Lacoste is a French apparel company founded in 1933 that is known for its green crocodile logo. It sells clothing, footwear, perfume, leather goods, watches, and eyewear. In 2011, Greenpeace accused Lacoste of working with Chinese suppliers that pollute rivers with hazardous chemicals. Samples from two factories revealed the presence of chemicals like alkylphenols and perfluorinated compounds.

3.  Lacoste is a French apperel company founded
in 1933 that sells high
end clothinng, footweat, perfume, leatther
goods,wathches, eyewear, and most
famously tennis shirts. In recent years, Lacoste
has introduced a home line of sheeting and
towels. The company can be recognized by its
green crocodile logo. Rene Lacoste, the
company's founder, was nicknamed "the
Crocodile" by fans because of his tenacity on
the court.

9.  In July 2011, Lacoste - along with other major fashion
and sportwear brands
including Nike, Adidas and Abercrombine & Fitch - was
the subject of a report by the environmental
group Greenpeace entitled 'Dirty Laundry'. Lacoste is
accused of working with suppliers in China who, according
the findings of the report, contribute to the pollution of
the Yangtze and Pearl Rivers. Samples taken from one
facility belonging to the Youngor Group located on
the Yangtze River Delta and another belonging to the Well
Dyeing Factory Ltd. located on a tributary of the Pearl River
Delta revealed the presence of hazardous and
persistent hormone disruptor
chemicals, including alkylphenols
, perfluorinatedcompounds and perfluorooctane sulfonate.

12. Rene Lacoste founded La Chemise Lacoste in
1933 with André Gillier, the owner and
president of the largest French knitwear
manufacturing firm at the time. They began to
produce the revolutionary tennis shirt Lacoste
had designed and worn on the tennis courts
with the crocodile logo embroidered on the
chest. Although the company claims this as the
first example of a brand name appearing on the
outside of an article of clothing, the "Jantzen
girl" logo appeared on the outside of Jantzen
Knitting Mills' swimsuits as early as 1921. In
addition to tennis shirts, Lacoste produced
shirts for golf and sailing