Acid attacks very often occur in regions and locations where businesses deploy corrosive substances within their operations. To reflect the link between acid-intensive industries and corrosive violence, ASTI’s new campaign highlights the textile sector, which uses an estimated 43 million tonnes of chemicals each year.

A new campaign by ASTI urges the business sector, specifically the fashion industry, to take action and help prevent the risk of acid attacks. The campaign uses compelling imagery of a fashion shoot with damaged clothing, representing the devastation of an acid attack. ASTI urges the textiles industry to take action and help prevent the risk of attacks.

ASTI estimates there are at least 10,000 acid attacks around the world each year. This is a very conservative estimate, as many countries do not maintain official records of attacks and many attacks go unreported for fear of reprisal.

We call on businesses to ensure stricter control of dangerous corrosives across their value chain.
ASTI is grateful to law firms A&O Shearman and Boekx Advocaten for their legal support on this campaign.