All Vaude articles
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ArticleVaude integrates Retraced for sustainable supply chain transparency
Vaude’s new collaboration supports real-time data sharing among suppliers to streamline sustainability and compliance tracking.
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News briefsAntje von Dewitz awarded Federal Cross of Merit
Vaude’s CEO received Germany’s Federal Cross of Merit from President Frank-Walter Steinmeier for her sustainability and social responsibility leadership.
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ArticleVaude targets Net Zero by 2040 with detailed strategy
The German outdoor company presents its validated plan to achieve net zero by 2040, focusing on rigorous emissions reductions, renewable energy and sustainable product innovations.
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OpinionEOS 2024: Particularly good, but are we our own worst enemies?
At the 2024 European Outdoor Summit in Cambridge, leaders reflected on sustainability achievements, emphasizing the need to celebrate industry successes more often.
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ArticleVaude invests in sustainable production upgrade
Vaude invests over €1m in modernizing its Tettnang facility, boosting capacity and sustainability with new automation technology.
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Article2023: Vaude reduces global CO2 emissions by 30%
According to its 2023 CO2 emissions chart, Vaude has reduced its global greenhouse gas emissions by almost one-third compared to the reference year of 2019, while the company’s turnover increased significantly in the same period. Vaude thus shows that it is possible to decouple resource consumption from corporate growth and ...
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ArticleOICompass supports POW initiative: Promoting a sustainable future in EU elections
Discover how POW Europe is mobilizing the outdoor industry to promote sustainable policies in the upcoming EU elections.
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Explore OutDoor by ISPO with Lena Haushofer. Discover larger spaces and diverse exhibitors at Messe München redefining industry meet-ups.
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ArticleVaude launches second-hand online shop
Vaude has launched the sale of second-hand products at www.rent-secondhand.vaude.com – currently only in Germany. The offer is meant to provide an environmentally friendly, yet inexpensive alternative to buying new clothing and equipment. The second-hand web shop offers a large selection of used outdoor equipment in great condition. As a ...
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ArticleVaude quits X, sets example against disinformation, hate speech and racism
Source: Hari Pulko/Vaude Manfred Meindl German outdoor company Vaude announced on March 21 that it was leaving the social media platform X with immediate effect. “This is our response to the increasing misinformation, discriminatory and right-wing populist content and the increasingly aggressive style on X – we ...
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OpinionThe circular economy: How well are outdoor brands actually doing it?
The buzzword of the corporate social responsibility teams has now been part of the diction for a decade – but how have brands fared with circularity? Has the word become as meaningless as sustainability has (which means all things to all people)? Circular economy is also being greenwashed The most ...
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ArticleNew Head of Finance at Vaude
Melissa Wach is the latest member of Vaude’s management board. She joined the company in December and is responsible for the finance department. Wach has taken over the role of CFO from Erwin Gutensohn, who has retired. He successfully shaped financial management at Vaude for over 30 years and laid ...
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ArticleUpcycling: BASF and Vaude Professional turn safety workwear into backpacks
BASF, the world’s largest chemical company headquartered in Germany, had the innovative idea of producing new work backpacks from old work clothes. Source: BASF Lotte Adriaenssens and Steven Elseviers, BASF Antwerp Around 3,500 employees work at one of BASF’s many plants in Antwerp, Belgium, and most of ...
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ArticleVaude presents the world’s first fleece jacket made from wood-based polyester
Source: Vaude Women’s Fleece Jacket made from wood-based polyester, to be presented at ISPO Munich The world’s first fleece jacket made from wood-based polyester will be presented by German biochemicals company UPM Biochemicals and German outdoor equipment supplier Vaude at the upcoming ISPO Munich. The two partners ...
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News briefsVaude receives Reuters Business Transformation Award
German outdoor outfitter Vaude has won the internationally coveted Business Transformation Award 2023, which honors the world’s best companies committed to sustainability. Hilke Patzwall, Vaude Sustainability Manager, and Jan Lorch, Vaude Managing Director Sales & CSR, accepted the award in London on Nov. 1. They made the long journey from ...
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ArticleDIY repairs: 12 brands making repairs easy
Our listicle highlights the outdoor and sporting brands and retailers who are already helping consumers repair their own outdoor gear at home.
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News briefsGlobetrotter, Patagonia and Vaude triumph in German sustainability prize
Globetrotter, Patagonia and Vaude have triumphed in the 2023 German Sustainability Award (Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis, or DNP). Globetrotter was nominated in the Sporting Goods Retailer (Sportartikeleinzelhandel) category, along with Bergzeit and Sport Conrad, for pioneers of sustainability in outdoor and sporting goods retail. Patagonia was nominated in the Sporting Goods category, ...
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ArticleEOG project is targeting half a billion kilograms of CO2 emissions
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has published an update on its long-term Carbon Reduction Project. Working with the Apparel Impact Institute (AII) and ten EOG members, the project team completed an audit of 16 manufacturing facilities and established that their combined CO2 emissions totaled almost half a billion kilograms in ...
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SponsoredThe Sustainability Hub at ISPO Munich is growing and delivering new perspectives
From designing for circularity to engaging with conscious users, here’s what you can expect to find at the Sustainability Hub at ISPO Munich 2023.
