All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 19
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ArticleNew association to support cycling start-ups in France
A new French trade association, called Cycling Tech France, has been launched to support national cycling start-ups, Sport-Guide has reported. The organization, established by Eric Dodin and Alexandre Rispal, gathered for its first official meeting on July 1. Based on Sport-Guide’s information, the association’s members currently include Ateliers Heritagebike, Caminade, ...
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News briefsAccelerating Circularity Europe has launched textile-to-textile recycling trials
Accelerating Circularity Europe, founded in early 2021 as a sister organization to the U.S. organization Accelerating Circularity, has announced the beginning of trials to test the viability of various textile-to-textile recycling systems for polyester waste across Europe. According to a statement on LinkedIn, “these trials will help us create invaluable ...
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News briefsRottefella victorious in patent lawsuit
According to a LinkedIn post by Rottefella, the company, together with Madhus, won a patent lawsuit against Amer Sports and its Salomon and Atomic brands at the Oslo District Court. The lawsuit involved patent rights for detachable bindings for cross-country skis and a solution for easy adjustment and installation of ...
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News briefsCamber Outdoors appoints Tiffany Smith as CEO
Source: Camber Outdoors Tiffany Smith Camber Outdoors has announced the promotion of Tiffany Smith to CEO. Smith has held the role of chief development officer since June 2021. Founded in 1996, Camber Outdoors is a non-profit organization that helps partner outdoor recreation businesses implement best practices in ...
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News briefsNo more single-use plastics in U.S. national parks, on public lands by 2032
The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced plans to phase out the sale of single-use plastic products in national parks and other public lands by 2032. The move is aimed at curbing the leading contributor to plastic pollution as recycling rates in the U.S. continue to decline. Secretary of ...
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ArticleSAC pauses Higg Index consumer-facing transparency program
Following the Norwegian Consumer Agency’s (NCA) official notice to the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) – regarding Norrøna and H&M and the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) data from the Higg Index to support consumer-facing environmental marketing claims – the SAC has now released a statement addressing the allegations. In ...
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ArticleEuropean Council and Parliament agree on provisional sustainability reporting directive
The European Council and European Parliament have reached a provisional political agreement on the corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD) that is now subject to approval by the Permanent Representatives Committee. Amending the 2014 non-financial reporting directive, the corporate sustainability reporting directive introduces more detailed reporting requirements, especially for large companies, ...
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News briefsU.K. Running Industry Alliance and OIA form working partnership
The Running Industry Alliance (RIA), a national trade organization for the U.K. and Irish running industry with a not-for-profit membership structure, and the U.K. Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) have signed a new memorandum of understanding to focus, among other shared objectives, on connecting trail running and outdoor activities in general, ...
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ArticleAfter successful return of OutDoor by ISPO, EOG continues to plan for new era of trade shows
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has thanked its members and the wider industry, who supported the return of OutDoor by ISPO this year. The trade show was held in Munich earlier this month for only the second time since EOG members voted to move the show in 2018. The EOG ...
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News briefsAlbrecht von Dewitz Foundation continues to support school projects in Germany
With ”Outdoor macht Schule” (Outdoor goes education), the Albrecht von Dewitz Foundation supports extracurricular school projects in Germany that actively deal with the topics of nature conservation and mountain sports with up to €5,000. Since the program was launched in 2020, the foundation has been funding several ...
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ArticleSAC’s Higg Index faces public criticism from media and Norwegian authorities
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) faces headwinds for its Higg Materials Sustainability Index from the New York Times and the Norwegian Consumer Authority (NCA). One problem the coalition faces is an article published by the New York Times, accusing the Higg Index of strongly favoring synthetic materials made from fossil ...
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Invicta beats Prince Harry’s charity in logo battle
Invicta, the Italian backpack specialist, has won a lawsuit against Prince Harry’s Invictus Games Foundation. The charity will not be able to register the trademark and use it on clothing and backpacks due to the similarity with the Italian one. According to the Italian company, the brand was to be ...
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News briefsU.S. outdoor industry leaders take action to prevent gun violence
In the wake of recent mass shootings, the In Solidarity Project has teamed up with outdoor industry leaders to call for gun violence prevention in the United States. This group of passionate advocates created a video called “It’s Just Common Sense,” a two-minute public service announcement calling on the U.S. ...
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News briefsEuropean Outdoor Activity Barometer: Invitation to participate in a Europe-wide survey by EOG and IGOT
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) and the It’s Great Out There Coalition (IGOT) are seeking interest from the outdoor community to be part of an exciting syndicate study focusing on outdoor sports activities across Europe. Two years (and one pandemic) after the last joint research by the EOG and IGOT ...
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Climbing World Cups in China canceled due to Covid
The lead and speed IFSC World Cup in Xiamen, scheduled to take place Oct. 15-17, and the boulder and speed IFSC World Cup in Wujiang on Oct. 22-24 – meant to be the last events of the lead and boulder season – have been canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
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News briefsIOG launches project to postpone end-of-season sales
Gruppo Valore Outdoor (GVO) is the name of a spontaneous group of companies and specialized outdoor retailers that have decided to protect the value of their brands by rethinking the end-of-season sales calendar in Italy. The initiative, launched by the Italian Outdoor Group’s (IOG) Working Table, aims to make the ...
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News briefsSOG: 1.5°C climate commitment becomes membership criterion
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) has committed to a climate commitment in line with the Paris agreement at its annual meeting in Bosön. From now on, all member companies must adhere to the climate targets set out in the climate agreement. The decision was made by vote and was unanimous. ...
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News briefsMaria Frykman of Isbjörn is the new chairwoman of SOG
Source: Scandinavian Outdoor Group The founder and CEO of Isbjörn of Sweden, Maria Frykman, has been appointed as the new chairwoman of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG). Frykman will succeed David Ekelund, CEO of Icebug, who held the position since 2013 and was elected as a board ...
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News briefsResearchers find Xinjiang cotton in Adidas, Puma and Jack Wolfskin product
About 20 percent of the world’s cotton crop (and 90 percent of China’s production) comes from China’s Xinjiang region, where forced labor apparently still exists, and oppression of the Uyghur ethnic group continues. Now researchers at the Agroisolab in Jülich and the Hochschule Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, both in ...
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ArticleGovernment-funded VeloLab founded to encourage innovation in the German bike sector
A new platform called VeloLab was launched in early April 2022 with the goal to strengthen the bicycle as a means of transport in Germany. As a funding project of the Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV) within the national cycling plan (NRVP) framework, VeloLab is a digital ...
