The Greenpeace report — Slaughtering the Amazon — that reveals how supply chains for a number of footwear companies intersect with the deforestation in the Amazon Biome  has left a lasting impact on a few companies .

Slaughtering the Amazon

It was Nike first that issued an order to its suppliers that it will not use the leather coming from the cattle raised in Amazon Biome. Nike ordered its suppliers to create a leather tracking system by July1,2010. Following in the footsteps of Nike, it is Timberland that has vowed to clean up its leather supply chain ensuring that it will not contribute to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in any manner.

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