Detox our future

We're challenging some of the world's most popular clothing brands to work with all of their suppliers to eliminate the release of toxic chemicals into our water.

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Greenpeace is campaigning to stop industry poisoning waterways around the world with hazardous, persistent and hormone-disrupting chemicals. Launched in July 2011, the Detox campaign has exposed links between textile manufacturing facilities causing toxic water pollution in China, and many of the world's top clothing brands.

Nike, AdidasPuma, H&MC&A and Li-Ning have committed to Detox, in response to the growing international campaign. Other top clothing companies still need to get a move on, to Detox their brands and help Detox our future.

The latest updates

 

Three pillars and a mermaid: A trip to Copenhagen on the road to Detox.

Blog entry by Kirsten Brodde, Detox Campaigner | May 3, 2012

I have just arrived in Copenhagen to give a speech at the #Copenhagen #Fashion Summit . The organizers claim this to be the world's largest and most important conference on sustainability and CSR in the fashion industry. The biennial... Read more >

"Toxic pollution killed our river, and now it is killing us"

Blog entry by Tommy Crawford, Greenpeace International | March 23, 2012 2 comments

Pierre Terras is a Toxic Campaigner in Greenpeace Mexico , and was part of the team that travelled to El Salto de Juanacatlán waterfalls for World Water Day to raise awareness of the toxic pollution that is destroying the Río Santiago... Read more >

Dirty little secret

Video | March 22, 2012 at 10:00

Greenpeace activists and volunteers plastered cities around the world with posters covered with a special non-toxic ink that was washed away to reveal the fashion industry's dirty little secret. Consumers were then encouraged to take part in...

Want to know a dirty little secret?

Blog entry by Tommy Crawford | March 22, 2012 8 comments

Behind the beautiful advertising, the catwalk glamour and the perfectly manicured nails lies a world that those inside the industry do not want you to see, and definitely don't want you to talk about. Dark, dirty, and full of... Read more >

Dirty Laundry Reloaded into your washing-machine

Feature story | March 20, 2012 at 16:10

Global fashion brands are turning us into unwitting polluters. This is what we discovered in our latest research conducted on clothing and sportswear produced by big companies such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Ralph Lauren and G-Star. Read more >

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