International ready-made garments brand Together with retailers, including C&A, Carrefour, Esprit, H&M, Inditex and Levi Strauss, they voluntarily ban sandblasting processes in their global supply chain system, and urge other companies to join them.

At the beginning of June, brand The joint action was taken with retailers in a conference organized by the International Textile (Garment and Leather Workers Federation ITGLWF), representing workers in the global garment industry.

Sign voluntarily stop using sandblasting technology The bans have agreed to end the entire supply chain using sandblasting technology to produce products. The ban includes alumina, aluminosilicate, silicon carbide, copper slag and garnet used for abrasive spraying.