All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 116
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News briefsFinisterre donates more than £14,000
Finisterre’s alternative Black Friday promotion has raised £14,120 (€16,614-$18,717) for the Finisterre Foundation (CIC). The foundation, which campaigns for equal access to the sea for all and breaks down barriers for all to enjoy the water, donated £2.50 from every order placed over the Black Friday weekend. All funds go ...
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News briefsDeuter and manufacturer Vina Duke win sustainability award for global partnership
The fourth edition of the Global Business Partnerships Award (part of the German Sustainability Awards) went to German brand Deuter and its Vietnamese partner company Vina Duke. The jury honored the 30-year old corporate partnership between the two companies as outstanding in the industry. Based in Ho Chi Minh City, ...
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News briefsBergans’ Stranda V2 collection now even more sustainable
Source: Source: Hans Kristian Krogh-Hanssen Stranda V2 Insulated Anorak The second version (“V2”) of Bergans of Norway’s Stranda ski collection, which was first launched in fall 2018 and already designed with sustainability in mind, is now even more sustainable. The products are now designed to be ...
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ArticleLavalan introduces new insulation made from 100% European wool
The southern German wool specialist Lavalan, a brand of company Baur Vliesstoffe, presented its new wool insulation called Lavalan® pure made from 100 percent wool sourced in Europe at the (digital) Performance Days. Lavalan is a highly functional and natural alternative to synthetics and down. The properties of wool include ...
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News briefsYKK discloses progress on 2020 management strategies, sustainable growth and sustainability initiatives
YKK Corporation has published an integrated report entitled “This is YKK 2021.” The report contains both financial and non-financial information, including management and business activities based on YKK’s corporate philosophy of the “Cycle of Good,” as well as the company’s sustainability initiatives. In April 2021, YKK underwent a global restructuring ...
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News briefsPrana’s Responsible Packaging Movement well on track for success
PrAna, owned by Columbia Sportswear, reports that its Responsible Packaging Movement (RPM) has reached a significant milestone with the addition of more than 100 brands. The addition of partners such as Sephora, Sorel, Outdoor Research, Trek, Hoka and Burton demonstrates that the program is having an impact beyond the apparel ...
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ArticlePatagonia calls for moratorium on seabed mining
Together with Volkswagen Group, Triodos Bank and Scania, Patagonia joined growing calls for a moratorium on emerging deep-sea mining. Along with other major companies such as BMW Group, Volvo Group, Samsung SDI, Google and Philips, the companies pledge not to use minerals from the deep sea in their products. The ...
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News briefsJoin Performance Days Loop on Dec. 1-2
Following the Covid-related cancellation of the physical Performance Days in Munich, The Loop allows visitors to digitally view and explore all fabric innovations for the H/W 2023/24 season, the focus topic Sustainable Nylon and the new color trends in the digital space on Dec. 1-2. In the Marketplace, visitors can ...
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ArticleExperts discuss different textile recycling options at meeting hosted by The Lycra Company
In the second global panel discussion of a row hosted by The Lycra Company, 28 apparel industry experts have evaluated the pros and cons of mechanical recycling versus chemical recycling and what is needed to make garment recycling a commercial reality. Mechanical recycling can also use materials from outside the ...
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News briefsDeuter employees donate to flood victims
After the German backpack specialist Deuter called on its employees to make a voluntary donation to a social institution in the area of last summer’s disastrous floods in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, €3,000 have now been handed over to the Levana School, a special education facility with a focus ...
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News briefsFox wants to enable sustainable adventures for all with new global community program
U.S. suspension specialist Fox Factory has launched a community investment program called Trail Trust. Together with non-profit partners around the world, the new program aims to enable sustainable adventures for everyone by promoting conscientious use of nature and protecting shared outdoor playgrounds. It also means expanding opportunities in the outdoor ...
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News briefsFirst German helicopters equipped with Recco SAR detectors
In Bavaria, two helicopters were equipped with Recco SAR detectors this fall, making Germany the fourth country in the Alps after Austria, Switzerland and Italy to be fitted with the tracking system used for finding missing and injured people or those in need of help in the outdoors. The SAR ...
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News briefsSwedish Rudholm Group acquires German sustainable packaging specialist EBM
The Rudholm Group (RH), a Swedish-based supplier of garment accessories, packaging and logistical services for apparel producers, has taken over Euro Brand Management (EBM), a Munich-based company specializing in sustainable packaging and supply chain management solutions in all the segments of the footwear market. Founded in 1951 by the eponymous ...
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News briefsFirst alpine skis with Spinnova composite material
After establishing apparel and interior design applications, Helsinki-based sustainable material company Spinnova makes its debut in composites in partnership with Finnish ski manufacturer Pusu. In a special edition of the Abisko all-terrain and freeride ski, carbon and glass fibers are replaced by Spinnova as the reinforcement material. Delivery of the ...
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News briefsTeijin gets SBTi approval of new GHG reduction targets
According to mrcplast.com, Teijin Limited’s new targets for greenhouse gas emissions have been officially validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as science-based targets (SBT) that help limit global temperature rise to well below two degrees Celsius. The company says to be the first enterprise in the Japanese chemical ...
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OpinionBlack Friday – is this the guilty secret of fashion, but a wonderful opportunity for the outdoor Industry?
The origin of Black Friday was the clearing of dead stock so that the new product, which would reach premium price in the lead up to Christmas present, had room to be displayed. Every product line is meant to sell out, but nothing ever runs that perfectly. Some lines do ...
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News briefsSuper.natural to donate products in December
Super.natural wants to counteract the discount battle days of Black Friday, Black Week or Cyber Monday by launching its Better December campaign benefitting a non-profit association. For every €150 of sales in its online store, Super.natural donates a warming neckwarmer from its responsibly produced Merino collection, made from fabric scraps, ...
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News briefsDeuter donates 10 percent of Green Friday sales to CSR projects
Instead of encouraging people to consume more during the current Black Friday/Cyber Week shopping craze, German backpack specialist Deuter will donate 10 percent of the sales generated in the brand’s online store from Nov. 27-28, 2021. The money will go to the “Walk the Trail” project in Argentina, a biodiversity ...
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News briefsUnifi reaches key sustainability milestone ahead of actual schedule
Unifi reports that it has now converted more than 30 billion used plastic bottles into its Repreve recycled fiber, which the company says is processed by more than 1,000 brands worldwide in many industries and by outdoor brands like Kathmandu, Norden, Patagonia and Planks, among others. Unifi began setting recycling ...
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News briefsEquip Outdoor opens European service and repair center for Rab and Lowe Alpine products
With a newly opened European service and repair center in Leusden, Netherlands, Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd. takes another step towards its goal to reach net-zero by 2030. The new Equip service center is available to retailers and end-users in Western and Central Europe and will provide repair and wash services ...
