Cleaning up the cotton industry
The cotton industry is valued at $30 billion.Yet,the unsustainable & inequitable conditions of production continue. In Uzbekistan,children are taken from school to harvest the crop.They endure back breaking labour and minimum pay.The Aral Sea has seen drainage of 3/4 of its waters,one of the worst natural disasters which has affected communities.
Created 9 months ago by Maureen Murphy
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-To raise public awareness to press retailers to only sell "clean" cotton
-For an EU regulation on forced child labour
-For cotton products to show the country of origin of the cotton on the label
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Wal-Mart boycotts Uzbek cotton
Artilce in Financial Times, September 30 2008 by Jonathan Birchall in New York Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, said on Tuesday it was asking its suppliers to stop using cotton from Uzbekistan, joining a boycott by global brands over its use of forced child labour during the cotton harvest.It is the first time the retailer has taken such sweeping action over so...
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Created by caroline peat, Last updated 14 days ago,
Why We Need to Clean up Cotton
Over two-thirds of the world's cotton is grown in developing countries and the former Soviet Union. Valued at over $30 billion every year, global cotton production should be improving lives. But this ‘white gold' too often brings misery. Although some progress is being ma...
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Created by Maureen Murphy, Last updated 8 months ago,
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