Nike Promised The Public To Eliminate All Toxic And Harmful Substances In The Supply Chain By 2020.

Greenpeace urged Adidas

Beijing, August 18, 2011: the international sports brand Nike issued an open statement to the public that it would eliminate all the toxic and harmful substances in its supply chain by 2020.

Following Puma, Nike became the second brand to respond to Greenpeace's "innocuous future". With practical action, the textile industry and other industries have made "non-toxic" changes.

However, in another report released by Greenpeace last month, "the fashion poison - the global clothing brand China water pollution survey", another industry giant Adidas and Lining, a famous sports brand in China, have not made any positive actions yet.

"We welcome the commitment made by Nike to this clear timetable and commit ourselves to information disclosure. This marks a major achievement in our efforts to poison the Chinese river so far," said Li Fang, director of the green peace pollution control project. "At the same time, Nike promised to announce the specific action plan within eight weeks. We will also closely monitor and monitor its progress and implementation."

Meanwhile, Greenpeace has taken action in many cities around the world to put pressure on Adidas, another industry giant that has yet to commit itself.

At the Spanish Super Cup Barcelona Real Madrid competition held in Barcelona, Beijing, this morning, the Greenpeace volunteers used the projector to play the message of "Nike 1-0 Adidas". It was intended to point out that Adidas had lagged behind its rival Nike in the competition to eliminate toxic and harmful substances.

Adidas and Nike were sponsors of Real Madrid and Barcelona on the same day.

"The 2020 detoxification plan made by Nike and Puma made them the leader of the project" to poison the Chinese river, "Li said." if Adidas and Lining do not commit themselves or disclose environmental information, they will be left behind by Nike and Puma in the "poison free" race, and they will also be disappointed by their global consumers. "Two

Li Yifang also said that Nike has more than 3000 first-class and two level suppliers in the world, and most of them are distributed in textile producing countries such as China. Therefore, Greenpeace has great expectations for Nike's prospect of detoxifying the global textile industry.

Similarly, Lining has remained silent as a famous national brand.

"Greenpeace will always pay attention to this issue until all brands promise and practice. If Lining wants to become an international brand, he must seriously face and solve the problem of toxic and harmful substances in the process of production," Li Yifang said.

Greenpeace released an investigation report last month, "the poison of fashion - the global clothing brand's China water pollution survey".

The report pointed out that Adidas, Nike, Lining, Puma, YOUNGOR and other international and domestic well-known clothing brands in China's two suppliers of industrial waste water, containing endocrine disrupting endocrine system and affect the reproductive system of environmental hormones.

Greenpeace requires these brands to immediately commit themselves to eliminating toxic and harmful substances that they use in the supply chain.

After the release of the report, many consumers and volunteers joined Greenpeace's "detoxification" campaign, calling on the brand to make positive commitments and actions.

Through the network relay activities, more than 6000 micro-blog users have joined in the action. Meanwhile, consumers from all over the world have handed their signatures to the decision makers of Adidas and Lining, calling on them to make a commitment to eliminate all toxic and hazardous substances in the supply chain as soon as possible.