All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 183
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Bluesign has reminded bluesign-certified manufacturers and brands that they are...
Bluesign has reminded bluesign-certified manufacturers and brands that they are to have no long-chain C8 durable water repellents (DWR) in their products or supply chains as from Jan. 1. However, the Swiss certification company also mentioned that the positive list of bluesign-approved chemical products (bluesign bluefinder) includes several short-chain DWR ...
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Fjällräven has made a “Down Promise” that all its new...
Fjällräven has made a “Down Promise” that all its new products will only use ethically produced down feathers of the highest quality. After several years of work on this increasingly sensitive issue, the Swedish company says it is now working with one supplier who shares its views on animal welfare, ...
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Primaloft has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). It will...
Primaloft has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). It will contribute data and resources to support the Higg Index. More than 140 companies are already members of SAC, incluing global members and retailers such as Adidas, Nike, VF Corp., C&A, Gap and H&M.
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Chaco, part of Wolverine Worldwide's Performance Group, has made a...
Chaco, part of Wolverine Worldwide's Performance Group, has made a donation of $46,945 to the American Camp Association (Aca) for its “Send a Child to Camp” scholarship fund, which will allow around 100 under-privileged children to enjoy a camp experience. Chaco has raised more than $68,000 dollars for Aca's “Send ...
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VF Corporation and International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the...
VF Corporation and International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, have announced they have distributed loans to three garment factories in Bangladesh - Arunima Sportswear, Olio Apparels, and Radisson Apparel – totaling $1.3 million, under a new program for funding fire and building safety improvements. Through the ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
