Greenpeace congratulates H&M and attacks Gore
06/09/2012
A year ago, H&M committed itself to eliminating hazardous chemicals from all production processes associated with the manufacture of its products by 2020. This followed public pressure from Greenpeace, which included campaigners targetting stores in H&M’s home market, Sweden, with stickers demanding that it ‘Detox Now’.
After the PFC statement, Greenpeace campaigner Martin Besieux said: “We welcome H&M's decision to completely ban all uses of PFCs as it begins to deliver on its Detox commitment to eliminate all releases of hazardous chemicals from its supply chain and products. H&M’s leadership position on this issue sends a clear message to all other textile brands that the use of this hazardous and hormone-disrupting group of chemicals is not needed to manufacture clothing. We expect all other clothing brands that care about their customers’ safety and the environment to respond with equal ambition and urgency and immediately ban all uses of PFCs.
“This landmark commitment should catalyse wider change within the industry and sends a clear signal to global suppliers, such as W.L. Gore, the makers of Gore-Tex, to create PFC-free alternatives.”
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