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ArticleEOCA launches three-part Earth Day fundraising campaign
On this year’s Earth Day (April 22, 2022), the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) is once again hosting an online fundraiser, accompanied by activities initialized by its members and the non-profit Outdoor Gear For Good (OGFG). With the money raised through these three initiatives, EOCA supports a number of conservation ...
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News briefsOver 70 guests join Equip Sustainability Summit in the Netherlands
British outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine (owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd.) have hosted the first Equip Sustainability Summit, on April 5 in the Netherlands. The event brought together more than 70 industry experts, retailers, stakeholders and outdoor enthusiasts to discuss options for a more sustainable outdoor industry. During ...
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News briefsEquip Outdoor opens new Rab and Lowe Alpine service center in Canada
Equip Outdoor Technologies has opened a new service center in Québec, Canada, for its Lowe Alpine and Rab brands. The service center will be open to retailers and end consumers in Canada, offering both repair and maintenance services for waterproof shells and Gore-Tex apparel, insulated gear, sleeping bags and equipment ...
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News briefsEquip Outdoor intensifies partnership with Outward Bound Trust
Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd, owner of outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine, has prolonged its partnership with education charity The Outward Bound Trust for another two years. As part of the new agreement, Rab and Lowe Alpine will support the David Nieper Academy in Alfreton, Derbyshire (where Equip’s headquarters are ...
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ArticleReview: Slide/OTS Winter trade show 2022
The British Snowsport Tradeshow happened in central England last week, on the Welsh border, to allow relatively easy travel for everyone to reach the event. Building on previous events, the exhibition had also combined with the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA), so those outdoor brands had a chance to demonstrate their ...
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News briefsEquip reports successful trial run of polybag recycling project
Source: EOG/Rab U.K. outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine (owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd.), together with the European Outdoor Group (EOG), have presented the first results of their polybag recycling project, conducted as part of the EOG’s Single Use Plastics (SUP) project. In this test run, ...
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News briefsEquip Outdoor opens European service and repair center for Rab and Lowe Alpine products
With a newly opened European service and repair center in Leusden, Netherlands, Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd. takes another step towards its goal to reach net-zero by 2030. The new Equip service center is available to retailers and end-users in Western and Central Europe and will provide repair and wash services ...
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News briefsRab and Lowe Alpine continue to move towards FC-free collections
Rab and Lowe Alpine (owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd.) have pledged to eradicate “all unnecessary” fluorocarbons from their products by autumn/winter 2024. Some of the more technical styles from the AW22 collections that are currently introduced to retail partners are already free of fluorocarbon or feature FC-free DWRs. As ...
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News briefsEquip brands again receive South Pole climate neutral label
Climate solutions provider South Pole has awarded Equip Outdoor Technologies brands Rab and Lowe Alpine with its climate-neutral label for the second year running in 2021. South Pole’s team has been consulting with the U.K. company on its climate journey since 2020, when Equip started offsetting its ...
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News briefsRab and Lowe Alpine to offer more recycled materials
In their new collections for spring 2022, Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd. brands Rab and Lowe Alpine have increased the share of recycled materials within their ranges. After integrating more recycled fabrics into the apparel collections in earlier seasons, the U.K. companies will also use recycled materials in ...
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ArticleRab & Lowe Alpine release first sustainability report
British companies Rab and Lowe Alpine have just published their first official sustainability report (direct PDF download), covering the 2020/21 fiscal year. The two brands owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies have identified four pillars for their CSR efforts: Product , Planet , Partners and People ...
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Data & AnalysisHow outdoor and sports companies are dealing with Brexit
The European Parliament voted on April 27 to approve the agreement signed by the British government and the EU on Christmas Eve to regulate trade relations after the U.K.’s official exit from the European Single Market on Jan. 1. It’s been hard for the companies in our sector, especially ...
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News briefsRab and Lowe Alpine promote Earth Day litter pick campaign
Source: Equip Equip employees at an earlier trash pickup event near the global head office British outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine are organizing a social media campaign under the hashtag #RabLitterLift to mark this year’s Earth Day on April 22. The ...
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Rab and Lowe Alpine lobby for better travel regulations
Sister brands Rab and Lowe Alpine , both owned by U.K. company Equip Outdoor Technologies , are lobbying for a special visa regime for athletes by supporting an official petition to the British government. As part of the U.K.’s exit from the EU, British citizens can now only ...
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News briefsFree online webinar by Equip with photographer Bernd Ritschel on Feb. 18
On the occasion of the recent certification of Equip (owner of Rab and Lowe Alpine) as a carbon-neutral company, as well as the group’s commitment to achieve net zero by 2030, Equip has invited its community to the free online webinar ”Alpengletscher“ (Alpine Glacier) by mountaineer and outdoor photographer Bernd ...
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News briefsRab and Lowe Alpine commit to Net Zero by 2030
As part of their long-term sustainability strategy, the British outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine , both owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd , have committed themselves to achieving Net Zero by 2030. As a first step, South Pole , a recognized provider of climate ...
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Rab and Lowe Alpine to open sales office in Helsinki
The British outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine , both owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd. , will be opening their own regional office in Finland on Dec. 1. It will be managed by Heikki Tapaninen , who has worked for Rab and Lowe Alpine in the past ...
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News briefsNew design lead for Rab and Lowe Alpine
Italian product design expert Jacopo Bufacchi will join the British outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine , both owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies , as their new design lead on Nov. 1. Bufacchi succeeds Jonn Langen , who left Equip in the summer. In his new position, he ...
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News briefsRab is Lowe Alpine’s new online home
Since Aug. 20, Lowe Alpine products are available on the Rab website, uniting the digital appearances of the two outdoor brands, both owned by the British company Equip Outdoor Technologies . “The decision to move Lowe Alpine to the Rab website is one that has ...
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ArticleRab and Lowe Alpine join Fair Wear Foundation
The British outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine , subsidiaries of Equip Outdoor Technologies UK Ltd , have joined the Fair Wear Foundation . For Rab and Lowe Alpine, this is an important milestone in their sustainability strategy and underlines their efforts to improve their ethical, social and environmental ...
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