All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 134
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Evo uses vacation days to fund hourly pay
Evo, an American multi-channel retailer of outdoor gear and fashion apparel, has encouraged its executives to give up vacation days and transform them into hourly pay for workers on furlough because of the coronavirus pandemic. So far at least 37 of them have made the sacrifice, each donating eight to ...
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O’Neills produces medical scrubs with Polygiene antibacterial finish
After receiving an enquiry from the Northern Irish health trust where there was a severe shortage in the area, sportswear producer O’Neills this week started production of 55,000 scrubs treated with Polygiene biostatic stays fresh technology. The technology proved to be active against both bacteria and virus in studies by ...
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American insole manufacturer offers to 3D print medical equipment
Superfeet Worldwide, a sandal and insole manufacturer headquartered near Seattle, Washington, opened its design and manufacturing facility to help those in the American Northwest who need immediate access to 3D printers and/or production facilities to meet short-term medical needs. Superfeet is 100 percent owned by its employees and has global ...
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Mountain Hardwear wins OIA award
Mountain Hardwear, a subsidiary of Columbia Sportswear, has won an U.K. Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) Award in the clothing category, for its Ghost Shadow Hoody. The jacket is made with 100 percent postindustrial recycled fabric and semi-recycled trims, and is insulated with 100 percent and 70 percent post-consumer recycled PrimaLoft ...
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News briefsOberalp Group assumes crisis management
After our first news piece about Salewa’s commitment in the Covid-19 crisis, we now received an official company statement from the brand’s parent, Oberalp Group, with additional first-hand information. As reported earlier, the company has started to sew face masks and water-repellent protective coats. This takes place at Oberalp’s facilities ...
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Equip announces risk management action plan for retailers
Equip Outdoor Technologies, the owner of the outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine, has developed a risk management action plan to help its retail partners deal with the problems during and after the Covid-19 crisis. While the priority is clearly to protect the health and safety of everyone - retail ...
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Covid-19: Companies take action
While many countries around the world have imposed severe measures like stay at home or curfews to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, some sporting goods manufacturers are using the collapse in demand for common consumer goods to convert their production capacities to help in this crisis. According to the ...
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News briefsBluesign revises criteria
Bluesign has released revised criteria as part of its mission to help the fashion and textile industry reduce its environmental impact. Among its changes, the latest update brings increased consideration of definitions and terminology as well as the implementation of new sections, such as the criteria for fiber manufactures. This ...
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Dragon Eyewear launches Upcycled
Dragon Eyewear – one of Marchon’s 25 eyewear brands – is launching Upcycled, a collection of frames made from recycled plastic water bottles. It comprises three unisex sunglass frames and three unisex ophthalmic frames, each made of five “upcycled” bottles. According to Marchon Eyewear’s senior vice president of global brands, ...
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Tecnica activates a Covid-19 insurance policy
The Tecnica Group announced on March 20 that it has activated a “Covid-19 risk insurance policy” for all its collaborators to help them in the current difficult situation, in addition to implementing all the required safety protocols. The policy, which has been subscribed with the Generali insurance company, covers a ...
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News briefsBergzeit wants everybody to stay at home
Outdoor retailer Bergzeit from southern Germany has called on its customers to show solidarity and stay at home to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. “Of course, as enthusiastic mountaineers, it is difficult for us to keep our feet still and not be out in the mountains, in the ...
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Devold of Norway’s measures in times of Covid-19
The Norwegian wool clothing specialist Devold of Norway, with its European subsidiary in Buchenberg near Kempten in southern Germany and its Lithuanian factories, today commented on the measures it is taking in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Since the company is not dependent on deliveries from any other factories ...
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Ternua launches Latxa wool project (Video)
Ternua has launched the “Latxa Artile” (Latxa wool in Basque) project, an initiative to reuse the wool from Latxa sheep and promote circular economy. This wool, which is currently almost entirely handled as waste, will be reused as thermal insulation for high-quality outdoor jackets. The first item designed by Ternua ...
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Staying active at home with La Sportiva
La Sportiva has launched the campaign #sportividacasa (Italian for “active at home”), in response to the coronavirus situation that is forcing people to stay at home. The company will be sharing videos of its ambassadors under taking physical activity at home via its Facebook and Instagram channels, in order to ...
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News briefsVoluntary product recall: Vaude Cushion Frog
Vaude announces the voluntary product recall of the Cushion Frog (Cushion Frog art.no. 11861, sold with the Shuttle Premium art.no. 11778). The company determined that products sold between February 2015 and March 2020 contain a material that has elevated levels of pollutants (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, PAH). The threshold value according ...
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ArticleHeiQ and Polygiene help defeat coronavirus
HeiQ draws attention to the fact that its Viroblock NPJ03, an antiviral and antimicrobial textile treatment, has been tested effective against coronavirus in face-mask testing, reducing virus infectivity by more than 99.99 percent. The treatment could therefore prevent textiles from becoming a host surface for the propagation of harmful viruses ...
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Columbia closes North American and European stores
In addition to the closure of its brick-and-mortar stores in North America through Friday, March 27 (see our article here), Columbia Sportswear has now also closed, until further notice, all European retail stores owned and operated by the brand. Beyond the closures, Columbia has taken further steps to implement the ...
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Canada Goose CEO foregoes his pay
Besides closing all Canada Goose stores in North America and Europe until at least March 31 and the production facilities in Canada for at least two weeks, the company’s chief executive, Dani Reiss said that he will forego his salary for at least the next three months. The company will ...
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Vibram suspends production in Italy, resumes it in China
Vibram has decided to temporarily suspend production at its factory in Albizzate near Milan, Italy, for at least one week to allow all employees to stay safely at home. The Vibram stores in Milan, Boston and Montebelluna (Northern Italy) are also closed. In Asia, production and the headquarters in Guangzhou ...
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Oros supports Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund
Oros Apparel, an outdoor brand from Portland, Oregon, is committing $5,000 to support the Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization in the fight to develop a vaccine to combat Covid-19. The founders of the brand, Michael Markesbery and Rithvik Venna, announced that they will donate an additional ...
