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    Bergzeit supports POW with €12,000 from returned products sale

    2 March 2024

    With its second-hand store “Bergzeit RE-USE,” started in 2022, the mountain sports specialist from southern Germany wants to contribute to significantly increasing the product life cycle of clothing and equipment. “In a joint campaign with Protect Our Winters, we called on mountaineers in winter to sell their used mountain sports ...

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    Odlo and POW Switzerland launch sustainable Zeroweight running capsule

    13 February 2024

    Source: Odlo Swiss brand Odlo announces its second product collaboration with Protect Our Winters (POW) Switzerland. The result is the Odlo x POW Zeroweight Running Capsule, a six-piece collection made entirely from recycled materials. This new product collaboration follows the launch of the Odlo x POW Blackcomb ...

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    New CEO for Protect Our Winters

    17 January 2024

    Source: POW Erin Sprague, new CEO of POW Former board member Erin Sprague has taken on the CEO role at Protect Our Winters (POW). Sprague is the organization’s third CEO in its history and the first woman to lead POW. In a press release, POW stated that ...

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    Buff intensifies sustainability commitment

    21 December 2023

    Spanish company Buff, which celebrated its official entry into the B-Corp community in 2023, has made significant progress on its journey towards sustainability, which the company prioritizes in all its decisions. In the B Corp certification, Buff managed to achieve a score of 105.7, which is well above industry standards. ...

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    Odlo and POW release base layer collaboration

    14 November 2023

    Swiss-based performance apparel brand Odlo has released its first product collaboration with the NGO Protect Our Winters (POW) Switzerland. Source: Odlo The co-branded base layer, Odlo x POW Blackcomb, features a shared logo and has been co-created to minimize environmental impact, featuring a unique design created specifically ...

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    Salomon publishes first impact report

    16 February 2023

    Following its sister company Atomic’s impact statement, Salomon has also published its first-ever annual sustainability report. After a full carbon inventory, the French brand’s science-based targets have been officially approved for 2022 (aiming for a 50 percent absolute reduction in Scope 1 & 2 carbon emissions and a 30 percent ...

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    Too slow, too limited: POW publishes open letter to FIS urging climate action

    13 February 2023

    In an open letter delivered to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) in Chourchevel following the men’s downhill finals on Feb 12, 2023, Protect Our Winters (POW) has called for greater climate action and transparency from the FIS.

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    Scarpa’s cataloged and stored production scraps make a new ski boot

    9 December 2022

    Scarpa has launched a version of its Maestrale alpine-touring ski boot made entirely from production scraps saved from its ski boot manufacturing operation. The Maestrale Re-Made is manufactured using a polymer derived from roughly three tons of manufacturing scraps that Scarpa has recovered since it began storing and cataloging its ...

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    European outdoor industry and POW call for climate action – Join Now!

    21 October 2022

    Ahead of COP27, the European outdoor industry and Protect Our Winters (POW) are working together to call on European decision-makers to prioritize sustainability. The outdoor industry is in a key position in the fight against climate change, and its customers are seeing the effects of climate change firsthand, from receding ...

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    ​Icebug partners with POW

    11 January 2022

    Swedish outdoor footwear manufacturer Icebug is the latest global partner of Protect Our Winters (POW). Icebug has a longstanding commitment to sustainability, whether it’s switching from petrochemical to algae foam, changing fabric dyeing processes, eliminating air freight or installing solar power in its supply chain factories. Icebug is also a ...

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    Blue Tomato expands cooperation with POW

    4 January 2022

    Austrian boardsports and lifestyle retailer Blue Tomato is expanding its cooperation with the global environmental protection organization Protect Our Winters (POW), established around 15 years ago by U.S. pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones, and is now also the official merchandise partner of POW Europe. When POW products are purchased through the ...

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    Cake wants twice the price during Black Week

    23 November 2021

    Swedish e-motorcycle brand and SOG member Cake is offering its Kalk OR, Ösa flex and Makka flex models at double the price during Black Week. Buyers will receive a special black edition of the Kalk OR for €27,000 instead of the regular €13,500, a black Ösa flex for €17,000 (regular ...

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    Vista Outdoor Foundation selects ten organizations including POW for its first grant cycle

    17 November 2021

    The Vista Outdoor Foundation, the philanthropic partner of Vista Outdoor, has announced ten non-profit organizations selected to receive a total of over $600,000 in grants as part of the foundation’s inaugural grant cycle. The ten organizations selected from more than 100 requests for funding represent a cross-section of outdoor and ...

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    Mammut receives new German sustainability award

    19 July 2021

    Mammut’s circular economy project “Close The Loop” is awarded the “German Prize for Sustainability Projects 2021“ in the “Process - Recycling” category. Within the project, the Swiss outdoor company, in cooperation with Protect our Winters Switzerland (POW), is collecting discarded climbing ropes that are recycled and given a new life ...

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    DPS and POW offer limited edition backcountry touring ski

    17 November 2020

    U.S. ski brand DPS has joined forces with the environmental NGO Protect Our Winters (POW) to create a limited number of the new DPS Pagoda Tour 106 C2 backcountry ski featuring the POW logo. The ski comes with a factory Phantom-treated permanent waxless base and is available ...

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    ​Odlo is POW’s latest partner

    11 November 2020

    The environmental NGO Protect our Winters (POW) has entered into a long-term partnership with Odlo, effective immediately. The cooperation is embedded in a long-term sustainability strategy by Odlo that is intended to redesign the brand’s presence in the market and in society. Knut Are Høgberg, chief executive of Odlo, said: ...

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    Protect Our Winters UK launches POW Pledge initiative for climate action

    14 October 2020

    Protect Our Winters (POW) UK launched POW Pledge, a digital portal to equip the industry to take climate action towards net zero. “It’s very simple; our industry has to act on climate change in order to survive,” said POW ambassador Ed Leigh. “The POW Pledge is the map that can ...

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    Black Diamond partners with POW and FWT

    14 October 2020

    Black Diamond Equipment announced a new partnership with Protect out Winters (POW). While it commenced with POW’s “Outdoor State” campaign in the U.S. in an effort to encourage people to vote, it is an annual partnership that will focus on climate advocacy. Additionally, Black Diamond and Pieps renewed its partnership ...