The problem was the leather supply chain wasnРІР‚в„ўt able to even understand the why of this new requirement. a new manager show up in the brands team: Compliance and Sustainability Manager.an avalanche of information required daily.discussion with brands on chemical management of supply chain: test this, test thatРІР‚В¦an increase of chemical test required.documents that brands kindly required to comply with become a mandatory signed commitment (Restricted Substance Limit or RSL).My daily was between one hand into the leather material, the other hand on the phone and email, email emailРІР‚В¦.blackberry addicted of course! My business at that time was in the leather supply chain, I was supporting the procurement teams of european footwear brands that were sourcing their shoes in far east to cover the lack between tanneries and factories relations. The ProblemР”Р„fter November 2012 I started to connect several parts of the puzzle.

The Detox campaign changed completely the way I approached business, I didnРІР‚в„ўt realize in the beginning but my actions started to move in a direction that today seems crystal clear and obvious but at that time it was completely unknown to me. Many other brands get involved in this campaign and РІР‚СљsignedРІР‚Сњ public commitments: N ike, A dida s, Puma and many others. Zara brand clothing products are featured in the Greenpeace report entitled РІР‚СљToxic Threads РІР‚вЂњ The Big Fashion Stitch-UpРІР‚Сњ detailing how big brands are forcing consumers to buy clothes that contain hazardous chemicals and that contribute toward toxic water pollution both when they are made, and when they are washed. Three Greenpeace team members completely white dressed, on 22nd November 2012 enter into a Zara shop in Hong Kong, move to the window keeping a banner saying РІР‚СљInvisible fashion victimРІР‚Сњ and change my life. Three white paint people in the shop window IРІР‚в„ўm in front of Zara shop and boom, my attention links immediately to the news I saw in the morning, and that was the shop, that was the place. РІР‚В¦.in the mall the atmosphere is electric, families, business men, a lot of people all around, РІР‚В¦ IРІР‚в„ўm alone, the friends that I usually fly with decided to stay one more week fighting with the collection, so I prefer to eat something easier and walk around. I usually book a table at Isola Bar Grill, a terrace table that lets us enjoy the Kowloon skyline, so cool, but tonight I didnРІР‚в„ўt. I love Hong Kong in November: 20 CР’В° during the day, deep navy sky since late afternoon and the white clouds so close that hide the tallest buildings. The van just dropped me at Central in Hong hong Island, I want to have dinner here before taking a taxi to the airport. The last 5 days in Dongguan were very intense: shoes, leathers, customers, factories and the jet lag hasnРІР‚в„ўt yet given me a chance. IРІР‚в„ўm on my way back home, itРІР‚в„ўs late November 2012, the Mayan prophecy says that the world is going to finish this year, if we pass though the next month we should be safe.

Mayan prophecy team