Environmental Justice Foundation

Environmental Justice Foundation

The Environmental Justice Foundation is a UK charity whose focus is to campaign for better human rights and environmental issues. They are particularly known for their work in organic cotton and have worked with Tesco and Marks and Spencer to help these supermarkets stop sourcing cotton from Uzbekistan where their track record for human rights and pollution is particularly poor.

External links

* [http://www.ejfoundation.org Environmental Justice Foundation official website]


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