Carter's: End Toxic Textiles in your supply chain!
Ask Carter's to become a leader in cleaning up textile production and protecting workers and consumers.
No piece of clothing is worth harming our planet or someone’s health. We need to radically transform the way clothing is made and the way garment workers are treated.
We're starting with Carter’s which is a leader in selling children’s clothing, but a laggard in ending toxic textiles.
Children are more susceptible to the health impacts of harmful chemical exposure. When comparing exposure to body weight, children take in more water, food and air per pound than adults, so air pollution, tainted resources, and exposure to toxic chemicals can cause more problems for children than adults. And, some of the most commonly used dyes are known carcinogens.
Tell Carter’s to end toxic textiles!
You made Carter's improve. Now more consumer pressure is needed!
When we launched the Toxic Textiles campaign in 2019, Carter’s shared very little information about its sustainability efforts publicly. Since then Carter’s has taken a number of steps:
- launching an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) website,
- disclosing a restricted substances list (RSL),
- released a sustainability report.
This progress is thanks to the over 30,000 individuals who have called on Carter’s to step it up, but there is still a lot of room for improvement!
Campaign Goals:
Disclose Restricted Substances List (RSL)
Issue a sustainability report
Disclose a Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (MRSL)
Phase out highly hazardous chemicals
Campaign Progress:
- Carter's issues 1st sustainability report!
- Carter's releases a Restricted Substances List and ESG website!
- Decoding a corporate response
Over 8,000 chemicals are used in the textile manufacturing industry. Many have health risks for workers, the environment, and even consumers. See below for a quick primer of some of the priority chemicals of concern as identified by activists and scientists.
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Victory
Carter’s, the largest U.S. retailer of baby clothes, is taking an important first step towards limiting toxic chemicals in its supply chain, and it is doing so as a result of pressure from Green America and its members!
Carter’s actions include…
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We're asking Carter's to adopt a strong, public chemical management policy that will protect workers and consumers, starting by disclosing what chemicals are being used in its supply chain.
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