Press Releases

EJF launches latest designer campaign t-shirt

03 July 2008
Top male model David Gandy and designer Katharine Hamnett have combined their star power to back the EJF's “Save the Sea: Defending Oceans” campaign against 'Pirate Fishing'.

The true cost of luxury Egyptian cotton

09 June 2008
They work 10-hour shifts in 40C heat for 20 pence a day. Their job? Picking the cotton that makes the world's finest bed linen. The Observer Magazine reports on the scandal of Egypt's child labourers with comments from EJF's director Juliette Williams.

MEPs vote overwhelmingly in favour of a pirate fishing regulation

05 June 2008
EJF applauds the European Parliament, which has voted to adopt a non-binding report on the proposal for a regulation establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Ban Endosulfan and Save Lives

28 April 2008
Every year thousands of agricultural workers and small farmers are killed by pesticides; millions more are made ill. EJF is joining IUF and PAN Europe to target endosulfan.

Supermodels Support Cotton Campaign

13 February 2008
More than 20 top models have now been photographed in EJF’s ‘Pick Your Cotton Carefully’ campaign t-shirts - check out the latest photos here.

Ending mixed signals

7 February 2008
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to review its advice on eating fish in light of the growing evidence that global fish stocks are in peril.

Spinning a line

7 February 2008
EJF Director Steve Trent talks to Ethical Corporation about why the trail of cotton from Uzbekistan needs to be clearer.

Debenhams ban Uzbek cotton

1 February 2008
Another retailer makes a stand against forced child labour and environmental abuses in cotton production.

M&S say "no" to Uzbek cotton

1 February 2008
Retail giant Marks and Spencer announce plans to ban Uzbek cotton from all their clothing.

Tesco to ban Uzbek cotton in response to child labour abuses

15 January 2008
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) applaud Tesco’s breakthrough decision following ongoing discussions with the campaigning group to place a ban on all cotton sourced from Uzbekistan for its clothing range, homeware and corporate purchases.

Caramel designs children's campaign t-shirt for EJF

14 January 2008
EJF set to launch an exclusive new children's campaign t-shirt designed by Caramel Baby and Child, at Bubble London this month.

New Report - "The Children behind Our Cotton"

5 December 2007
A report outlining the extensive use of child labour in global cotton production.

New Film - "It's All A Lie"

27 November 2007
New short film showing what really happens to local communities and the environment when shrimp farms move in ... and move out.

EJF calls for urgent action on Pirate Fishing by European Union

1 November 2007
The Environmental Justice Foundation has called for immediate action by the EU to combat Pirate Fishing.

EXPOSED: Child Labour and the High Street

31 october 2007
BBC Newsnight programme reveals direct links from High Street brands to cotton in Uzbekistan.

Leading designers join campaign for clean cotton

26 September 2007
Luella Bartley, Christian Lacroix and Betty Jackson have designed exclusive t-shirts for the Environmental Justice Foundation's (EJF) "PICK YOUR COTTON CAREFULLY" campaign to help end abuses linked to global cotton production such as child labour.

The Deadly Chemicals in Cotton

15 August 2007
The Deadly Chemicals in Cotton - new report exposes the human health and environmental cost of pesticide use in global cotton production.

Pirate Fish on Your Plate

1 August 2007
EJF's new report exposes the link between consumers in the UK and illegal or ‘pirate’ fishing vessels operating off West Africa that are decimating fish stocks and robbing some of the poorest people on the planet.

KT Tunstall 'Save the Future' at Live Earth

7 July 2007
Wearing EJF's campaign t-shirt singer songwriter KT Tunstall urges the crowd to Save the Future at Live Earth New York.

Pirates and Plunder: why swordfish is off the menu this summer

15 June 2007
The tourist's taste for swordfish is wiping out the swordfish species and damaging the marine environment, reveals EJF's new report.

NEW FILM - Flags of Convenience

12 June 2007
Instead of the skull and crossbones, today's pirates fly Flags of Convenience. EJF Campaigner Duncan Copeland explains why they must be banned...

White Gold wins film award 2007

16 April 2007
EJF's White Gold: The True Cost of Cotton has won the category for Environmental Activism & Social Justice at the 9th Annual Earth Vision International Environmental Film Festival, Santa Cruz California April 2007.

NEW FILM - Stop Trawling: When Fishing Turns Deadly

19 March 2007
EJF has been giving video and campaign training to the Indonesian NGO JALA.

Giant Shrimp Farming Project Threatens Brazil's Precious Marine Biodiversity

28 April 2006
Bahia's State Environment Council is today deliberating on whether to issue an environmental licence permitting what would be the biggest shrimp farm development in Brazil. Recognised as being of immense environmental importance, much of the area in question should be protected as a Permanent Preservation Area, as recognised in Brazilian law. Yet, if a licence for development is given, 800 hectares (equivalent to 800 football pitches) of precious coastal habitat will be deforested. The most biologically diverse coral reefs in the entire southern Atlantic Ocean would also be put at risk.

Spain commits to action on stolen fish from West Africa, destined for European plates

18 April 2006
Spanish officials today agreed that they would declare that a 200-tonne cargo of fish stolen from West Africa is illegal, when they receive official confirmation from Guinea - following six days of Greenpeace occupation and several hours of diplomatic negotiations

Mangrove loss left Asia vulnerable when tsunami struck

23 February 2006
A new report released today by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) reveals that the conversion of mangrove habitat into shrimp farms, tourist resorts, agricultural and urban land over the past decades, as well as destruction of coral reefs, contributed significantly to the catastrophic loss of human lives and settlements during the 2004 tsunami.

The true cost of cotton

8 December 2001
A report released today, White Gold - The True Cost of Cotton reveals the extent of environmental damage and human rights abuses caused by the cotton industry of Central Asia, mainly to supply European demand. The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) is calling on governments, retailers, buyers and consumers to refuse to buy cotton sold by Uzbekistan produced by forced labour at devastating environmental cost.

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