All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 146
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In the interests of sustainable development, Chiruca, the Spanish outdoor...
In the interests of sustainable development, Chiruca, the Spanish outdoor footwear brand owned by Calzados Fal, has made some changes to the manufacturing and packaging of its boots. First, it has replaced its old alcohol-based treatment for water and oil repellence with a new water-based treatment that contains nanoparticles. These ...
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Vaude joined the Fridays For Future global climate strike on...
Vaude joined the Fridays For Future global climate strike on Sept. 20, with around 70 employees from the outdoor company taking to the streets in Friedrichshafen, Germany. To make their way to the demonstration, Vaude employees used e-cars, e-bikes and bicycles. Vaude's headquarters in Tettnang on Lake Constance has been ...
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Garmont is committed to the defense of the rhino through...
Garmont is committed to the defense of the rhino through a dedicated project, called Save the Rhino, in collaboration with the Global Conservation Corps (GCC). Few rhinos survive in the wild, and they are under constant threat from poachers. Representatives from Garmont and the GCC will be debating the issue ...
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Ternua, one of the founding members of the It's Great...
Ternua, one of the founding members of the It's Great Out There Coalition, organized an event last month where it arranged for a group of ten young people on the margins of the education system to participate in a three-day program of kayaking, canyoning, cycling, via ferrata and sleeping under ...
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Proviz Sports has announced that from summer 2019, all inner...
Proviz Sports has announced that from summer 2019, all inner linings of its jackets will be manufactured from Repreve, a recycled polyester made from recycled plastic bottles. Furthermore, the company is encouraging its customers to recycle products at the end of their life by posting them to Proviz in return ...
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Sympatex has received the “Best For The World Award 2019”...
Sympatex has received the “Best For The World Award 2019” for its wear2wear industrial partnership program for circular fashion, its climate-neutral textile membranes and its role in drafting and signing of the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. The German functional textiles specialist was certified last year as a ...
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Patagonia is launching a new European website on Sept. 25...
Patagonia is launching a new European website on Sept. 25 for its Patagonia Works program, which has already found numerous adepts in the U.S. The program will list a series of initiatives that customers can take in their own countries to do something for the environment, making donations or participating ...
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Sherpa Adventure Gear raised $89,812.25 for its children's education foundation...
Sherpa Adventure Gear raised $89,812.25 for its children's education foundation in Nepal last year. Sherpa sold over 350,000 products to support the ten students currently enrolled in the program across grades 4 to 9. The Sherpa Adventure Gear Foundation receives 25-cent donations on selected products sold by Sherpa to help ...
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The Microfibre Consortium (TMC), the non-profit organization addressing the need...
The Microfibre Consortium (TMC), the non-profit organization addressing the need for a better understanding of microfiber pollution, has welcomed three new members. The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC), Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) and Textile Exchange have signed up as research and TMC's affiliate members. Other strategic ...
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VF Corp. has once again held its “Purpose Days” program....
VF Corp. has once again held its “Purpose Days” program. During the week of Sept. 9, some 500 employees in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) have been volunteering their time for various activities to support their communities. Working with non-profit organizations, the American lifestyle company, which owns many ...
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Vollebak has launched the Plant and Algae T-shirt, made from...
Vollebak has launched the Plant and Algae T-shirt, made from fiber sourced from certified eucalyptus, beech and spruce forests, and featuring a green rectangular design on the front developed from algae
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Wolverine has announced that it will be donating the Labor...
Wolverine has announced that it will be donating the Labor Day proceeds from its new boot, the Iron Grey Journeyman, to the American College of the Building Arts (ACBA) in Charleston, South Carolina, to celebrate the launch of the shoe. The footwear and apparel company, based in Rockford, Michigan, will ...
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VF Corp. has announced that it will stop directly sourcing...
VF Corp. has announced that it will stop directly sourcing leather and hides from Brazil, mentioning concerns over the environmental impact made by cattle ranchers clearing land to raise cattle or source timber. This practice is believed to be causing the vast majority of the fires that are currently destroying ...
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Antje von Dewitz, the chief executive of Vaude, has been...
Antje von Dewitz, the chief executive of Vaude, has been elected as vice president of the German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU) for the next five years. The German executive, who has been quite vocal on many occasions about the need to save the environment, has been a member of the ...
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Mund Socks has joined the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca)....
Mund Socks has joined the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca). The Spanish company plans to launch soon various types of socks made with recycled synthetic fibers, “non-mulesed” natural wool, organic cotton and similar sustainable materials.
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Moncler has recently signed The Fashion Pact, launched in August...
Moncler has recently signed The Fashion Pact, launched in August of this year at the G7 in Biarritz. The Fashion Pact unites more than 30 companies in the fashion and textile sector behind their commitment to fight environmental change, protect the oceans and safeguard biodiversity.
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B Lab, a non-profit organization headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, has...
B Lab, a non-profit organization headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, has conferred “B Corp” certification – for transparency, sustainability and corporate responsibility – on Kathmandu. The company is purportedly one of the largest brands of outdoor apparel and gear to have met the criteria (Patagonia is another one) and the first ...
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Indorama Ventures, the global chemical producer based in Bangkok, will...
Indorama Ventures, the global chemical producer based in Bangkok, will be investing $1.5 billion in recycling. The company's main activity is the production of PET resin, used as raw material to make items such as plastic bottles, tires, fibers and filaments. As reported by just-style, the company is planning to ...
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Buff, the Catalan headwear company, has been certified by the...
Buff, the Catalan headwear company, has been certified by the Spanish association Forética as complying with SGE 21, the European standard for corporate social responsibility. To qualify, Buff underwent an audit by SGS, an international certification firm that operates on Forética's behalf and is present in about 120 countries. To ...
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The Lenzing Group's fibers have been certified for full biodegradability...
The Lenzing Group's fibers have been certified for full biodegradability in fresh water by Organic Waste Systems (OWS), the independent research laboratory. The new and existing international certifications conducted by OWS, and issued by TÜV Austria, verify that Lenzing Viscose fibers, Lenzing Modal fibers and Lenzing Lyocell fibers are biodegradable ...
