It follows a year-long investigation into 'fashion crimes' that found hoodies and jeans sold in Ireland come at huge environmental cost
Top fashion brands Zara and H&M have been linked to illegal deforestation, land grabbing and violence in an area of Brazil 'plundered' to grow cotton.
While it spared the Amazon rainforest further destruction, it has come at a huge cost to communities facing land grabs, unsustainable water extraction and pesticide contamination, as well as the 20 per cent of Cerrado species now facing extinction as a result. "These firms talk about good practice, social responsibility and certification schemes, they claim to invest in traceability and sustainability, but all this now looks about as fake as their high street window arrangements.
Results of the investigation, which involved analysing satellite images, court rulings, shipment records and going undercover at global trade shows to trace cotton from Brazil's most notorious estates, were sent to Zara, H&M and Better Cotton, as well as the Brazilian firms and Asian manufacturers involved.
A spokesperson for H&M said: "The findings from Earthsight’s report are highly concerning and we take these very seriously.
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