Editing Greenpeace (section)

==Toxic waste==
In July 2011, Greenpeace released its Dirty Laundry report accusing some of the world's top fashion and [[sportswear (activewear)|sportswear]] brands of releasing [[toxic waste]] into China's rivers.<ref>Greenpeace.[http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/reports/Dirty-Laundry/ Dirty Laundry: Unravelling the corporate connections to toxic water pollution in China] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716041726/http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/reports/Dirty-Laundry/ |date=16 July 2011 }}.</ref> The report profiles the problem of [[water pollution]] resulting from the release of toxic chemicals associated with the country's [[textile industry]]. Investigations focused on [[Industrial wastewater treatment|industrial wastewater]] discharges from two facilities in China; one belonging to the [[Youngor Group]] located on the [[Yangtze River Delta]] and the other to Well Dyeing Factory Ltd. located on a tributary of the [[Pearl River Delta]]. Scientific analysis of samples from both facilities revealed the presence of hazardous and persistent [[hormone disruptor]] chemicals, including [[alkylphenol]]s, [[perfluorinated compound]]s and [[perfluorooctane sulfonate]].
  
The report goes on to assert that the Youngor Group and Well Dyeing Factory Ltd. - the two companies behind the facilities - have commercial relationships with a range of major clothing brands, including [[Abercrombie & Fitch]], [[Adidas]], [[Bauer Hockey]], [[Calvin Klein]], [[Converse (shoe company)|Converse]], [[Cortefiel]], [[H&M]], [[Lacoste]], [[Li Ning (company)|Li Ning]], [[Metersbonwe Group]], [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], [[Phillips-Van Heusen]] and [[Puma AG]].

In 2013, Greenpeace launched the "Detox Fashion" campaign, which signed up some fashion brands to stop the discharge of toxic chemicals into rivers as a result of the production of their clothes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/toxics/water/detox/|title=Detox|work=Greenpeace International|access-date=26 June 2013|archive-date=29 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629122618/http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/toxics/water/detox/|url-status=live}}</ref> Greenpeace's Detox Fashion campaign successfully led to commitments from several global brands to eliminate hazardous chemicals like nonylphenol ethoxylates from their supply chains. The campaign also brought attention to the broader issue of water pollution caused by textile production, urging industry-wide transparency and the adoption of zero-discharge policies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-12 |title=Fashion victims speak up: How the Detox campaign is changing giant company supply chains |url=https://mobilisationlab.org/stories/fashion-victims-speak-up-how-the-detox-campaign-is-changing-giant-company-supply-chains/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=MobLab |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 July 2011 |title=Dirty Laundry |url=https://www.greenpeace.org/international/publication/7168/dirty-laundry/ |access-date=10 December 2024 |website=Greenpeace International}}</ref>

===Guide to Greener Electronics===

In August 2006, Greenpeace released the first edition of Guide to Greener Electronics, a magazine where mobile and PC manufacturers were ranked for their green performance, mainly based on the use of toxic materials in their products and [[electronic waste|e-waste]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.greenpeace.org/international/Global/international/planet-2/report/2007/12/greener-electronics-guide.pdf|title = Guide to Greener Electronics|date = August 2006|access-date = 18 November 2015|publisher = Greenpeace|archive-date = 5 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305211204/http://www.greenpeace.org/international/Global/international/planet-2/report/2007/12/greener-electronics-guide.pdf|url-status = live}}</ref> In November 2011, the criteria were updated, as the industry had progressed since 2006, with the objective to get companies to set goals for greenhouse gas reduction, the use of renewable power up to 100 percent, producing long-lasting products free of hazardous substances and increasing sustainable practices. To ensure the transparency of the ranking the companies are assessed based only on their public information. For proving companies' policies and practices, Greenpeace uses chemical testing of products, reports from industry observers, media reports and testing of consumer programs to check if they match with their actions. Since the Guide was released in 2006, along with other similar campaigns has driven numerous improvements, when companies ranked eliminate toxic chemicals from their products and improve their recycling schemes. The last published edition of Guide to Greener Electronics was in 2017. The 2017 version included 17 major IT companies and ranked them on three criteria: energy use, [[resource consumption]] and chemical elimination.<ref name=GreenpeaceElectronics2017>{{Cite web |url=http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/reports/greener-electronics-2017/ |title=Guide to Greener Electronics 2017 |publisher=Greenpeace USA |year=2017 |access-date=27 October 2017 |archive-date=27 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027231435/http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/reports/greener-electronics-2017/ |url-status=live }}</ref>