All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 139
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Clean Kanteen has committed to reducing its company-wide carbon emissions...
Clean Kanteen has committed to reducing its company-wide carbon emissions by joining Climate Neutral's certification program. The independent certification program will verify that the producer of stainless-steel bottles has achieved net-zero carbon emissions with a combination of reductions and offsets. In mid-2020, the bottle maker may begin featuring the Climate ...
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Fjällräven is one of the latest brands to have signed...
Fjällräven is one of the latest brands to have signed the United Nations (UN) Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, an initiative under the auspices of U.N. Climate Change that brings fashion stakeholders toward the goals of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement. The Swedish outdoor brand said in a ...
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Blacks, the British outdoor retailer owned by JD Sports Fashion,...
Blacks, the British outdoor retailer owned by JD Sports Fashion, is offering a discount of 15 percent on all in-store purchases to customers who drop off clothing or footwear for donation to The British Heart Foundation. Donations collected at Blacks' stores will be distributed to the foundation's 750 stores in ...
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Archroma, the Swiss manufacturer of color and specialty chemicals, and...
Archroma, the Swiss manufacturer of color and specialty chemicals, and the Bluesign System are the latest to have committed to the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Foundation as contributors. The ZDHC Foundation oversees the implementation of the ZDHC Roadmap to Zero Programme, a collaboration of fashion brands, value chain ...
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The upcoming Sustainable Apparel Forum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will...
The upcoming Sustainable Apparel Forum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will run concurrently with the Bangladesh Denim Expo on Nov. 5, invites textile technology companies to showcase their sustainable solutions free of charge as a way to help speed the adoption of new environmental technologies in the country
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Pertex will be announcing its sustainability targets at the upcoming...
Pertex will be announcing its sustainability targets at the upcoming Performance Days trade show in Munich on Nov. 13-14, following the completion of its first Sustainability Report. Pertex' main sustainability objectives include reducing demand for virgin raw materials by replacing them wherever possible with materials from recycled waste streams, eliminating ...
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VF Corp., Marks & Spencer and Levi Strauss & Co....
VF Corp., Marks & Spencer and Levi Strauss & Co. have joined forces with Mastercard on a pilot project to pay garment workers digitally in Egypt and Cambodia. Participating factories will be able to deposit wages directly into the workers' accounts. Workers can then activate prepaid or debit cards, or ...
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Equip Outdoor Technologies, the group behind Lowe Alpine and Rab,...
Equip Outdoor Technologies, the group behind Lowe Alpine and Rab, has a new two-year partnership with a British outdoor educational charity, The Outward Bound Trust. The group and the charity will each help 24 young people to attend a five-day residential course in the Lake District National Park, combining learning ...
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The U.S.-based Conservation Alliance has welcomed ZyneGo, a new backpack...
The U.S.-based Conservation Alliance has welcomed ZyneGo, a new backpack solution launching via Indiegogo, as a new member
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Keen Footwear is collaborating with Sherpa Adventure Gear on the...
Keen Footwear is collaborating with Sherpa Adventure Gear on the Innate LTD project. For every pair of Innate x Sherpa Adventure Gear shoes sold, Keen will donate €15 to Room to Read, a charity focused on literacy and school gender equality in third-world countries. In this case, the funds will ...
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Craghoppers has added a “Best Social Impact” category to its...
Craghoppers has added a “Best Social Impact” category to its Craghoppers Film Prize, conferred annually in London at the Discover Film Awards on a short film that grapples with ethics, environmental protection or societal problems. The British outdoor apparel brand is also supporting the recent release of the Discover Film ...
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A team of researchers at Aalto University in Finland has...
A team of researchers at Aalto University in Finland has developed an eco-friendly wax coating to make garments water-resistant. The treatment is said to be non-toxic while offering the necessary breathability and natural feel, according to the researchers. The new natural wax is obtained using carnauba wax, which is found ...
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Lenzing's Refibra technology has hit the new milestone of 30...
Lenzing's Refibra technology has hit the new milestone of 30 percent recycled raw materials. Lenzing launched the Refibra brand in February 2017. Refibra is based on the group's Tencel fiber, with the addition of cotton scraps and wood. The technology involves upcycling a substantial proportion of cotton scraps – from ...
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This month, in keeping with its pledge in 2018 to...
This month, in keeping with its pledge in 2018 to phase out single-use, non-biodegradable plastics, Finisterre established a partnership with another British company, Aquapak, which manufactures water-soluble, recyclable, compostable and biodegradable polymers. Over the past 10 months, they have developed a dissolvable packaging that breaks down into non-toxic biomass in ...
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Patagonia has announced that 100 percent of its waterproof shells...
Patagonia has announced that 100 percent of its waterproof shells are now made with recycled materials and sewn in Fair Trade Certified factories. This covers all 61 styles and product categories, from technical alpine and snowsports shells to kids and lifestyle.
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The North Face (TNF) is launching an outerwear jacket that...
The North Face (TNF) is launching an outerwear jacket that utilizes microbially-produced protein materials, as opposed to petrochemical resources. The Moon Parka is made with Brewed Protein, the protein fibers manufactured using Spiber's proprietary fermentation (brewing) process. Spiber is a Japanese biotech start-up. The jacket is set for a limited ...
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Young Europeans are ready to pay more for products that...
Young Europeans are ready to pay more for products that are made in a sustainable manner. According to a survey by Spinnova, a Finnish bio-yarn producer, 61 percent of respondents among Europeans aged 18-30 said that they would pay more for a sustainable piece of clothing, while 41 percent would ...
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Moncler has for the first time entered the Dow Jones...
Moncler has for the first time entered the Dow Jones Sustainability Index as an industry leader in textiles, apparel and luxury goods. Adidas has been included in the index for the 20th time in a row, ranking best in brand management, information security, availability, environmental policy, social reporting, talent attraction ...
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Moncler has entered the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) World...
Moncler has entered the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) World and Europe for the first time and has been recognized as the Industry Leader in the “Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods” sector. The DJSI, created jointly by S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM in 1999, are a family of sustainability ...
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The Lycra Company is introducing the new Lycra EcoMade elastane,...
The Lycra Company is introducing the new Lycra EcoMade elastane, its first branded elastane made with recycled content. The new fiber will be officially launched at Intertextile Shanghai on Sept. 25–27. Furthermore, the company has announced that it plans to convert the majority of Coolmax and Thermolite fiber products to ...
