Convention on Plastic Pollution - Plastic Treaty Essential Elements: Financial Aspects (2022) Position Paper This part of the Plastic Treaty Essential Elements series explains why the financial aspects of a global agreement on plastic pollution should be addressed head-on as an essential element to achieve its objectives.
Winter is Coming: Plastic has to go (2022) Website A case for turning off the petrochemical industry’s plastic production tap to reduce European Union’s dependency on fossil fuels and Russia.
Pushing Back: A Guide for Frontline Communities Challenging Petrochemical Expansion Guide This guide is an informational resource for communities facing the threat of petrochemical production and expansion. It informs community leaders, organizers, and attorneys of the risks and impacts of petrochemical production and use, and ways to raise concerns about existing or proposed facilities.
Synthetics Anonymous: Fashion brands' addiction to fossil fuels (2021) Report The fashion industry and its prevailing fast-fashion business model rely heavily on the use of cheap synthetic fibres, which are produced from fossil fuels, such as oil and gas. This report investigates the behaviour of some of the biggest fashion brands and retailers regarding their use of synthetic fibres and transparency about doing so.
Plastics: The Last Straw For Big Oil? Report The energy sector is facing significant reduction demand for fossil fuel products as the world transitions to cleaner sources of electricity and fuel. This report explores a range of risks within the plastic and petrochemical sectors.
Toxic Tours Website Toxic Tours is a community-led storytelling and mapping experience on the impacts of plastic production on frontline communities.
Formosa Plastics Group: A Serial Offender of Environmental and Human Rights (2021) Case study Critically, this case study exemplifies the profound risks that the entire petrochemicals and plastics industry poses to human health, human rights, local ecosystems, and the global climate.
Synthetics Anonymous 2.0 (2022) Report This report uncovers the lack of progress that has been made by the fashion industry to kick its synthetics addiction. It assesses where global clothing companies stand in reducing reliance on synthetic fibres and their transparency on usage.
Dressed to Kill: Fashion brands' hidden links to Russian oil in a time of war (2022) Report This report exposes the hidden supply chain links between major global fashion brands and retailers and Russian oil used to make synthetic clothing.
The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change (2021) Report This report builds on already published analyses on emissions by the petrochemical industry worldwide and identifies previously uncounted sources.