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Report Links H&M, Zara To Environmental Destruction In Brazil

Aerial image showing the destruction of native vegetation in the Cerrado savanna in Sao Desiderio, Brazil (Credit: AFP)

Fast fashion giants H&M and Zara have used cotton from farms linked to massive deforestation, land-grabbing, corruption and violence in Brazil, a report by the environmental group Earthsight said Thursday.

Based on satellite images, court rulings, shipment records and an undercover investigation, the report, titled "Fashion Crimes," found the companies sourced "tainted cotton" farmed in the fragile Cerrado savanna by two of Brazil's biggest agribusiness firms, SLC Agricola and the Horita Group.

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