Fossil Fuels

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.

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 is a community-led storytelling and mapping experience on the impacts of plastic production on frontline communities.

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.

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.

This report exposes the hidden supply chain links between major global fashion brands and retailers and Russian oil used to make synthetic clothing.

This report builds on already published analyses on emissions by the petrochemical industry worldwide and identifies previously uncounted sources.

This report (available in English, Chinese, Spanish and German) examines a largely hidden dimension of the plastic crisis: plastic’s contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.

Consumer goods companies like Coca-Cola are fueling Big Oil's plastic expansion and threatening our climate, communities and ecosystems globally.

A life-changing, Emmy-winning film depicting one of the world’s most pressing environmental issues. It reveals the ugly truth behind plastic pollution and the false solution of plastic recycling.