Greenpeace activists dressed as mannequins perform street theater to demonstrate water pollution created by the fashion industry, in front of Zara store inside a shopping mall in the heart of Bangkok. Today, over 700 activists in over 80 cities around the world are making their voice heard through such activities to demanding that the world’s largest fashion retailer, Zara, to eliminate all hazardous chemical from its clothing and supply chains.
Follows to the recent Greenpeace International’s investigatory report, “Toxic Threads – The Big Fashion Stitch-Up” exposed the links between textile manufacturing facilities using hazardous chemicals and the presence of chemicals in final products. Investigations found hazardous chemicals in clothing from 20 leading fashion brands, while fashion retailer Zara is alone in the study for having clothes that can give rise to both chemicals that are hormone-disrupting or cancer causing.