{"id":2009072,"date":"2013-03-18T19:21:30","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T18:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/2013\/03\/18\/greenpeace-challenges-chanel-to-zero-deforestation-and-zero-toxicity-fashion\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T09:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T08:48:10","slug":"greenpeace-challenges-chanel-to-zero-deforestation-and-zero-toxicity-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/2013\/03\/18\/greenpeace-challenges-chanel-to-zero-deforestation-and-zero-toxicity-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace challenges Chanel to zero deforestation and zero toxicity fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Action at Fashion Week: Greenpeace challenges Chanel to zero deforestation and zero toxicity fashion<\/p>\n<p>As part of its challenge to fashion, Greenpeace challenged Chanel just before the legendary brand&#8217;s show at the Grand Palais in Paris. Along one of the monument&#8217;s columns, Greenpeace activists unfurled a large banner reading &#8220;Chanel, de-pollute fashion!&#8221;, while other activists unfurled banners reading &#8220;Zero deforestation&#8221;, &#8220;Clean up fashion!&#8221; or &#8220;Chanel Toxic?&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>Chanel is not transparent about its environmental policy in terms of toxic chemical use, leather or paper sourcing. It is currently one of the worst-rated haute couture brands in Greenpeace&#8217;s &#8220;Fashion Duel&#8221; campaign. <\/p>\n<p>Chanel is a legendary brand, avant-garde even in its origins, but for the time being it is burying its head in the sand and refusing to commit itself,&#8221; explains J\u00e9r\u00f4me Frignet, Forest Campaigner for Greenpeace France. Given its status, its worldwide reputation as a trendsetter, it should adopt the most fashionable attitude with environmentally-friendly supply and manufacturing chains that don&#8217;t pollute water or destroy tropical forests.&#8221;<br \/>\n <iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pbJP_1VW70g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fashion Duel: haute couture scrutinized by Greenpeace<br \/>\nOn February 7, Greenpeace launched the &#8220;Fashion Duel&#8221; ranking of haute couture, which can be viewed at <a href=\"http:\/\/fr.thefashionduel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/fr.thefashionduel.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This ranking assesses 15 major brands on three aspects of their supply and manufacturing chains: leather, packaging paper and the use of toxic chemicals. Brands were asked and ranked according to their transparency and willingness to make credible commitments to &#8220;detox&#8221; fashion whose raw materials do not contribute to deforestation. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s unacceptable that brands as prestigious as Prada, Chanel or Herm\u00e8s, for example, with such high margins on every item sold, don&#8217;t already have environmentally-friendly production lines, guaranteed Zero Deforestation or Zero Toxicity,&#8221; concludes J\u00e9r\u00f4me Frignet.  <\/p>\n<p>So far, only Valentino has made a firm commitment to zero deforestation and zero toxicity. Seven other brands have made partial commitments, such as Vuitton and Dior. The seven lowest-ranked brands, including Chanel, Herm\u00e8s and Prada, stand out for their total lack of transparency and commitment to improving their environmental practices.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Action at Fashion Week: Greenpeace challenges Chanel to zero deforestation and zero toxicity fashion As part of its challenge to fashion, Greenpeace challenged Chanel just before the legendary brand&#8217;s show&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52709],"tags":[30692,61886],"class_list":["post-2009072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thefashion","tag-chanel-en","tag-greenpeace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}