That organic cotton t-shirt may not be as organic as you think

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Relate to 2021 P2 AQ on fashion's impact on the environment...

This product contains independently certified organic cotton grown without chemical pesticides, chemical fertilisers and genetically modified seeds

With the fashion industry trumpeting its sustainability commitments, those labels are both a means of value signalling and a lure to consumers willing to pay more to act better.

At the heart of the problem is an opaque certification system rife with opportunities for fraud...the credibility of these inspection agencies has been destroyed

estimates that between one half and four-fifths of what is being sold as organic cotton from India is not genuine. And almost the entire supply chain is implicated in what he calls a game of "smoke and mirrors"