All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 121
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News briefsBerghaus launches major tree planting commitment
Berghaus has committed to planting two million trees each year through The Good Wood Project. The newly launched initiative is part of the company’s overall goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030, in a sustainable and multi-faceted effort to reduce and offset the environmental impact of its business activities. The ...
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News briefsKeen launches bonus program for social commitment
Keen has launched the “Keen Corps” program, a bonus program for voluntary work, donations to non-profit organizations and purchases. With the loyalty program, the company aims to reward those who give back to the community. Registered customers can earn points in exchange for access to exclusive products and events. Individual ...
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News briefsTrek Group presents 2021 sustainability report
Trek Group has unveiled its plan to combat the global climate crisis. The Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report 2021 summarizes the goals the U.S. bicycle company (Bontrager, Diamant, Electra, Trek brands) has set to reduce its global footprint and environmental impact. According to Trek Group, a bicycle manufacturer is committed ...
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News briefsVF and Redress announce winner of 2021 sustainable design competition
VF Corp. continued its three-year partnership with environmental organization Redress by announcing the winner of the 2021 Redress Design Award, the world’s largest sustainable fashion design competition. Ten finalists from the U.S., U.K., Germany, India and Greater China participated in virtual events held Sept. 1-11. The event included educational challenges ...
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News briefsSri Lanka’s JAAF proactively steps up protective measures for workers
Since the initial Covid-19 outbreak in 2020, the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) and member companies continue to closely monitor the risk of spread at their factories and facilities in Sri Lanka. JAAF reports that of Sept. 9, over 90 percent of the workers at the factories have been vaccinated ...
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News briefsAclima works with Norwegian non-profit to find new sustainable solutions for textiles
REV Ocean, a non-profit company founded in 2017 and funded by Norwegian businessman Kjell Inge Røkke to restore the ocean to health, and Norwegian wool apparel specialist Aclima have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop new sustainable solutions for the textile industry. REV Ocean is focused on creating positive ...
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ArticleJAAF strongly refutes claims made by CCC, calls them “blatantly wrong and unfair”
The Joint Apparel Associations Forum (JAAF) has asked The Outdoor Industry Compass to make the following comment live as part of their Right of Reply in response to the article published on our website on Sept. 1. Colombo, September 8, 2021: In a sharply-worded reply to the Clean Clothes ...
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Doghammer’s Cork Collect project wins sustainability award
Doghammer, a start-up from southern Germany, has won the Sustainability Award from the German Institute for Service Quality (DISQ) in the “Supply Chain & Procurement” category with its “Cork Collect” project. The young company wants to create the smallest possible ecological footprint with its fairly produced outdoor shoes and ecological ...
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OpinionOpinion: Sustainability - Have we all got the wrong approach?
There is not a single outdoor brand I know that does not have a sustainability policy – if anything, the term sustainability has been used for such a wide range of applications even I end up confused as to what it really means. There are two common definitions: the ...
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News briefsHigg Index adds new analytics tool to identify risks and opportunities at a glance
After identifying a rising demand for environmental data from companies worldwide, the sustainability insights platform Higg (spun out of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition in 2019 as a public-benefit technology company) has introduced a new analytics tool to make it easier for brands and buyers to understand and act to improve ...
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ArticleDalbello teams up with Life Reskiboot to develop circular economy system
Italian ski boot manufacturer Dalbello, since 2015 part of the Marker Völkl group of companies (MDV), has been a partner of the Life Reskiboot project, co-funded by the European Commission, since September 2020 to target the problem of plastic waste management with a new paradigm applied to ski boot construction ...
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Article50 NGOs urge governments and companies to protect workers in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
In a joint statement to the government and employers’ organizations of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and apparel brands sourcing from those countries, over 50 organizations from around the world are urging to take immediate action to keep workers safe during the current new Covid-19 wave. In August, Bangladesh saw a ...
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Climate Action Summit by ClimatePartner hosted digitally and physically
During this year’s Climate Action Summit, scheduled on Nov. 24-25, Munich-based ClimatePartner plans to bring roughly 1,500 of its clients as well as company representatives and climate experts together to discuss upcoming challenges, opportunities for action and successes in the attempt to reach the Paris Climate agreement’s goals. The summit ...
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News briefsMaier Sports offers environmentally friendly impregnation and cleaning service
Outdoor apparel specialist Maier Sports is offering a professional and convenient impregnation and cleaning service for its clothing in cooperation with MeyerundKuhl, a specialist in sustainable and environmentally friendly cleaning and reimpregnation of functional textiles with a focus on outdoor and sports clothing. Founded in 2014, the company from Hardegsen ...
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News briefsSOLE launches climate accountability initiative and carbon-negative insoles
Canadian footwear company SOLE has launched CO2negative, an initiative in collaboration with ReCORK™ to promote and facilitate the accurate labeling of the climate impact of consumer products and the certification of CO2-negative products, and simultaneously announced its first CO2negative™-certified insoles, the Performance footbed collection. Made from ReCORK recycled cork, the ...
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ArticleStand.Earth gives fashion, outdoor and sports industries poor grades for sustainability
In its Fossil-Free Fashion Scorecard 2021, environmental advocacy organization Stand.Earth surveyed and ranked 47 outdoor, sports and fashion brands on their environmental actions in various areas. Stand.Earth sees the fashion industry in a business-as-usual reliance on fossil fuels to manufacture and ship its garments that is not consistent with a ...
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News briefsNike and Newlight explore the use of carbon negative material
Nike and California-based Newlight Technologies have announced a partnership to utilize AirCarbon, an energy-storing material, as part of Nike’s plans to accelerate carbon emissions reductions within its supply chain and manufacturing. According to Nike’s most recent press release, materials account for 70 percent of the brand’s carbon footprint. To produce ...
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Velocio partners with Renewal Workshop
After partnering with Apidura in the UK and other affiliates in Europe and Canada for product repairs, Velocio, a U.S. cycling apparel manufacturer based in New Hampshire, has now announced its partnership with The Renewal Workshop to offer revived items and a source for customers to renew used Velocio apparel ...
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News briefsBig Agnes receives RDS brand certification
After purchasing certified down for all of its sleeping bags and apparel for years and an intensive audit including a physical visit of the brand’s facilities and products in its Salt Lake City distribution center, U.S. outdoor equipment brand Big Agnes announced that it has officially received its Responsible Down ...
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News briefsBergans and WWF call for protection of the seasons
Bergans of Norway and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) presented the outcome of their “Save The Seasons” petition to the Norwegian minister of climate and environment, Sveinung Rotevatn. The petition, signed by 10,554 people and 35 companies, calls for permanent protection of the seasons in the form of real climate ...
