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Zara and H&M rely on tainted Brazilian cotton: report
An investigation by EarthSight, a British non-profit organization that investigates environmental crimes, claims that Zara and H&M — two of Europe’s most prominent fashion brands — use cotton linked to land grabbing, illegal deforestation, violence, human rights violations, and corruption in Brazil.
State of play. The cotton in question is produced by two major Brazilian commodities companies, SLC Agrícola and Grupo Horita, the latter located in the Cerrado biome in the western part of Bahia...