Chemical Detox: The protest that cleaned up China’s rivers

Germany based content creator Luke Jaque-Rodney interviews Klaas Nuttbohm, Implementation Director at ZDHC, an organisation that aims to reduce the fashion industry’s chemical footprint. They discuss how and why making fashion needs chemicals, and what they're doing to lead garment manufacturers towards better alternatives.

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PUMA has ten target areas, each with goals, that PUMA is striving to reach by 2025. This episode focuses on the target area of Chemicals.

Chemicals are a crucial component in the fashion industry – found in the dyes used to colour the fabrics, chemicals used in recycling processes such as RE:FIBRE, or chemicals that add functionality - such as waterproofing – to a garment or shoe. Have you ever stain-guarded your shoes? Well, that’s chemicals. And the industry needs to use better ones.

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