A watchdog group found that the scorecards use only averages of the environmental impact of types of textile, rather than giving the full environmental impact of the manufacture and sale of a particular finished piece of clothing, Just Style reported.
A watchdog group found that the scorecards only used average textile data instead of showing the real environmental impact of each finished product.
H&M has removed the scorecards in the wake of Quartz’s report. The scorecards were created based on the Higg Material Sustainability Index (MSI) by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC).
H&M removed the scorecards after Quartz exposed the issue.
some instances in which H&M’s scorecards allegedly gave information about the sustainability of a product that was completely opposite from the truth.
Some scorecards showed information that was the opposite of the truth
more than half of the scorecards portrayed products as being better for the environment than they actually were.
More than half of the scorecards gave misleading environmental ratings.