Zara and H&M have just been given another winning edge.
The two retailers were among 13 major fashion brands praised by Greenpeace Asia in its Detox campaign.
Detox Catwalk assesses how effectively major fashion brands remove toxic chemicals from their supply chains and tackle water pollution.
Greenpeace East Asia campaigned Yixiu Wu said brands such as Nike have failed to take credible action to detox.
"The fashion companies that have committed to Detox over the past four years represent approximately 10 per cent of the global apparel and footwear market.
"We believe this momentum is creating a new standard in sustainable fashion: sparking a transparency revolution and proving that zero discharge of hazardous chemicals is within our reach by 2020.
"It’s time greenwashers like Nike and LiNing come clean and join the wave for toxic free fashion.”
The Detox Catwalk assesses how committed companies have performed against key criteria.
These include how they are working to eliminate known hazardous chemicals from their products, including hormone disrupting chemicals such as PFCs, nonylphenols and phthalates.
It also evaluates what steps are being taken towards full supply chain transparency.
The Greenpeace Detox campaign demands fashion brands to commit to zero discharge of all hazardous chemicals by 2020 and require their suppliers to disclose the releases of toxic chemicals from their facilities to communities at the site of the water pollution.
