In a recent development, 20 companies from Italy’s Prato fashion district pledged their commitment to Greenpeace’s fashion Detox. The district is home to some of Italy’s oldest textile manufacturers and is Italy's most extensive fashion supply chain, exporting 2.5 billion Euros of clothing annually to retailers such as Burberry, Valentine, Armani and Gucci.

This agreement of companies within the Prato district will affect 13,000 tons of yarn and 13 million meters of fabric each year. These companies have already removed several hazardous chemical groups from its production as required by the Detox campaign. These include brominated and chlorinated flame retardants, organotins compounds, and amines associated with azo dyes that can have negative effects on human reproductive systems and cause cancer.

To eliminate the use of all hazardous chemicals from their global supply chain by 2020, Greenpeace Detox campaign demands that fashion brands avoid the use of all hazardous chemicals. Among the companies joining Detox are Miroglio and Inditex as well as major international brands such as Valentino, Adidas, H&M, and Burberry.