All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 76
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ArticleEuropean Fashion Alliance summit defines roadmap to change, plans industry-wide survey
The European Fashion Alliance (EFA), founded in Summer 2022, held its first meeting during the trade show Gran Canaria Swim Week in October 2022 to specify its goals and define the alliance’s roadmap for the next years. Top of the agenda was the EU Green Deal to reduce net emissions ...
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News briefsNorthern Italian ski resort goes eco-friendly way
Pejo 3000 in the Stelvio National Park is the world’s first plastic-free ski resort, where single-use plastic and PET bottles have been banned since 2019 and which henceforth is to serve as a model for other tourist regions. For winter sports enthusiasts, Pejo 3000 offers a total of 20 kilometers ...
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News briefsNew York bans PFAS in clothing
The State of New York has banned the production and sale within the state of clothing and other textiles containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”). The legislation is set to go into effect on Dec. 31, 2023, after Governor Kathy Hochul signed off on Senate Bill S6291A earlier this month. ...
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News briefsZDHC updates MMCF Guidelines and supporting documents
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) foundation’s Roadmap to Zero program has updated its Man-Made Cellulosic Fibres (MMCF) guidelines version 2.0 and supporting document (ready for download here). With this latest update, the ZDHC MMCF Guidelines V2.0 now include the Responsible Fibre Production Guidelines, Wastewater Guidelines and Air Emissions ...
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ArticleNew anti-greenwashing rules come into effect in France
As part of its legislative arsenal to combat climate change, the French government has now introduced the next stage of its anti-greenwashing legislation, effective since January 1, 2023. The new rules are following a major step to control claims on carbon offsetting and carbon neutrality in advertising that came into ...
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News briefsDeuter TrekLite Challenge results in the planting of 500 trees
As a result of its consumer activation campaign called Treklite Challenge (run in Summer 2022), Deuter has now financed the planting of 500 trees in the German Harz region. Deuter has realized the project together with Travel&Tree, a German company specializing in forestation projects connected to travel, car rental, shopping ...
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News briefsKitsbow launches second-hand online store in the U.S.
U.S. cycling apparel brand Kitsbow has launched the “Kitsbow Experience Apparel” retail store for used Kitsbow apparel through its DTC online store, where U.S. Kitsbow customers can sell their previously purchased Kitsbow gear. To use the site, sellers pay the company 10 percent of the sale price. Kitsbow alternatively offers ...
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News briefsAdidas opens first Terrex store in Canada
Source: Adidas Canada The new Kitsilano Terrex store in Vancouver, BC, Canada On Dec. 26, Adidas officially opened its first Canadian Terrex store in Vancouver’s outdoor hub, Kitsilano, at 2235 W 4th Ave. The company said that the assortment of apparel, footwear and accessories in the new ...
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News briefsSustainable Apparel Coalition publishes Higg FEM 4.0 technical paper for preview
Almost a year before it will come into effect (which will be November 2023), the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has published its Higg Facility Environment Module (FEM) 4.0 technical paper to provide transparency to users and allow them to prepare for the new version. The latest version ...
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News briefsInditex agrees on three-year engagement with WWF for biodiversity projects
Spanish fast fashion group Inditex, owner of Zara, Bershka and Pull&Bear, among other retail brands, has entered a partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to support several of the conservation association’s projects. The collaboration will start with nine initiatives across four regions focused on forest conservation, water ...
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News briefsSport Conrad successfully runs pilot second-hand collection and sales project
Source: Sport Conrad Sport Conrad NOMOI second hand products German retailer Sport Conrad has now sold the 160 used garments from brands Patagonia, Ortovox, Maloja and Norrøna that were collected from mid-November 2022 as part of a pilot project integrated into the retailer’s sustainability initiatives. According to ...
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News briefsMaier Sports premiers outdoor pants equipped with NFC-tag for circular processing
Maier Sports reports progress on its road to more recyclable products. In a partnership with SaaS-platform provider XIPHOO, the brand has equipped its first products – a regular hiking pant and a zip-off-version – with a near field communication (NFC) tag that provides all relevant product and material information, for ...
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News briefsPatagonia announces christmas period closures and paid holidays for staff
Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert announced on LinkedIn that all Patagonia stores, warehouses and offices in the U.S. and Canada would be closed from Dec. 25, 2022, through to Jan. 1, 2023, with staff given paid time off because ”we believe in providing quality of life for our people.” The brand ...
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ArticleMountain Equipment publishes first impact and responsibility report
U.K. brand Mountain Equipment has released its first annual impact and responsibility 2021 report that covers work the brand has undertaken to date to understand and reduce the impact on the environment, to identify and reduce its carbon emissions, and enhance its corporate and social responsibility. The 41-page paper, titled ...
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ArticleTextile Exchange takes a cautiously positive view on COP15
At the conclusion of COP15 in Montréal, Canada, world leaders adopted the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Liesl Truscott, director of industry accountability and insights at Textile Exchange, assesses the agreement for the fashion, textile and apparel industries in a statement on the Textile Exchange website. Textile Exchange sees the COP15 ...
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ArticleOpen letter urges European Commission to revise REACH regulatory
The European Commission has recently decided to postpone the revision of the regulation for evaluating and authorizing chemicals (REACH) to Q4 2023. In response, 22 global consumer companies have called on the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to reverse the decision to postpone the consultation process. ...
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News briefsSport Conrad donates 1% of “We rethink” week sales to POW and KlimaAlps
From Nov. 19 to 26, German outdoor retailer Sport Conrad has again held its alternative to Black Week as part of its “Wir Denken Um” (we rethink) project launched in 2018. During the week, the retailer was calling on customers to repair their mountaineering products, use professional care or make ...
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News briefsBinding international health and safety act Pakistan Accord approved
Modeled on the Bangladesh Accord (an agreement signed in 2013 after the Rana Plaza factory disaster), a new Pakistan Accord has now been released and welcomed by labor rights organizations globally. The finalization comes ten years after the Ali Enterprises factory fire in Karachi that claimed the lives of over ...
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News briefsLenzing rated AAA in annual CDP sustainability ranking
As one out of twelve companies rated with the highest ranking globally, Austrian fiber specialist Lenzing AG received the “AAA” grade from the nonprofit organization CDP. Each of the A’s ticks a box for the three pillars climate change, forests and water security. For Lenzing, this is the second time ...
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News briefsPentland Brands announces the latest results of its positive business strategy
Pentland Brands, owner of Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury of New Zealand, Endura, Ellesse, SeaVees and Mitre, has announced the latest results of its 100-1-0 positive business strategy, originally unveiled in Nov. 2021 as previously reported. Pentland Brands is reporting “significant progress” in its goals of helping 100 million consumers live positive, ...
