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Article

24 Aug 2011

Author:
Greenpeace East Asia

Hong Kong: Bringing banners into boardrooms

...Hong Kong activists gatecrashed the board meeting of Chinese sportswear giant Li Ning pretty fired up…yellow banner read…"Li Ning, Go Toxic Free…The company must agree to the phase out of all toxic chemicial in production, as Nike and Puma have recently committed to doing. Mr. Chong did commit to ongoing direct discussions with Greenpeace. We're not quite there yet, but it's a step in the right direction…"Greenpeace welcomes Li Ning’s statement as the first Chinese brand to take up the detox challenge," said Greenpeace Toxics Campaigner Li Yifang. "However, we still need more concrete details from Li Ning about how it will back up its promise to become more environmentally friendly..." [also refers to adidas]