All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 188
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BCB International, the Cardiff-based outdoor and survival equipment supplier, has...
BCB International, the Cardiff-based outdoor and survival equipment supplier, has inaugurated a new plant in Llanelli where it will produce FireDragon fuel, a new clean green cooking fuel for the military, camping and leisure markets. BCB successfully applied for a patent and got £150,000 (€176.234-$227,519) from the Welsh Government's Economic ...
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The Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) has granted its “Best Practice...
The Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) has granted its “Best Practice Award” to three outdoor and sportswear companies, Odlo, Mammut and Schöffel because they “boost impact through collaboration.” The non-profit organization praised the brands' efforts to cooperate with one another and to provide outstanding examples of how to improve working conditions ...
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Satra, the U.K.-based technology center for research and development in...
Satra, the U.K.-based technology center for research and development in the footwear sector, has recently standardized a test procedure developed by OutDry, marketer of waterproof breathable laminates for gloves and footwear. The test procedure is used in order to check the impermeability of shoes. The testing method of Satra, TM ...
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Crocs has announced the donation of 1,300 pairs of shoes...
Crocs has announced the donation of 1,300 pairs of shoes for child refugees from Syria under its six-year-old Crocs Care program, in cooperation with KLM, Schiphol and Speksnijder. The company has been working with other institutions to help disadvantaged children and their families, including Kind Direct, The Children, World Emergency Relief ...
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La Sportiva North America has joined The Conservation Alliance in...
La Sportiva North America has joined The Conservation Alliance in the U.S. to contribute to sustainability projects. Last year, the alliance raised funds worth $1.3 million for the benefit of conservation groups and their environmental projects. The Conservation Alliance was founded in 1989 and has collected a total of $11.2 ...
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The European Outdoor Conservation Alliance's (EOCA) public online voting for...
The European Outdoor Conservation Alliance's (EOCA) public online voting for an environmental project that will receive its funding has already selected a winner in the category “outdoor.” The winning project in that category was proposed by Vaude. Altogether €35,000 will go to the Adept Foundation, which is active in sustainable tourism ...
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The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) welcomes new members. Shortly...
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) welcomes new members. Shortly after Timberland, as regular member and the British Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) as its trade partner, three more companies have joined the association devoted to ecological projects: Moln, a Finnish travel agency specialized in trekking and kayaking, Zeal Optics, the ...
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Outdoor Research, the U.S. brand of outdoor garment, intends to...
Outdoor Research, the U.S. brand of outdoor garment, intends to plant 234 conifer trees in the region of Seattle, Washington, where the company is headquartered. The number of trees offsets the carbon emissions that OR had in 2012. The project is undertaken by Forterra, a non-governmental organization, in the framework ...
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Nikwax, the U.K. specialty company that markets maintenance solutions for...
Nikwax, the U.K. specialty company that markets maintenance solutions for outdoor gear, comes to the relief of refugees from Sudan in the Chad desert in partnership with TchadSolaire, a non-governmental organization. The organization equips refugees with extremely simple stoves made of cardboard and aluminum. Due to the steam, however, those ...
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Salewa supports women in Nepal through the project “Sherpa Women”...
Salewa supports women in Nepal through the project “Sherpa Women” in cooperation with Empowering Women of Nepal, a non-governmental organization which aims to improve living condition for females. The Italian brand has selected a range of articles for which Salewa donates €1 to the NGO for each item sold. In ...
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Oboz Footwear has become the 186th member of the Conservation...
Oboz Footwear has become the 186th member of the Conservation Alliance, a group of companies in the outdoor industry that work to protect the environment. Oboz will now be able to help select recipients for the Conservation Alliance's grants – the group gave out $1.3 million last year to organizations ...
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The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) will once again support...
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) will once again support three environmental projects this year, which are not selected by the association's members but through public voting on EOCA's own website and on the websites of partner consumer magazines in the U.K., Germany and the Netherlands. They feature a short ...
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Montane, the British brand of outdoor apparel, and specialty retailer...
Montane, the British brand of outdoor apparel, and specialty retailer George Fisher in Keswick are joining forces to raise funds for the maintenance of hiking trails in the Lake District, one of the U.K.'s hotspots for outdoor activities. The two partners are supporting the Fix the Fells initiative to repair ...
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Tropicare, the Netherlands-based supplier of the Care Plus range of...
Tropicare, the Netherlands-based supplier of the Care Plus range of travel health care products, has announced that it has brought the entire range in line with new EU Biocides Product Regulations well ahead of the official deadline. Announced in June 2012, the new EU biocide regulations will come into force ...
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IC Companys, the Danish parent company of Peak Performance and...
IC Companys, the Danish parent company of Peak Performance and other brands, has joined the likes of Nike, Patagonia and Timberland as a member of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. The organization is seeking to build a common approach for measuring and evaluating performance in the area of corporate responsibility, spotlighting ...
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Keen teamed up with the Conservation Alliance at the Outdoor...
Keen teamed up with the Conservation Alliance at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market, Jan. 23-26, in an artistic initiative to celebrate wild places. The Portland-based shoe company transformed a downtown building in Salt Lake City, across from the Salt Palace, into a 60-by-100-foot canvas and illuminated it with digital images ...
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At Ispo Munich, the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) is...
At Ispo Munich, the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) is coming up with a wide range of activities, supported by some of its current 92 members, to raise funds for present or future environmental projects. EOCA invites visitors to its happy hour on Monday at 6 p.m., encouraging them to donate ...
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Earlier than scheduled, Jack Wolfskin will bring its PFOA-free collection...
Earlier than scheduled, Jack Wolfskin will bring its PFOA-free collection of rainwear to the market. Originally, the brand planned to finalize its first PFOA-free range by the end of 2014. Instead, the collection will hit the stores already for the autumn/winter season 2013/14. The upcoming line for summer 2013 is ...
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Timberland has provided an update on the solidarity project that...
Timberland has provided an update on the solidarity project that it launched in Haiti in 2010, following the devastating earthquake that hit the island nation. At the time, the outdoor company committed to plant five million trees in five years on the island, and the initiative is showing ongoing progress. In ...
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Bergans, the Norwegian marketer of outdoor apparel and equipment, is...
Bergans, the Norwegian marketer of outdoor apparel and equipment, is the most recent partner of the Bluesign standard for ecological and social responsibility. The membership allows the brand to get acccess to the support of specialists in textile supply chains who help to reduce the environmental impact and resource consumption as ...
