News Briefs – Page 4
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News briefsIGOT and Opening Up the Outdoors seek communications manager/outdoor activist
The non-profit initiatives It’s Great Out There Coalition (IGOT) and Opening Up the Outdoors are currently seeking a communications manager to support their campaigns to get more people in Europe active in the great outdoors. The new role offers a high degree of flexibility in terms of location and working ...
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News briefsBluesign still meets new MRSL 3.0 standard
After ZDHC’s MRSL 3.0 update, Bluesign remains an official certification standard at ZDHC Level 3. According to the company, approximately 20,000 Bluesign approved chemical products that exceed standard MRSL 3.0 compliance are listed in the ZDHC gateway. An important requirement for Bluesign textile standard approval of a chemical product is ...
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News briefsTerms of reference for leather traceability alignment project Cotance signed
The Cotance initiative to align leather traceability systems has been taking shape since its inception in Sept. 2022. In monthly meetings, key leather-related certification system operators and interested CEN TC 289 standardization experts have been preparing to define minimum traceability standards and mandatory verification evidence together with the Cotance secretariat. ...
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News briefsLatest major update of Higg Brand & Retail module released
Assessment tools and reporting standards are evolving quickly: At the same time that the Global Reporting Initiative announced the planned creation of a whole new sector for textiles and apparel, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has released a major update to its Higg Brand & Retail Module (BRM). With this ...
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News briefsGRI kicks off working process on new reporting standard for the textile sector
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has announced a new sector to be added to its existing standards: Textiles and Apparel. The new GRI Textiles and Apparel Standard sets out to apply to any organization with a primary focus on textile and apparel production and manufacturing, but also brands, retailers, and ...
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News briefsNew report questions sponsor choices in winter sports
A new report by Badvertising has sought to draw attention to the sponsorship of winter sporting events by what it calls “high-carbon” companies, alongside documenting the effects of climate change on the winter sports sector. The report writers use the example of Sweden’s Vasaloppet – the world’s biggest and oldest ...
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News briefsEuratex announces new project to support SMEs in textile recycling
The European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex) is leading a three-year project called RegioGreenTex, aiming at mapping and reducing the difficulties that currently exist in the implementation of a circular economy model within the EU textile ecosystem. The partners of the project met in Brussels on Feb. 21 to kick-start ...
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News briefsEuropean Parliament calls for an EU Cycling Strategy
The European Parliament has adopted a Resolution calling for an EU cycling strategy. The Resolution on developing an EU Cycling Strategy tasks the European Commission with doubling the number of kilometers cycled in Europe by 2030. Whilst legally non-binding, it is a key document to shape future policy priorities and ...
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News briefsAmerican Outdoor Brands sues The Allen Company for patent infringement
American Outdoor Brands (AOB) has announced that it has filed a complaint against The Allen Company, alleging “repeated infringement by Allen of America Outdoor Brands’ patent rights incorporated in the Lead Sled shooting rests; Orange Peel shooting targets; and Ultimate Target Stand through Allen’s sales of the Shottrax and Shot-Rock ...
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News briefsNew EU Commission campaign targets fast fashion
With the newly launched international marketing campaign “ReSet The Trend” across the EU, the European Commission aims to engage Europeans in the fight against fast fashion and raise public awareness of the EU Sustainable and Circular Textiles Strategy. According to the Commission, the current amount of clothing produced, worn and ...
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News briefsEOG announces a new training course
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) will be hosting an in-depth training course on human rights due diligence in March 2023, open to EOG and non-EOG members and provided by business and human rights experts TwentyFifty. The training program will be tailored to the outdoor sector, and will equip practitioners with ...
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News briefsAustrian ARGE Outdoor officially launched
As previously announced, the association of sporting goods manufacturers and sports equipment suppliers of Austria (VSSÖ) has founded the industry interest group ARGE Outdoor with 16 members and 20 brands on Jan. 17, 2023. Founding members are Arva, Deuter, Dynafit, Fizan, Fritschi, Intersport, La Sportiva, Leki, Löffler, Lowa, Mammut, Martini, ...
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News briefsBell’s Andrea Pankow joins PeopleForBikes board of directors
Andrea Pankow, vice president and GM of Vista Outdoor’s Bell Helmets, Raskullz and Krash brands, has been appointed to the PeopleForBikes Coalition board of directors. Pankow has held numerous positions since joining Bell in 2006, when the company was still known as Easton-Bell Sports. PeopleForBikes is the U.S.-based organization that ...
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News briefsItaly's brands and retailers defy early season sales
GVO (Outdoor Value Group) is the name of a group of companies and outdoor retailers that have decided to take action to protect the value of their brands. The project is supported by the working table of the IOG (Italian Outdoor Group). It aims to postpone the end of the ...
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News briefsYeti sues Mercatalyst and TerraCycle for trademark infringement
The cooler and drinkware brand Yeti Coolers has sued the companies Mercatalyst and TerraCycle at the U.S. District Court for Western Texas for trademark infringement. Yeti claims that apparel branded with its trademark, which was meant to be destroyed or recycled by TerraCycle (which is also a recycling partner of ...
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News briefsSOG welcomes two new members
The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) has announced that two new companies have joined. The first is Moonvalley, a sports nutrition brand with roots in Måndalen, Norway. The brand produces organic, plant-based and nutritionally balanced products. Moonvalley was founded in 2018 by three Swedish professional trail runners: Emelie Forsberg, Ida Nilsson ...
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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 briefsEOG launches online Sustainability Strategy Course
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has launched an online study programme tailored for small to mid-sized companies to help them fully integrate sustainability into their business plans and culture. Developed in partnership with outdoor and sustainability consultancy Peak 63, the EOG Sustainability Strategy Course is a self-study course in five ...
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News briefsSlide & OTS Winter announce sustainability breakfast
The organizers of Slide & OTS Winter have announced the second Sustainability Breakfast on on Jan. 11 for the 2023 winter edition of the show in the Newport Suite at Telford International Centre. Sponsored by Equip brands Rab and Lowe Alpine, all exhibitors and show attendees are invited to register ...
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News briefsEOG has a new president and VP
Source: Equip Matt Gowar, new EOG President At its extraordinary general assembly on Nov. 27, European Outdoor Group (EOG) selected Matt Gowar to succeed Mark Held as its president now that Held’s second term has ended. Gowar is CEO and owner of Equip Outdoor Technologies, owner of ...
