All General Outdoor articles – Page 271
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News briefsPeli commits to the United Nations SDGs
After we reported earlier this month that Pelican Products and its European arm, Peli Products, are increasing their commitment to recycling its manufacturing waste, the global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance protective cases has now announced the official commitment to improving its sustainability policies and practices, including ...
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News briefsCotopaxi plans to become climate neutral in 2021 and use responsible materials only
Cotopaxi, the U.S.-based outdoor gear and apparel brand and charitable organization, has released its annual Impact Report with reference to the Global Reporting Initiative. The report aims to provide balanced and quantified information about the brand’s holistic corporate social responsibility performance and donations through the Cotopaxi Foundation. The report highlights ...
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Is Apple planning an outdoor Watch?
Apple is planning a more rugged version of its Watch designed for extreme sports and weather conditions, according to Bloomberg. Known internally as the “Explorer Edition,” the rugged watch would reportedly be offered as an additional model, possibly like the Watch SE or special edition models branded with Nike or ...
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News briefsSchöffel Foundation celebrates tenth anniversary
The Schöffel Foundation, which was established in 2011 by the late Hubert Schöffel and his son Peter and promotes social projects and nature conservation, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. The foundation is a true family project: Peter Schöffel, the managing partner of the German clothing company Schöffel Sportbekleidung, ...
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EOCA online Spring 2021 conservation vote starts
The European Outdoor Conservation Association‘s (EOCA) annual spring Vote for Conservation will run over the next two weeks, and everyone is invited to help choose some of the projects to be funded on the EOCA voting website. The association will fund more conservation projects in 2021 than ever before. Following ...
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News briefsBuff launches “Live More Now” campaign (Video)
Headwear brand Buff is launching its first global digital brand campaign under the manifesto “Live more now,” which aims to turn the claim into a social movement. The audiovisual campaign is based on the emotional representation of outdoor moments and features a variety of people enjoying their time in the ...
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ArticleFila lifts Anta’s results while Amer posts losses
Anta Sports Products has released generally good results for the full year, despite the impact of the pandemic. Fueled by the continued progress of Fila’s joint venture for the Chinese market, the group’s total revenues rose by 4.7 percent to 35,512 million yuan renminbi (€4.59bn-$5.43bn), bouncing back from a difficult ...
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ArticleEuropean Outdoor Summit and OutDoor by ISPO merge in 2021
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has confirmed that this year’s European Outdoor Summit (EOS) will be combined with the OutDoor by ISPO Global Summit Edition from Oct. 5-7 to create one major European outdoor industry event. This year’s EOS was originally to be hosted by Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV) in ...
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News briefsWoolrich launches its Outdoor Foundation
Woolrich has announced The Woolrich Outdoor Foundation’s launch in partnership with the global environmental movement 1% for the Planet. Woolrich’s new foundation aims to help protect and preserve the outdoors. Using the 1% for the Planet system, Woolrich will donate 1 percent of its profits to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for ...
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EuroSIMA and UNION sport & cycle announce strategic alliance
The European Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (EuroSIMA) and UNION sport & cycle, which represents 1,400 France-based businesses in the sports industry, have joined forces to give their combined 2,200 member companies more leverage, especially as these businesses deal with the current crisis. Through the new alliance, the two associations have ...
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Toray’s Makspec V antiviral textile effective in combating Covid-19
Toray Industries announced that its tests on samples of its Makspec® V fabric have confirmed the effectiveness of this antiviral textile in reducing concentrations of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The company manufactured the washable textile from 100 percent polyester. Under the JISL 1922 antiviral test for textile products, samples were irradiated ...
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News briefsExped offsets CO2 emissions of its mats
Source: Carbon Tanzania In partnership with the Swiss organization Myclimate, Zurich-based expedition equipment brand Exped offsets all climate-relevant emissions generated during the entire life cycle of its sleeping mats starting in 2021 - from the sourcing of raw materials to production, transport, use, and disposal or recycling ...
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News briefsAlpen Film Festival banks on the power of alpinism
The Alpen Film Festival, a newly created film tour out of Germany, seeks ”to show images of how people want to live in the future, using the culture of alpinism as a guide.” The festival includes five documentary films curated by author and filmmaker Tom Dauer with ...
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News briefsOdlo has a new CFO
Source: Odlo Abe Yasser Effective May 1, 2021, finance specialist Abe Yasser will take over as Odlo’s CFO from Adrian Schürmann, who is leaving the company after joining in 2015. During his tenure, Schürmann helped manage Odlo’s change in ownership in May 2020. Yasser joins the Swiss ...
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News briefsLight My Fire responds to concerns about melamine plastics
Recently, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority raised concerns about Melamine plastic tableware that incorporates bamboo and cornmeal. The Swedish specialist for outdoor food and beverage containers and cutlery, Light My Fire, has now responded with a statement saying that its products do not contain any of the ...
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Black Diamond starts using NuOrder digital platform for retailers
Beginning with the fall/winter 2021 buying season, Black Diamond is organizing all of its orders on the NuOrder digital buying platform. The B2B e-commerce platform for wholesalers hosts order forms, budget control tools, campaigns, catalog creation tools, whiteboarding and more. Black Diamond will manage its wholesale operations globally through the ...
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ArticleKeen turns its process for PFC-free footwear open-source
Portland, Oregon-based footwear brand Keen has developed an open-source model for manufacturing PFC-free footwear. To support this initiative, the brand has also challenged the entire outdoor footwear industry to be PFC-free by 2025. Product developers can visit www.keenfootwear.com/Detox to view details about the detoxification process Keen has followed since 2014 ...
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The Lycra Company reports Higg self-assessment results for fiber production
The Lycra Company has completed the Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM) self-assessment at all six of its Lycra fiber manufacturing sites. The impact assessment, which reviews environmental management systems, energy use, emissions, water usage, wastewater, and waste and chemical management at the facility level, helps manufacturing locations to establish an ...
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BASF and Vaude cooperate to make pants from car tires
German companies Vaude and BASF are cooperating to create a more effective product cycle for the outdoor brand’s products. The first of these is a pair of trekking pants made from recycled car tires. The pants are part of the Vaude SS 2022 collection and will be on sale from ...
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News briefsArtilect launches new global storytelling platform Culturelines
Artilect, the new performance-driven outdoor apparel brand founded by skater and snowboarder Trent Bush and Bradshaw Taylor’s Corry Taylor in Boulder, Colorado, has just launched Culturelines, a print and digital publication covering stories from the outdoors, technology, music, arts and culture. New stories will be published weekly on the storytelling ...
