Exclusive interview: Kirsten Brodde, senior campaigner, Greenpeace Detox

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Greenpeace Detox senior campaigner Kirsten Brodde reflects on how the global environmental NGO first took on apparel retailers and brands with its landmark Detox campaign and admits Greenpeace has seen more recent success by taking a more collaborative approach with the industry. Perhaps surprisingly, Brodde notes the meaning of ‘zero’ discharge of hazardous chemicals is “still subject to a lively debate.”

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Greenpeace Detox senior campaigner Kirsten Brodde reflects on how the global environmental NGO first took on apparel retailers and brands with its landmark Detox campaign and admits Greenpeace has seen more recent success by taking a more collaborative approach with the industry. Perhaps surprisingly, Brodde notes the meaning of ‘zero’ discharge of hazardous chemicals is “still subject to a lively debate.”

To read the full interview and to see all 46 exclusive interviews with retail and brand CEO’s, board executives, textile mill owners and leading environmental stakeholders, you can reserve your copy by subscribing to Ecotextile News HERE. And because it’s our 10th Anniversary this year, we are offering new subscribers a 10 per cent discount using the code ETN102017.

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