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Safilo produces recycled sunglasses for The Ocean Cleanup
2020-10-27T08:02:00Z
Safilo announced the release of the first sunglasses made for The Ocean Cleanup , a Dutch non-profit environmental organization that develops advanced technologies to extract plastic pollution from the oceans. The Ocean Cleanup sunglasses are made of injected plastic deriving from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). ...
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Moncler makes environmental and social pledges
2020-10-25T19:52:00Z
Moncler has pledged to make its factories carbon neutral by next year and to be using nothing but renewable energy by 2023. The Italian luxury sportswear company will be recycling certified DIST (Down Integrity System and Traceability) down, and thereby cutting its related water needs by 70 percent, as ...
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Kathmandu benefits from Rip Curl and online; publishes sustainability report
2020-10-23T05:20:00Z
It was the acquisition of Rip Curl that helped Kathmandu Holdings to raise its total sales by 48.7 percent to 801.5 million New Zealand dollars in the “transformational” financial year ended on July 30, with the action sports brand contributing sales of NZ$ 315.7 million (€178.2m-$210.6m) in the ...

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Schöffel Foundation uses German VAT reduction to support tree plantations
2020-10-21T11:19:00Z
The Schöffel Foundation , founded in 2011 by Hubert and Peter Schöffel , which promotes and initiates social and ecological projects, is supporting tree planting and forest redevelopment in state forests in the German state of Bavaria. German online shoppers can donate the 3 percentage point reduction in value-added ...
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PrimaLoft’s New York lab receives ISO 17025 certification
2020-10-21T08:01:00Z
PrimaLoft, Inc , the materials technology company headquartered in Latham, USA, with offices in Xiamen, China, has successfully passed the ISO 17025 testing process in its New York laboratory. Meeting the ISO 17025 certification standards shows that a laboratory is competent and produces valid results, which promotes confidence in ...
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A new sustainability alliance of chemical groups
2020-10-20T12:33:00Z
Seven of the world’s leading chemical companies have joined forces on a new commitment to accelerate the adoption of sustainable chemical solutions in the textile and leather industries. The initiative is called Sustainable Chemistry for the Textile Industry ( SCTI ), and its founding members include Archroma , CHT ...