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LATEST ARTICLES ( 712 )

• Long Term

  

  Anatomy print polo shirt by Golf Refugees. Part of our disclosure label campaign on what's inside your sports apparel; from carcinogens to hormone disruptor... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Best Looking Ball

  

  The best looking ball in golf?#spiralblackball #golfrefugees If not, please make your suggestion. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Inequality

  “It is surely not beyond the realms of human wit to come up with a better global fashion system, one in which textile workers would be valued, paid enough to... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Default

  . Consumers default position on sportswear (and other clothing) should be it is made in an exploitative manner using combinations of untested chemicals. Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Gluten Free

  

  A petition forced high street retailer Zara to withdraw a T-shirt with the slogan ‘Are you gluten free?’ after collecting more than 50,000 signatures. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Would You?

  Would you sign a Nike contract after reading the following? In Indonesia, Nike has 168,000 workers who are paid a paltry $212 a month. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• The Big c.

  Is it possible to design a ‘cancer free’ sports top? What do we mean by ‘cancer free’? A sport shirt that will keep you cool, dry and odour free when playing,... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Disclosure

  

  This may look like an ordinary polo shirt, but we believe it uses something of significance for the future of the fashion industry. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Eye Ball

  

  Been looking for the perfect golf ball to go with my Ping 'eye' irons. Eye ball by Golf Refugees; available in blue, brown and hazel. Don't tell Ping. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Transparency Rules

  We've come to the conclusion it’s pointless to use the terms sustainable, ethical and eco to describe our clothing. Why? One of the largest fashion brands H M... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Do You Really Want to Know?

  If you really want to know how your clothes are made and what chemicals are being used, then we ask you to support our petition for a 'clothing data label'. Wil... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Clothing Data Label

  

  Golf Refugees are proposing a ‘clothing data label’. (See picture – data supplied by Labour behind the label) It could form part of the existing clothing... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Can You Handle It?

  We need to stop using the following words to describe our clothing; sustainable, eco and ethical. I have used them myself and it is meaningless unless you can... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• To Dye for

  Just how lovely is that brightly coloured top you’re wearing? The average exhaustion rate is 80% for most textile dyes (20% of the dyestuff is expelled with... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Trust

  In Cambodia and China the minimum wage would need to be at least twice as high to cover the basic cost of living (Clean Clothes Campaign, 2014). In the Cambodia... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Which to Buy?

  Customer walks into a sports retailer and picks up a top which states the average pay and conditions of the textile workers in Cambodia and lists the number of... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• No Change

  The lo-down on PFC's A chemical that for decades was a key ingredient in making Teflon and hundreds of other products including as a water/stain repellent in ou... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• What Do You See?

  

  Athlete, talent, intelligence, beauty, health? What else do you see? Perhaps a world where one in two Americans will be diagnosed with cancer? How can that be? Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Last to Know

  DuPont faces 40 trials a year over cancer tied to water-repellent chemical known as PFC: C8 or PFOA. This single case proves beyond doubt that chemicals in... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2016 GOLF, SPORTS

• Roundup

  

  Glyphosate, the main ingredient in the Monsanto’s flagship product Roundup, is now the “most widely applied pesticide worldwide,” according to a report publishe... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2016 GOLF, SPORTS