Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Big groups back global eco-label scheme

Some of the world's biggest clothing and footwear manufacturers and retailers are working on a scheme to allow shirts, trousers and shoes sold globally to be labelled with tags depicting to what degree the items‚ production and usage would impact the environment.

The scheme amounts to one of the most ambitious efforts to create a set of standards for different types of manufactured products that would measure the effect on the environment of the steps involved in the production of an item of clothing.


Read more at the Financial times..

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