All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 158
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The Swedish outdoor and lifestyle brand Didriksons has completely eliminated...
The Swedish outdoor and lifestyle brand Didriksons has completely eliminated the use of fluorocarbons in all its products for its spring 2015 collection. According to an article published in Sportfack, Didriksons has been phasing out fluorocarbon base treatments for water repellency for years, and has now found a material that ...
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Berghaus has hired Elaine Gardiner as its corporate sustainability officer,...
Berghaus has hired Elaine Gardiner as its corporate sustainability officer, to increase the company's focus on CSR (corporate social responsibility) issues. The company already has a CSR strategy, and acts within the range of initiatives led in that area by Pentland Brands, its parent company. However, the position of corporate ...
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Lowa, the German based producer of outdoor shoes, has financed...
Lowa, the German based producer of outdoor shoes, has financed the building of a school in Nepal with an investment of €75,000. Matthias Wanner, sales manager at Lowa, handed the check over to the Nepalhilfe Beilngries association during a benefit performance of Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and Ralf Dujmovits, athletes sponsored by ...
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Primaloft says it has adopted the Responsible Down Standard, offering...
Primaloft says it has adopted the Responsible Down Standard, offering fully traceable goose and duck down as an option for all its recently introduced Performance Down Blend in its Gold, Silver and Black variations. The company also reports a doubling in the number of brand partners who have adopted its ...
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Point6, the maker of merino wool socks, has partnered with...
Point6, the maker of merino wool socks, has partnered with Soles4Souls, a global non-profit organization that collects donated footwear for people in need. Point6 will donate hundreds of pairs of new, performance merino wool socks to Soles4Souls that will be distributed to those in need around the world. Soles4Souls distributes ...
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Patagonia Works has agreed to invest $13 million to purchase...
Patagonia Works has agreed to invest $13 million to purchase and install more than 1,000 rooftop solar power systems in Hawaii, where most homeowners currently use electricity generated by coal and oil. Patagonia Works is the holding company created by Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard in May 2013 to invest in ...
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Sympatex Technologies is the title sponsor of “Trail of Change”...
Sympatex Technologies is the title sponsor of “Trail of Change” for the second consecutive year, a scientific expedition project led by geomorphologist Hannes Künkel to investigate climate change in the Himalayas. This year, it will take place in Annapurna Himal, widely regarded as the wildest high mountain region in the ...
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Keen has been named a Gold-Level Bicycle Friendly Business by...
Keen has been named a Gold-Level Bicycle Friendly Business by the League of American Bicyclists. With this award, Keen joins a group of more than 800 local businesses, Fortune 500 companies and government agencies across the U.S. that are helping make the American workplace more sustainable. Keen encourages bicycling as ...
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PrAna has been working over the last three years through...
PrAna has been working over the last three years through the Poly Program to cut back on the number of plastic bags it uses in packaging and has now announced that it has cut 31,000 pounds of plastic so far. The core of prAna's Poly Program is to deliver products ...
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George Fisher, the well-known British outdoor store based at Keswick,...
George Fisher, the well-known British outdoor store based at Keswick, in the heart of the English Lake District, is the first U.K. retailer to have joined the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca). Holmenkol, Teko and Spring PR, a British PR agency, also joined Eoca during the past summer. The Russian ...
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Prana has announced plans to expand its Fair Trade Certified...
Prana has announced plans to expand its Fair Trade Certified offerings to 45 pieces for spring 2015, from the nine pieces in autumn 2014. Prana has been the first major apparel company in North America to offer Fair Trade Certified styles in partnership with Fair Trade USA. Every October, the ...
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Keen footwear and its partner Respect The Mountains have announced...
Keen footwear and its partner Respect The Mountains have announced that this summers' eight events for the Envirotrek Clean Up Series yielded the campaigns' greatest ever returns with 5,120kg of rubbish being collected, almost double that collected during the 2013 campaign. The 2014 series, in its sixth year, visited six ...
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Horny Toad Activewear got the highest rating among outdoor and...
Horny Toad Activewear got the highest rating among outdoor and sport brands in the Outside Magazine's Best Places to Work list for 2014. Each year, Outside recognizes the top 100 companies in the U.S. that help their employees achieve the ideal balance between work and play. The Best Places to ...
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A total of 12 companies have joined the Conservation Alliance...
A total of 12 companies have joined the Conservation Alliance in the U.S. since last February. They are Bergans of Norway, Elevation Outdoors Magazine, Goal Zero, GU Energy Labs, Hoka One One, Outdoor Specialty Group, Outpac Designs, Peter McBride Production, Prism Kite, RootsRated, Unicorn Recreation Products and Wildland Trekking Company.
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Houdini Sportswear will open an eco-sustainable store in Gothenburg in...
Houdini Sportswear will open an eco-sustainable store in Gothenburg in September. The Swedish company claims it will be Sweden's greenest store. This will be made possible through the collaboration with Vasakronan, a major real estate firm managing 192 properties in the country with a total area of around 2,600,000 square ...
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Deckers Outdoor said the company's corporate headquarters has achieved Leed...
Deckers Outdoor said the company's corporate headquarters has achieved Leed (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Leed certification is awarded for buildings that are energy efficient and environmentally sustainable in design and operation. For its new 190,000-square-foot headquarters, Deckers earned credits ...
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Patagonia has published its Environmental & Social Initiatives 2014 book,...
Patagonia has published its Environmental & Social Initiatives 2014 book, which reveals the company donated $6.6 million to environmental groups worldwide during fiscal year 2014. Patagonia employees decide which organizations receive funds generated from 1 percent of the company's sales and 770 environmental groups in 16 countries benefited over the ...
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The North Face is making a commitment to use only...
The North Face is making a commitment to use only polyester made from recycled fibers by 2016. Its Denali jacket is already a step in that direction for TNF, whose apparel is 80 percent made with polyester. As part of its sustainability drive, TNF is expanding its clothing take-back program ...
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The Salford Biospheric Project has been named one of the...
The Salford Biospheric Project has been named one of the five “Green Champions” of the Green Apple Built Environment Awards 2014, ahead of some 100 other nominees. The initiative is backed by Craghoppers, the U.K. brand of outdoor apparel, which supports the Salford team with equipment. The Salford project is ...
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The European Conservation Association (EOCA) has named Maruba Sports Publishers,...
The European Conservation Association (EOCA) has named Maruba Sports Publishers, Klean Kanteen and Roc Noir as this year's “EOCA Conservation Champions,” for the action that they have taken to support nature conservation through the association. Maruba is the Dutch-based publisher of Sport Partner. Kleen Kanteen has raised €2,300 for EOCA ...
