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[Sustainable Business Forum - The future of healthy enterprise] Greenpeace Takes Adidas and Nike to the Cleaners. Who's ...: It’s likely that (for the foreseeable future) Chinese political and economic systems will remain focused on rapid development at all costs. So it’s critical that local/in-country government policies be aligned as well to support capacity-building for companies to self-evaluate, learn effective auditing and root- cause evaluation, institute effective corrective and preventive action programs and proactively implement systems based environmental management systems.

[INHABITAT] Greenpeace Links Nike and Adidas to Toxic River Polluters in China ...: Enviro-watchdog Greenpeace recently nabbed Nike and Adidas for working with Chinese factories responsible for washing heavy metals and hormone-disrupting substances in the Yangtze and Pearl River Deltas. Read on for the full scoop.

[AdFlipoff] Detox Looks Fun in Greenpeace's Challenge to Nike and Adidas ...: Detox Looks Fun in Greenpeace's Challenge to Nike and Adidas · Bosch's Modular Portable Tool Storage System ·

[PRNewser] Greenpeace Asks Nike and Adidas to 'Detox' - PRNewser: Greenpeace has filmed its own version of a Nike commercial to persuade it (and Adidas) to take steps to disassociate their brands with textile companies in China that are releasing toxic chemicals in the water.

[Design You Trust - Social Inspirations!] Greenpeace – Nike VS Adidas » Design You Trust – Social Inspirations!: After VW the Dark Side a new strike from Green­peace, this time against the big sports­wear monop­oly brands Adi­das and Nike and the chem­i­cal water pol­lu­tion result­ing from their sup­ply chains.

[Green Bugger] Adidas, Nike, Puma Calvin Klein Importing Materials from Chinese ...: Fitch, Adidas, Bauer Hockey, Calvin Klein, Converse, Cortefiel, H&M, Lacoste, Nike, Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation and Puma, and the Chinese brands Li Ning, Meters/bonwe and Youngor, have all had products manufactured at the facilities.

[Oil Leader News] Greenpeace report links western firms to Chinese river polluters ...: In response to questions from the Guardian, Puma also said its involvement was limited to a non-polluting subsidiary that it regularly audited. “Our relationship to Youngor Group is, according to our information, restricted to the ready-made garments factory Youngor Knitting, which is not involved in any discharges into the Fenghua and does not operate any industrial wet processes.

[Greenpeace UK] Nike & Adidas: time to Detox the world's water | Greenpeace UK: Greenpeace iscalling you out to see which one of you is stronger on the flats, quicker onthe 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 supplychain? Whowill be the champion of a toxic-free future?

[Manila Bulletin Newspaper Blog Online] Greenpeace challenges Adidas and Nike to champion a toxic-free ...: The “Dirty Laundry” report, launched by Greenpeace on Wednesday at a press conference, found hazardous chemicals in samples of wastewater discharges taken at two textile processing facilities, Youngor Textile City Complex and Well Dyeing Factory Limited by the Yangtze and Pearl river deltas, both with links to a number of major international and national clothing brands including Adidas, Nike and the Chinese brand Li Ning.  The findings follow the earlier publication of “Hidden Consequences”, which highlighted the impacts of industrial pollution in rivers around the world.

[China Legal Blog] How Should Multinationals Respond to the Greenpeace 'Dirty Laundry ...: report, launched today at press conferences in Beijing and Hong Kong, found hazardous chemicals in samples of wastewater discharges taken at two textile processing facilities, Youngor Textile City Complex and the Well Dyeing Factory Limited by the Yangtze and Pearl river deltas, both with links to a number of major international and national clothing brands (1) including Adidas, Nike and the Chinese Li Ning. The findings follow the earlier publication of “Hidden Consequences”, which highlighted the impacts of industrial pollution on rivers around the world (2).

[Good for Water - AirDye®] Greenpeace Airs the Textile Industry's Dirty Laundry | Good for ...: Greenpeace also found that major international brands, such as Nike, H&M, Adidas, Gap, Abercrombie and Fitch, are customers of Youngor and Well Dyeing Factory. However, when asked to respond to the report, all of the brands insisted that none of their fabrics were dyed at these factories, but only used the “cut and sew” services.

[MAARS News] Greenpeace report links western firms to Chinese river polluters ...: Last year, a coalition of Chinese environmental groups traced a link between lead and cadmium contamination scandals and the production of materials for mobile phone batteries and computer circuit boards for foreign technology companies. In a follow-up study earlier this year, the activists reporteddischarge violations at several Chinese firms that are thought to be part of Apple’s supply chain.

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