All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 173
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VF Corp., the owner of Timberland, The North Face and...
VF Corp., the owner of Timberland, The North Face and other brands, has released its first-ever formal policy to minimize impact on forests. VF's Forest Derived Materials Policy, which was released on Feb. 27, sets guidelines for the group's purchasing preferences and its use of sustainable forest materials and products. ...
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Helly Hansen has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. It will...
Helly Hansen has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. It will thus use the Higg Index to measure environmental responsibility across its supply chain. More than 180 brands, retailers, manufactureers and other organizations are already members of the SAC.
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Nike and Patagonia have been honored at the World Economic...
Nike and Patagonia have been honored at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland for their efforts in reducing waste in their products and operations. The two companies were the joint winners of the Accenture Strategy Award for Circular Economy Multinational. The award is one of the seven given out ...
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The North Face (TNF), a division of VF Outdoor, has...
The North Face (TNF), a division of VF Outdoor, has joined the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance (GOA) in the U.S. as a vendor partner. GOA advocates for specialty, independent retail within the outdoor industry. Its retail members include more than 100 independent specialty outdoor retailers across North America. Its vendor partners are ...
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Patagonia is expanding its garment repair and recycling program, Worn...
Patagonia is expanding its garment repair and recycling program, Worn Wear, by adding an online platform for the resale of the products. This means that old garments brought in by consumers to the program may be repaired and resold on Patagonia's website – while the consumers who delivered the old ...
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Vaude, which has its own repair service, too, is the...
Vaude, which has its own repair service, too, is the first European outdoor brand to cooperate with iFixit to to tell customers how to repair its products through videos on its own website. This year, te German company was nominated twice by a jury of experts among the five best ...
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PrimaLoft's Gold Insulation Eco, which features 55 percent post-consumer recycled...
PrimaLoft's Gold Insulation Eco, which features 55 percent post-consumer recycled content, will soon be available industry-wide. The technology, which was launched in July last year at the OutDoor Show in Friedrichshafen, had initially been made available in Patagonia's Nano Puff line only. Starting with the autumn 2017 season, it will become ...
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VF Corp. has announced it is committed to achieving gender...
VF Corp. has announced it is committed to achieving gender parity across its corporate leadership structure by 2030. In order to pursue this goal, the company will be working in partnership with Paradigm for Parity, a coalition of business leaders dedicated to addressing the leadership gender gap in corporate America. ...
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Sympatex Technologies has announced it will introduce a Sympatex membrane...
Sympatex Technologies has announced it will introduce a Sympatex membrane in a climate-neutral way for the first time. The material basis of the membrane is the Sympatex copolymer, a compound of polyester and polyether molecules. During the production process, the company and its partner DSM have managed to reduce the ...
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Odlo is the first Swiss brand to have joined the...
Odlo is the first Swiss brand to have joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, which already has some 170 members among manufacturers, brands, retailers and various organizations. It will thus contribute data and resources to support the Higg index.
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Oeko-Tex has published new regulations for various programs. The certification...
Oeko-Tex has published new regulations for various programs. The certification body, which has recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, has revised its Sustainable Textile Production (STP) certification standard. A new chapter has been added to the “Hazardous Processes That Should Be Avoided,” which includes the use of potentially hazardous surfactants, sodium ...
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Thermore says that its Ecodown range is now completely certified...
Thermore says that its Ecodown range is now completely certified by Bluesign. Its down fiber is the only one in the market that is completely made from recycled plastic bottles. A down jacket made with Ecodown saves ten bottles from landfills. At Outdoor Retailer this month and at Ispo Munich ...
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Vaude is partnering with iFixit, an international online platform, to...
Vaude is partnering with iFixit, an international online platform, to make repair manuals available to its customers. The move is part of Vaude's sustainability efforts to maximize the lifecycle of its products. With the help of the new platform, customers can directly perform simple repairs on Vaude products and order ...
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Patagonia has announced it will donate 100 percent of Black...
Patagonia has announced it will donate 100 percent of Black Friday sales from its website and global stores to charity organizations, and specifically to grassroots environmental groups. Donations are estimated to raise more than $2 million, according to reports in Fortune. The outdoor company explained in a blog post that ...
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Patagonia decided to closes all stores in the U.S. on...
Patagonia decided to closes all stores in the U.S. on Election Day, Nov. 8, in order to encourage employees, customers and citizens to go out and vote. The California-based outdoor company has urged citizens to vote since 2004. In September, Patagonia kicked off the Vote Our Planet campaign, focused on ...
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Allied Feather & Down says it has hit the milestone...
Allied Feather & Down says it has hit the milestone of 100 percent third-party certification for its global down supply chain for all its partners. The milestone has been reached ahead of the 2017 goal. More than 75 percent of its down was already certified through the Responsible Down Standard ...
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Oeko-Tex has announced it will be featuring a new tagline...
Oeko-Tex has announced it will be featuring a new tagline “Confidence in Textiles” in every product logo. This has been timed to coincide with the associations' 25th anniversary next year. Oeko-Tex is an international body of independent research and testing institutes focused on improving product safety and sustainable production in ...
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Five brands and retailers are the first participants in the...
Five brands and retailers are the first participants in the European Clothing Action Plan (Ecap), the Europe-wide sustainable clothing plan, which was launched in May 2016, funded by EU Life. The first participants in the Plan include Bobo Choses, OVS, Peak Performance, Primark, and Star Sock. Ecap aims to develop ...
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Norrøna and Kathmandu are the latest outdoor brands to have...
Norrøna and Kathmandu are the latest outdoor brands to have won approval as Bluesign system partners
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VF Corp. has reported that it managed to reduce its...
VF Corp. has reported that it managed to reduce its carbon emissions by 12 percent between 2011 and 2015, well beyond the 5 percent target the company had set itself. More than half of the total reduction was made possible by the increased use of clean energy, renewable energy credits, ...
