All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 143
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Osprey Europe has announced a partnership with a U.K.-based conservation...
Osprey Europe has announced a partnership with a U.K.-based conservation group, Birds of Pool Harbour (BOPH), to help raise awareness of the need to preserve ospreys from extinction. The osprey is a bird that was becoming an endangered species in California when Mike Pfotenhauer founded Osprey Packs. He gave the ...
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The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has announced the spinout of...
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has announced the spinout of a company that will develop the technology that delivers the Higg Index. The new Higg Co., headquartered in San Francisco, will be led by Jason Kibbey, the former SAC chief executive. The tech venture will provide the industry with trusted ...
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Somos Numa has announced a project that will see the...
Somos Numa has announced a project that will see the Brazilian company sell shoes to help street dogs. The Brazilian athletic shoe brand said that it intends to donate the money from the sale of 160 pairs of its recycled cotton, recycled PET and recovered rubber tennis shoes to Patas ...
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Arc'teryx, a brand of Amer Sports, is partnering with Leave...
Arc'teryx, a brand of Amer Sports, is partnering with Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, an organization based in Boulder, Colorado, that helps protect the outdoors by teaching people to enjoy it responsibly. The partnership is carried on via Arc'teryx' “In My Backyard” grant program, which supports projects that ...
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Indorama has launched Deja, a new brand of 100 percent...
Indorama has launched Deja, a new brand of 100 percent recycled PET which comes in the form of pellet, fiber and filament
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Jack Wolfskin has teamed up with the National Trust in...
Jack Wolfskin has teamed up with the National Trust in the U.K. for the launch of an exclusive eco-friendly range of outdoor clothing for men and women. The collection comprises t-shirts, fleece tops, jackets and trousers. The pieces in the range are PFC-free and are made using alternative treatments for ...
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Ternua is including technical running pants made from fishing nets...
Ternua is including technical running pants made from fishing nets in its spring/summer 2019 collection. The Neon Capri model is made with Econyl yarn from the recycling of fishing nets collected through the Redcycle project. Through this project, 12 tons of fishing nets abandoned on the Basque coasts in 2016 ...
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Ternua and Mater Museoa have presented to the European Outdoor...
Ternua and Mater Museoa have presented to the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) a conservation project to help protect the coast of Jaizkibel and Ulia, near San Sebastián, in Spain's Basque Country. Marine litter affects the ecosystems in the area, leading to risks for humans and wildlife. The project will ...
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Ternua is launching a capsule collection of eco-dyed garments, based...
Ternua is launching a capsule collection of eco-dyed garments, based on its Nutcycle project, which the Spanish firm presented last year. The Nutcycle project reuses agricultural waste and applies it to garments as a natural dye, avoiding the use of artificial dyes. Besides natural dyes, the new capsule collection uses ...
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The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) has announced the three...
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) has announced the three projects that received the most votes in their respective categories at a recent public vote – the first of its two annual public online votes to help it choose which conservation projects to support. The three projects that obtained the ...
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Patagonia has launched Artifishal, a docu-film about the fight for...
Patagonia has launched Artifishal, a docu-film about the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them. The 80-minute film explores the threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and the wild salmon's slide toward extinction. Artifishal will be showing in Patagonia stores in the ...
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Hohenstein now offers wastewater testing, following its recent recognition by...
Hohenstein now offers wastewater testing, following its recent recognition by the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Program as a partnering wastewater testing laboratory. The ZDHC has the goal of significantly reducing or completely banning the use of harmful chemicals in the production process of textiles, leather and shoes. Hohenstein ...
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Solvay and Lenzing have joined forces on the development of...
Solvay and Lenzing have joined forces on the development of a new sustainable fabric that combines two of their products: Amni Soul Eco biodegradable polyamide and Tencel-branded lyocell, respectively. The new fabric features Tencel on the back and Amni Soul Eco on the front. The Tencel side of the fabric ...
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Lafuma has launched the Outdoor Sentinels, a new community of...
Lafuma has launched the Outdoor Sentinels, a new community of outdoor enthusiasts to help in the preservation of the environment. The mission of the Outdoor Sentinels will be to share their outdoor experiences on social networks in order to inspire conservation action, with a special focus on garbage collection. Applications ...
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Buff, the Spanish brand of woolen headwear, sleeves, gloves and...
Buff, the Spanish brand of woolen headwear, sleeves, gloves and other warming accessories, has implemented a sustainability plan. The Protect More program, which itself exists within an umbrella program called Do More Now, aims to reduce the environmental effects of all the brand's production. Most of the R&D department's efforts ...
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VF Corp. has been recognized for the third consecutive year...
VF Corp. has been recognized for the third consecutive year as one of the world's most “ethical” companies by the Ethisphere Institute
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Icebug claims to have become the first climate-positive outdoor shoe...
Icebug claims to have become the first climate-positive outdoor shoe company. After the summer of 2018, Icebug, which specializes in making shoes with a good grip, made the promise to be climate-positive by 2020. Since then, the issue has been a high priority for the company, which managed to achieve ...
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The Open Apparel Registry (OAR) has been officially launched. The...
The Open Apparel Registry (OAR) has been officially launched. The tool is an open source global map and database of apparel factories worldwide, which assigns a unique ID number to each facility. The official launch follows a beta release last year and a series of improvements, based on consultation with ...
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On the 25th of every month, Bergans of Norway will...
On the 25th of every month, Bergans of Norway will cut the prices of its circular-economy services by 25 percent. The goal is to attract even more people to repair, rent or buy used products. The first price cut took place on Monday, March 25, and the offer will be ...
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At this year's Ispo Munich show, Light my Fire of Sweden,...
At this year's Ispo Munich show, Light my Fire of Sweden, which specializes in utensils for outdoor meals, launched a new product line based on bio-plastics, made from sugar cane and wood fibers. Also for Munich, the company published the “Little School of Plastic,” a brochure on plastic, biomass in plastic and ...
