All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 150
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Patagonia is one of the winners of a U.N. Champions...
Patagonia is one of the winners of a U.N. Champions of the Earth award. The outdoor clothing company has been recognized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with the flagship environmental honor in the entrepreneurial vision category. Patagonia won for its “dynamic mix of policies that has put sustainability ...
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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 ...
