H&M and Zara use Cotton Linked to Environmental Damage in Brazil.
According to a report by Earthsight the world’s largest fashion brands, H&M and #Zara, use cotton linked to land grabbing, illegal #deforestation, violence, #humanrights violations and corruption in #Brazil.
Unlike in the #Amazon, deforestation in the Cerrado is getting worse. The #biome is home to five per cent of the world’s species. Many face #extinction due to habitat loss if current deforestation trends are not reversed.
The tainted #cotton in H&M and Zara’s supply chains is certified as ethical by the world’s largest cotton certification scheme, Better Cotton, which has failed to detect the illegalities committed by SLC and Horita.