Label coming from two producers, SLC Agrícola and Groupo Horita, which are under investigation by both federal and state agencies in Brazil for land grabbing and deforestation. Both groups have been hit with a number of fines for environmental infractions and illegal land clearing since 2008. Earthsight’s year-long investigation into the cotton supply chain showed that Brazilian cotton produced by SLC Agrícola and Groupo Horita worked its way to the fast-fashion companies via Asian suppliers.
'Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion' Director Eva Orner Talks Clothing Waste and Consumer Power The NGO examined satellite images, court rulings and shipping records to track 816,000 tons of directly exported cotton from the two growing firms to eight manufacturers that supplied H&M and. Among them were Indonesia’s PT Kahatex, Bangladesh’s Jamuna Group, and Pakistan’s Interloop. Earthsight then traced garments from those suppliers to the retailers’ sales floors in the U.S. and Europe.“We welcome Earthsight’s commitment on these issues and take these allegations extremely seriously. We are in close contact with the Better Cotton certification owner – who has begun a thorough investigation into the specific allegations,” H&M said in a statement. “We remain in close dialogue with BCI and other stakeholders to identify improvement needs for the standard and its verification and welcome the opportunity to continue a dialogue with Earthsight on the sam