All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 185
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The German Energy Agency has honored Messe Friedrichshafen, organizer of...
The German Energy Agency has honored Messe Friedrichshafen, organizer of the annual European OutDoor show on Lake Constance, for its environmentally sound economic activities in energy issues. In the past three years, the cost of energy consumption has been reduced by about €200,000 through several measures including the complete shutdown ...
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Timberland employees around the world have celebrated the one-millionth hour...
Timberland employees around the world have celebrated the one-millionth hour of volunteer community work served since the company launched its Path of Service program in 1992. As part of this program, each Timberland employee is given up to 40 paid hours per year to dedicate to service, during which they ...
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Invista, the company behind ingredient brands such as Cordura and...
Invista, the company behind ingredient brands such as Cordura and Coolmax, is introducing a new garment fiber under one of its other labels, Lycra. The new spandex material is described as the first bio-derived fiber of its type. Seventy percent of the material (in weight) comes from renewable sources. The ...
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Black Diamond Equipment, Eagles Nest Outfitters (ENO) and The Forest...
Black Diamond Equipment, Eagles Nest Outfitters (ENO) and The Forest Group were the winners of The Conservation Alliance Outstanding Partnership Award for 2014. Black Diamond was praised for its support of nature conservation projects in Utah and other parts of the country. ENO is a partner of The Conservation Alliance ...
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High Sierra, a division of Samsonite, and The Citypak Project...
High Sierra, a division of Samsonite, and The Citypak Project will distribute 1,750 specially designed Citypak backpacks to homeless people in the Boston area on June 19. The outdoor company and the charity, through a partnership with Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, will host health fairs at six locations that ...
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Downlite and Nikwax have teamed up to introduce fluorocarbon-free Nikwax...
Downlite and Nikwax have teamed up to introduce fluorocarbon-free Nikwax Hydrophobic Down (NHD) to outdoor apparel and sleeping bag manufacturers. Under this arrangement, Downlite will market and sell NHD-treated down to Nikwax-approved outerwear and sleeping bag brands. Downlite will apply the NHD treatment to its down in the cleaning process ...
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The Hohenstein Institute is organizing a free webinar on June...
The Hohenstein Institute is organizing a free webinar on June 23 to show how product tests for skin compatibility can open up a specialized market. The German institute can certify that a company's products are “skin-friendly” or “non-allergenic” through the tests that it conducts to find out whether they contain ...
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Crocs reduced volatile organic compounds by 16.5 percent per pair...
Crocs reduced volatile organic compounds by 16.5 percent per pair in 2013 and is aiming for another 10 percent reduction this year. The footwear brand, which has just released its 2013 sustainability report, said it also completed its first greenhouse gas inventory, which included manufacturing facilities and headquarters. The company ...
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Sherpa Adventure Gear has joined the European Conservation Alliance...
Sherpa Adventure Gear has joined the European Conservation Alliance
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Moosejaw.com and Patagonia teamed up on a charity challenge give...
Moosejaw.com and Patagonia teamed up on a charity challenge give money to give to non-profit conservation groups. Through their “Moosejaw X Patagonia Charity Challenge Thing,” and using the online fundraising site crowdrise.com, the two companies were able to multiply a joint $10,000 pledge to non-profit conservation groups 11-fold. Moosejaw.com, founded ...
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IC Companys, parent company of Peak Performance, is joining the...
IC Companys, parent company of Peak Performance, is joining the Leather Working Group, whose members include companies such as Ecco, H&M and Timberland. The groups has an internet-based grading system that measures the level of compliance by tanners with specific guidelines for the level of harmful substances in leather and ...
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Craghoppers has produced a documentary entitled “Hope,” which highlights the...
Craghoppers has produced a documentary entitled “Hope,” which highlights the plight of the mountain gorillas in Rwanda. The 15-minute film, directed by award-winning filmmaker Pete McBride and narrated by Sir David Attenborough, takes a look back to 1967, when Dian Fossey began her work in the region. Dian Fossey was ...
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Columbia Sportswear said that by raising over $123,000 in 2013...
Columbia Sportswear said that by raising over $123,000 in 2013 alone, its overall donation from its Tested Tough in Pink Collection exceeded $1 million. Since 2007 the U.S.-based outdoor company, in collaboration with participating retailers, has helped the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) provide thousands of free mammograms and early ...
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Keen supplied 200 pairs of boots, shoes and socks...
Keen supplied 200 pairs of boots, shoes and socks for the victims of the floods in the Somerset region of the U.K.
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The 6th International Workshop on Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances...
The 6th International Workshop on Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) will take place in Idstein, Germany, on June 15-18. Speakers at the four-day conference will include Christoph Schulte from the German Federal Environment Agency, who will discuss exposure, and Christopher Lau of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, who will ...
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Thule Group has released its second annual environmental report, which...
Thule Group has released its second annual environmental report, which highlights the major progress it made in 2013 in the use of renewable energy and sustainable processes. At its U.S.-based site in Fall River, Massachusetts, the group reduced water consumption by 44 percent through closer monitoring of the washing system ...
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The Environment Directorate of Norway has recommended a postponement of...
The Environment Directorate of Norway has recommended a postponement of its ban on the importation and sale of consumer products containing PFOA produced before June 1, 2014. However, there will be no changes to the ban on the manufacture of products containing this substance, for which the deadline was the ...
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Haglöfs wants to get half of its clothing and 40...
Haglöfs wants to get half of its clothing and 40 percent of its footwear made from recycled materials by 2015
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The North Face has announced the completion, after nearly two...
The North Face has announced the completion, after nearly two years in development, of its Responsible Down Standard (RDS), a tool that will provide a global standard through which any organization should be able to evaluate and certify the brand's full down supply chain. The announcement was made at a ...
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Jack Wolfskin says that half of its winter collection will...
Jack Wolfskin says that half of its winter collection will be made without the use of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated compounds (PFCs) as from 2014, two years ahead of schedule. In 2013, Jack Wolfskin made a commitment, under the motto “Going the extra mile,” to completely ban harmful chemicals from the ...
