A new investigation shows that leather used by Coach, Gucci, and
Balenciaga is linked to cattle raised on recently deforested Amazon land.

The brands can still shift to verified, deforestation-free suppliers - if
enough of us join this fight.

Add your name to urge them to drop Amazon-linked leather.

[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition 

   
John,

The Amazon is being chainsawed so Coach and other luxury brands can sell
handbags worth thousands of dollars.

A new investigation shows that Coach, Gucci, Balenciaga, and other luxury
labels source leather from suppliers linked to illegally deforested land
in Pará, where, ironically, world leaders are about to travel for a
massive climate conference.

Luxury brands like these are built on their public image: if we come
together, we can make them drop the dirty suppliers. A global movement can
push these companies in the right direction:

[ [link removed] ]Tell Coach, Gucci, and other luxury brands to stop profiting from
Amazon destruction.

The numbers are staggering. Pará alone has lost 18.6 million hectares of
forest - an area twice the size of Portugal - mostly to cattle pasture.
Every hectare bulldozed pushes the Amazon closer to a point where it might
start drying out from within, turning into open, fire-prone grassland.

Meanwhile, luxury sales stay sky-high: Coach’s revenue surpassed the $5
billion mark.

If we let fashion giants keep hiding behind glossy campaigns while their
supply chains destroy the planet, we could lose another huge piece of the
Amazon in the next decade, taking with it a huge store of carbon and
accelerating global heating.

The planet is heating, the climate crisis is worsening, and we’re running
out of time. Act now:

[ [link removed] ]Tell Coach, Gucci, and other luxury brands to choose deforestation-free
leather now.



[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition 



Thanks for all that you do,
Vanessa and the team at Ekō


More information:

[ [link removed] ]What Europe’s designer handbags are costing the Amazon rainforest
Earthsight. 24 June, 2025
 
[ [link removed] ]Chanel, Gucci and Balenciaga: luxury brands use leather from illegal
deforestation in Amazon, study says
Brasil de Fato. 26 June, 2025
 
[ [link removed] ]Are designer handbags linked to illegal deforestation?
DW 28 June 2025

 

 

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