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Footwear maker makes contamination pledge

13/09/2011
A prominent Argentinean footwear designer, Ricky Sarkany, has said he will support a Greenpeace campaign to end contamination in the River Riachuelo in Buenos Aires by ordering leather only from tanneries in the region that can guarantee zero contamination.

For a number of weeks, Greepeace has been openly critical of tanneries in the Buenos Aires region that it claims are responsible for contamination of the river (see leatherbiz August 22, 2011). During Buenos Aires Fashion Week at the start of August, it set up an alternative catwalk to denounce two fashion companies, apparel brand Prüne and footwear specialist Grimoldi, for their use of leather produced along the banks of the Riachuelo.

At the start of September, Ricky Sarkany took part in a promotional Greenpeace event and signed up to a commitment to impose the ‘zero contamination’ demand on his suppliers.

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