can adidas top that?
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Nike commits to champion a toxic-free future. Can Adidas top that?

The world's number one sportswear brand, Nike, has accepted our Detox challenge: today it has officially committed to eliminating all hazardous chemicals across its entire supply chain, and the entire life-cycle of its products by 2020. This is a major win for our campaign to protect the planet’s precious water, and create a toxic-free future.

Article tagged as: adidas, china, clothing, Detox, industrial pollution, manufacturing, nike, pollution, Puma, sportswear, successes, water

Create a revolution in your wardrobe - part two

Posted by louise - 9 August 2011 at 1:58pm - 1 Comment
Girls sort scrap fabric in a family workshop in Gurao, China where the economy i
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Girls sort scrap fabric in a family workshop in Gurao, China where the economy is centered on textile production.

In the second half of our tips on greening your wardrobe - to help you clean up your clothing inspired by our Detox campaign - we look at saying no to child labour, questioning distressed denim, avoiding greenwash, spring cleaning, speaking out and spreading the word.

Article tagged as: china, clothing, Detox, fair trade, pollution, textiles, toxic chemicals, water

Create a revolution in your wardrobe - part one

Posted by louise - 2 August 2011 at 4:01pm - 9 Comments
Daily workers at a denim washing factory in Xintang, China, search wastewater fo
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Workers at a denim washing factory in Xintang, search wastewater for stones, to create stonewash denim.

Has our Detox campaign made you think about your clothes and their hidden consequences? You may already heart second hand, throwaway fashion makes you ill, and your mantra is quality not quantity. But how else can you align your sartorial and sustainable sides? Here's our first set of tips to help decrease your fashion's footprint.

Article tagged as: adidas, clothing, consumerism, Detox, feature, nike, pollution, textiles, toxics, water

Puma leaps ahead of Nike and Adidas in Detox Challenge

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 27 July 2011 at 10:38am - 3 Comments
Activists in Bangkok streaked for an international action of over 600 people in
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Activists in Bangkok streaked for an international action of over 600 people in 29 cities in 10 countries

By Eoin from our International office:  Hats off to Puma, the third largest sportswear company in the world, for publicly committing today to eliminate all releases of hazardous chemicals from its entire product lifecycle and across its whole supply chain by 2020.

Article tagged as: adidas, china, Detox, nike, pollution, Puma, Rivers, successes, water

From our China team: how to lose a foot on fieldwork

Posted by louise - 14 July 2011 at 9:52am - 7 Comments
Zhong Yu during the clean-up of the Dalian oil spill
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Zhong Yu during the clean-up of the Dalian oil spill

Zhong Yu has worked for Greenpeace in China for over seven years and has witnessed some of the most devastating environmental disasters there from rapid glacier retreat on the Himalayas, the 2008 Sichuan earthquake to last summer’s devastating Dalian oil spill. Here, she writes about the undercover research behind our latest report, which exposes the terrible impact that China’s growing textile industry is having on the country’s rivers.

Article tagged as: actions, adidas, alkylphenols, china, Detox, Fieldwork, nike, PFOA, pollution, reports, Rivers, Testing

Nike & Adidas: time to Detox the world’s water

Posted by louise - 13 July 2011 at 11:25am - 0 Comments
Detox: which big sports brands will ditch toxic polluters first?
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Detox: which brand will eliminate all toxic chemicals from their supply chain first?

Game on, Nike and Adidas. Greenpeace is calling you out to see which one of you is stronger on the flats, quicker on the breaks, turns faster and plays harder at a game we’re calling Detox. Who’ll be the first to take action and eliminate hazardous chemical discharges from their supply chain? Who will be the champion of a toxic-free future?

Article tagged as: adidas, china, nike, nonylphenol, pollution, river pollution, textiles, toxics, water
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