All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 122
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Picture opens three new stores in France
Picture Organic Clothing, the French brand of sustainable outdoor clothing, opened three new franchised stores in France earlier this month. The stores are located in Saint-Etienne (east-central France), Montpellier (southern France) and La Rochelle (southwestern France). In an interview with Sport-Guide.com, Florian Delobre, Picture’s retail manager, explained that the brand ...
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A new U.K. alliance for sustainable transport
Nine groups have joined forces in the U.K. to launch the Sustainable Transport Alliance, a new partnership that will work to promote sustainable mobility. The Sustainable Transport Alliance has been established by: Bus Users UK; the Campaign for Better Transport; Collaborative Mobility UK (CoMoUK); the Community Rail Network; the Community ...
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ArticleFESI welcomes new EU Work Plan for sport in light of post-pandemic recovery
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) has welcomed the publication of the EU Work Plan for Sport, which is meant to guide EU cooperation on sport policy for the years 2021 to 2024, and announced that, together with its members, it looks forward to working with the ...
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ArticleRapala to launch new sustainability strategy
Rapala VMC Corporation, a Finnish manufacturer of fishing lures, equipment and tools, has unveiled a new strategy aimed at one of the first fishing tackle companies to act upon a set of seriously ambitious environmental objectives. This includes actions already implemented over recent years as well as a series of ...
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ArticleÅre Skidfabrik invests for the future
As previously reported, the Swedish ski manufacturer Åre Skidfabrik recently expanded its facilities near the ski resort of Åre. It has now been revealed that the expansion was part of the company’s largest single investment in its 40-year history. In addition to the 50 percent larger production area, this also ...
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The North Face rejects Christmas gift order from Texas oil and gas firm
The North Face (TNF) allegedly refused to take an order for about 400 jackets from Innovex Downhole Solutions, an oilfield services group based in Houston, Texas. According to reports by WTVM, Innovex intended to offer North Face jackets, customized with the Innovex logo, to its employees as Christmas gifts, but ...
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Amplid goes CO2-neutral
German snowboard brand Amplid, currently best known for its lightweight splitboards for backcountry access, has signed an agreement with the Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation to calculate its current CO2 emissions. Through this cooperation, the snowboard brand supports the foundation in planting trees on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, which bind CO2. The ...
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Tearfil chooses DuPont Sorona for performance staple yarns
Tearfil, the Portuguese specialist in textile yarns, will use Sorona fibers to develop sustainable and high-performing staple yarns for the apparel industry. Sorona is made up of 37 percent renewable plant-based ingredients. Compared with Nylon 6, Sorona uses 30 percent less energy, and releases 63 percent less greenhouse gas, according ...
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ArticleArc’teryx aims for Fair Trade certification
With a goal of having 80 percent of its products certified by Fair Trade USA by 2025, Arc’teryx has announced plans to convert three production facilities in Vietnam to Fair Trade CertifiedTM in the coming year. The move comes as part of the company’s response to the global garment workers’ ...
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The North Face “NSE Expedition” capsule celebrates climbing and sustainability
The North Face has released the NSE Expedition capsule collection, which commemorates Sally McCoy’s attempt to become the first American woman to climb Mount Everest in 1987. During that attempt, extreme weather conditions unfortunately halted the effort. The NSE Expedition capsule comprises a short assortment of warm outerwear that are ...
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News briefsOutdoor Master launches sustainable ski goggles with bamboo-made straps
Outdoor Master has launched a limited-edition series of ski goggles, in partnership with Stevie Gee and Simon Beck, which the California-based company claims are the world’s first sustainable ski goggles. The lenses in the new eco-friendly, artist collaboration goggles are made of sustainable materials extracted from cotton, which makes the ...
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Urwahn introduces its “Fairframe” label
Urwahn has launched its new Fairframe label, which is meant to “sensitize the bicycle industry and also society for the use of fairly produced and traded bicycles,” the company explained. The steel frames of Urwahn bicycles are produced entirely in Germany. Furthermore, its frame production relies on 100 percent recyclable ...
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EU to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030
The 27 members of the European Union agreed on Dec. 11, after a night of negotiations, to reduce by at least 55 percent their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, increasing the target from a previous objective of 40 percent. “Europe will reduce emissions by at least ...
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VF signs the UN Global Compact
VF Corp. is now a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and has endorsed the Women’s Empowerment Principles. The UNGC’s ten principles boil down to the upholding of “internationally proclaimed human rights,” freedom of association and collective bargaining for labor, the rejection of forced, compulsory and child labor, ...
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Continental’s dandelion bike tires win German Sustainability Award
Continental is an award-winner of the 2021 German Sustainability Awards for its Urban Taraxagum bicycle tire, made from dandelion rubber. The product, which won in the Responsible Design category, was selected among 54 finalists for its contribution to the development of an alternative and sustainable supply of raw materials. The ...
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ArticleVaude joins The Climate Pledge
Thirteen new companies have joined The Climate Pledge, co-founded by Amazon and Global Optimism, a U.K.-based purpose driven enterprise focused on social and environmental change, to meet the Paris Agreement’s goals 10 years early, making a total of thirty-one companies who have joined the commitment. One of the new signatories ...
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ArticleGermany’s BSI calls for European supply chain regulations
(SGI Europe) Responding to a petition made by Greenpeace and other associations and individuals in July, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has initiated a debate over proposed legislation that would oblige companies with 500 or more employees to comply with human rights standards in their global supply chain. Among other things, ...
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ArticleEOCA surpasses “Plastic Free” target
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA), the initiative from the European outdoor industry with the objective of protecting wild areas, has smashed its two-year target to clear 3,000 km of habitat, trail and beach of plastic waste and pollution, clearing a total of 4,183 km. As an organization raising money ...
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Pyua opens pop-up store in Munich and extends Sharing is Caring campaign
The sustainable outdoor and snowsports clothing brand Pyua, owned by Spin Capital, a Munich-based investment company, has opened a pop-up store in downtown Munich together with other brands from different business areas, including DIY products, upcycling, handcrafted interiors, art and fashion, under the motto “STOP - for Sustainability & Art.” ...
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VF named one of the “Top 75 Companies for Executive Women”
Working Mother Media (WMM), a U.S. strategic professional services firm that partners with companies to develop inclusive talent strategies, has named VF Corp. one of the “2020+ Top Companies for Executive Women.” This list is considered the most definitive list of top jobs for women seeking to move up the ...
