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title: "H&M Sued Over Sustainability Claims"
date: 2022-08-10T00:00:00-04:00
author: "hilary@usesharepoint.com"
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# H&M Sued Over Sustainability Claims

 August 10, 2022 | 4 min

 

 

 

 

 

 

 [Kelley Drye Ad Law Access Podcast](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess "Kelley Drye Ad Law Access Podcast") · [H&M Sued Over Sustainability Claims](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess/h-m-sued-over-sustainability "H&M Sued Over Sustainability Claims")

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Sustainability continues to be a hot topic in the fashion industry, both in ads and in lawsuits related to those ads. Last month, a plaintiff filed a proposed class action against H&M arguing that the company makes various false claims about the sustainability of its products. The lawsuit seems to be prompted by a June 28, 2022 article published in Quartz with the results of an investigation which allegedly demonstrated that ​“H&M showed customers environmental scorecards for its clothing that were misleading and, in many cases, outright deceptive.”

 

 

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