About report from Greenpeace and PFCs in H&M’s products
As part of the Greenpeace Detox Campaign, a Product Testing Report from Greenpeace was released, January 14, 2014. The report includes test results of a product from H&M which contains a Perfluorinated Compound (PFC). The levels of PFC that Greenpeace claim to have found in the tested H&M garment were not restricted by H&M at the time of production, nor do they violate any EU restrictions levels. In addition, we have asked an external laboratory to test the exact same product and they have found far lower levels of the substance.
H&M has a ban on PFCs since January 1, 2013. This means that all orders placed from January 1, 2013 or later are produced without PFCs. The tests that we have made on our products since then also verifies that products produced later than January 2013 are produced without PFCs.
H&M´s engagement in chemical management is recognised by Greenpeace, and we do not recognize ourselves in the report. H&M was the first fashion company to phase out PFCs and we had the most aggressive plan for PFC phase out in the industry. Instead of PFCs H&M uses an alternative that fulfils our demands regarding health and environmental requirements.