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Nike scores 1-0 over Adidas with toxic pollution clean-up commitment

18 August, 2011

Barcelona/Beijing - The world’s largest sportswear brand, Nike, has today committed to the elimination of releases of all hazardous chemicals across its entire supply chain and the entire life-cycle of its products by 2020 (1), following a Greenpeace challenge to ‘Detox’.

Nike’s promise to remove persistent, bioaccumulative and hormone disrupting substances from its supply chain comes five weeks after a Greenpeace report, “Dirty Laundry” (2), revealed commercial links between major clothing brands (3), including Nike, Puma (4) and Adidas, and suppliers responsible for releasing toxic pollution into Chinese rivers.

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From China's Toxics team: Fishing Near An Emissions Pipe

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 19 July 2011 at 9:56am - 1 Comment
Greenpeace protestors bring attention to pipes pumping toxics into China's river
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Greenpeace activists protest at pipes pumping toxics into rivers

Sean of our East Asia Action and Investigations Unit in China, blogs on how toxic pollution from China's textile industry is destroying local lives - from his first hand experience.

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Greenpeace protestors bring attention to pipes pumping toxics into China's rivers

Greenpeace protestors bring attention to pipes pumping toxics into China's river
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Nike & Adidas: time to Detox the world’s water

Posted by louise - 13 July 2011 at 12:25pm - 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?

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Thank you for being a Detox champion!

Welcome to Team Detox.

Our challenge has just begun: very soon we'll be in touch with more information proving the link between big clothing brands, like Nike and adidas, to toxic polluters in China...

Plus, we'll be asking you to help us encourage these sports giants to work with their suppliers to detox their production and stop poisoning China's rivers.

So look out for details on how to join us in the first round to eliminate water pollution and champion a Toxic Free Future.

In the meantime, for the latest blogs and news head to: greenpeace.org.uk/toxics

Thank you teammates!

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