In Brazil, Leather Used by Several Luxury Brands Contributes to Deforestation

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The British NGO Earthsight accuses several sewing houses, such as Coach, Chanel or Gucci, of buying the material from companies whose farms are linked to Amazonian deforestation.

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Prestigious fashion houses are working in collaboration with leather suppliers, some of whose illegal farms are contributing to the devastation of the Amazon. This is happening right next to Belém, Brazil, the upcoming venue for the COP30 climate summit. These are the revelations published on June 24 by the British investigative group Earthsight. The investigation draws not only on a wealth of court decisions, satellite images, and shipping logs…