Düsseldorf, 26 February 2013. C&A Europe today announced numerous support measures following a fire at the garment factory of ‘Tazreen Fashion’ in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
C&A Mexico has announced to take a specific T-shirt off the market after laboratory tests, commissioned by the international non-governmental organization Greenpeace, had indicated an excessive amount of NPE (nonylphenol ethoxylates) in the respective garment.
C&A recognises the urgent need for eliminating industrial releases of hazardous chemicals. According to its approach based on prevention and the precautionary principle C&A is committed to zero discharge of hazardous chemicals associated with supply chains and the lifecycles of C&A’s products by 2020.
Düsseldorf / Brussels, 6 December 2012.Sustainable Business Development, returned from Bangladesh after investigation into the Tazreen fire.