All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 182
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The North Face (TNF) has announced the expansion of its...
The North Face (TNF) has announced the expansion of its recycling program, Clothes the Loop, to all of its retail and outlet stores within the U.S. The brand started it as a pilot program at 10 of its retail locations nationwide in February 2013. In parallel, the brand is launching ...
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Patagonia has announced an investment in Beyond Surface Technologies (BST),...
Patagonia has announced an investment in Beyond Surface Technologies (BST), a chemical company that uses sustainable technologies, based on natural substances, to produce high-performance textile treatments. The investment, the details of which have not been disclosed, has been made by Patagonia through its $20 Million & Change venture fund, created ...
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Sympatex has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, providing data and...
Sympatex has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, providing data and resources to support its Higg Index. The coalition currently counts more than 150 brands, retailers, manufacturers, academic institutions and governmental and nonprofit organizations as members all over the world.
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Berghaus boasts that it has become the first British clothing...
Berghaus boasts that it has become the first British clothing brand to join the Bluesign system earlier this month, as part of a multi-faceted program to reduce the environmental impact of its activities and to eliminate harmful substances from the supply chain. Among its commitments, Berghaus wants to work with ...
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The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals Group (ZDHC) says in...
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals Group (ZDHC) says in its annual report that “tangible process” is being made in leading the textile industry to improved environmental responsibility. The group has conducted 25 pilot audits in eight countries, and some of its member brands have started to implement its Environmental ...
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Oekotex has launched a new product label, Made in Green,...
Oekotex has launched a new product label, Made in Green, to tell users that textiles are not only tested for harmful substances but also sustainably produced, in accordance with its guidelines. The label can be awarded to any type of textile product in the world at any stage of the ...
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Sherpa Adventure Gear has announced it is sponsoring the 2015...
Sherpa Adventure Gear has announced it is sponsoring the 2015 Restore Vision Expedition team, which will provide free eye care to villagers in the Upper Gorkha, a remote and impoverished region of Nepal, on May 1-10. The brand will supply functional outdoor clothing for the expedition's eye surgeons, technicians and ...
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Bergans of Norway is looking for 30 outdoor enthusiasts to...
Bergans of Norway is looking for 30 outdoor enthusiasts to test prototypes for the new Ecodear jackets, developed in partnership with Toray, the Japanese high-tech textile group. Applicants have to fill out a questionnaire on the Ispo Open Innovation platform. In the course of the project, testers will discuss product ...
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Chaco is partnering with American Rivers, a U.S.-based non-profit organization...
Chaco is partnering with American Rivers, a U.S.-based non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring national rivers, on a film project documenting conservation efforts in the Grand Canyon. The short film will make its debut at the 5 Point Film Festival in Carbondale, Colorado, at the end of April. In ...
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Vaude was among six companies nominated for the Boldness in...
Vaude was among six companies nominated for the Boldness in Business Award in the corporate responsibility/environment category. Antje von Dewitz, Vaude's chief executive, was in London for the awards ceremony last month. The prize was awarded by The Financial Times and Arcelor Mittal, the steel and mining company. The nominations were ...
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Patagonia has announced an investment in Beyond Surface Technologies (BST),...
Patagonia has announced an investment in Beyond Surface Technologies (BST), a chemical company that uses sustainable technologies, based on natural substances, to produce high-performance textile treatments. The investment, the details of which have not been disclosed, has been made by Patagonia through its $20 Million & Change venture fund, created ...
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Greenlight Planet, a company delivering innovative energy solutions to people...
Greenlight Planet, a company delivering innovative energy solutions to people with no access to electricity, is now entering the outdoor market by offering three versions of its Sun King lamps in the U.S. Greenlight Planet developed in 2005 from an idea by T. Patrick Walsh, a student of the University ...
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Patagonia wants to give its contribution to the completion of...
Patagonia wants to give its contribution to the completion of the Patagonia National Park, located in the Patagonian region, shared by Argentina and Chile. The outdoor brand has presented Mile for Mile, a 15-minute film celebrating the Patagonian landscape through the sport of trail running, in an effort to attract ...
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Prana, the yoga and outdoor apparel brand acquired last year...
Prana, the yoga and outdoor apparel brand acquired last year by Columbia Sportswear, obtained accreditation for its social compliance program with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) last month. It underlines Prana's commitment to promoting and complying with international labor standards through its supply chain, by using FLA's workplace code of conduct. ...
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Houdini is launching Houdini Travel, a tour operator for sustainable...
Houdini is launching Houdini Travel, a tour operator for sustainable travel, in cooperation with Pure Ski Touring and Carl Lundberg, a certified mountain guide. Houdini Travel will be starting with two ski trips to Tarfala and Abisko, in northern Sweden. Environmentally-friendly criteria are based on the choice of closer destinations ...
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Hydro Flask is donating $100,000 to three charities based in...
Hydro Flask is donating $100,000 to three charities based in Bend, Oregon: Neighbor Impact Head Start, Oregon Adaptive Sports, and Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA). Hydro Flask itself is based in Bend. The three non-profit organizations were chosen because of the positive contribution each makes within the Central Oregon community, ...
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Adidas ranks third among the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations...
Adidas ranks third among the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. Corporate Knights, a Toronto-based media and investment advisory company, announced its tenth-annual list of the world's most sustainable companies, also known as the Global 100, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21. The ...
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Acting through Amazon EU, which is its European organization, Amazon...
Acting through Amazon EU, which is its European organization, Amazon has become the first online retailer to join the European Outdoor Conservation Alliance (EOCA). The retail giant first approached EOCA last July.
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Haglöfs has won the Sustainability Brand of the Year award,...
Haglöfs has won the Sustainability Brand of the Year award, from the Swedish trade magazine Sportfack. It was presented at Swesport, the Swedish outdoor and sports trade show, which ran in Stockholm on Jan. 11-12. In 2013, Haglöfs defined an array of ambitious sustainability goals that would be achieved in ...
