Greenwashing and the costs of murky Chinese supply chains.

Time to take China and their supply chain out of the equation.

A recent Which investigation into bamboo toilet rolls showed greenwashing at its absolute worst. After rigorous testing, multiple bamboo brands have been shown to have very low levels of bamboo in reality -some as little as 2.7%, despite marketing them as 100% bamboo. Some of these suppliers have blamed this on their supply chain in China.

“Loodunnit” Which? analysis:

  • Bumboo 2.7%

  • Naked Sprout 4%

  • Bazoo 26%

Freda also considered sourcing in China but has major concerns about the supply chain and lack of transparency, let alone the distance that products have to travel and the associated environmental implications of this. Sourcing our pads from Sweden and our tampons from Spain cost more but a principle isn’t a principle until it costs money.

 

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