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EOG, BSI to launch updated outdoor industry sustainability data tool
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) and the Bundesverband der Deutschen Sportartikel-Industrie (BSI) have announced details of an update to an initiative that aims to standardize and harmonize product sustainability data across the outdoor sector. The Sustainability Data Exchange Questionnaire version 2.0 (SDEX 2.0) will be launched during a free webinar ...
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Benefit from early bird rates as preparations for EOS 2023 enter final phase
Delivered by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) in partnership with Bundesverband der Deutschen Sportartikel-Industrie (BSI), this year’s European Outdoor Summit (EOS) will be hosted in Berlin on Sept. 28 and 29 at Festsaal Kreuzberg, an eclectic events and concert venue situated in the Treptow-Köpenick district, the largest and greenest neighborhood ...
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EOG launches new tool to harmonize product data exchange
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has joined with the German Sporting Goods Industry Association (BSI) to launch the next phase of a major collaborative project setting out to standardize and harmonize product sustainability data across the Outdoor sector. The Sustainability Data Exchange Project (SDEX) aims to improve communication between brands ...
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Registration for EOS 2023 now open
Delegate registration for the European Outdoor Summit (EOS) 2023 in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 28-29 is now open. Early bird rates are available until June 21 (see below), and members of the European Outdoor Group (EOG) and the Federation of the German Sporting Goods Industry (BSI) are eligible for an ...
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Save the date: EOS 2023 in Berlin
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has confirmed that the annual European Outdoor Summit (EOS) will be held in Berlin from Sept. 28-29, 2023. Following the post-pandemic return of last year’s EOS in Annecy, where over 300 outdoor industry executives were attending, this year’s EOS will be held in partnership with ...
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Outdoor and sports industries create support initiatives for people affected by war in Ukraine
A wave of solidarity with both the refugees and the people of Ukraine is underway, and many practical initiatives have been launched in the last two weeks, many of which came from the players in our industry. The longer the war lasts, the clearer it becomes that only specific product ...
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Textile Mission publishes research report on microplastics
An interdisciplinary research project run by the Federal Association of the German Sporting Goods Industry (Bundesverband der Deutschen Sportartikel-Industrie/BSI) and worked out by its Textile Mission team (with support of the German ministry of education and science) has now published its final report on the origin and reduction of textile ...
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BSI calls on German government to revise Supply Chain Act
In a public statement, the German Sporting Goods Industry Association (BSI) criticizes the German government’s draft law on due diligence (we reported earlier), which has just cleared the first legislative hurdles. The bill aims to force companies to comply with human rights in their supply chain. It targets the textile, ...
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FEDAS/vds president Herzog supports retailers in fight for fair lockdown regulations
The Association of German Sports Retailers (vds) and the Federation of European Sports Retailers (FEDAS) have published a joint press release in Germany in which they welcome the activities initiated by Boris Lehmann of Laufladen in Erfurt, Udo Siebzehnrübl of Intersport Siebzehnrübl and a new interest group of German winter ...
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German retail demands greater support from the government and a fair lockdown policy
Two German sports retailers, Thorsten Böhl of SkiBo Tours & Sports in Bochum and Oliver Nieß of SOS Sport in Braunschweig, sent an open letter to the German government last week, asking for subsidies based on the monthly gross profits they will lose as a result of the extended physical ...
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Germany’s BSI calls for European supply chain regulations
(SGI Europe) Responding to a petition made by Greenpeace and other associations and individuals in July, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has initiated a debate over proposed legislation that would oblige companies with 500 or more employees to comply with human rights standards in their global supply chain. Among other things, ...
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Stefan Rosenkranz appointed new BSI managing director
Source: BSI Stefan Rosenkranz The board of the Federal Association of the German Sporting Goods Industry (BSI) has appointed Stefan Rosenkranz as its new managing director. Rosenkranz will take up his new position on Feb. 1, 2021. Most recently, Rosenkranz worked as a business consultant for digitization ...
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New chairmen for German BSI’s Outdoor specialist group
The Outdoor group within the Federal Association of the German Sporting Goods Industry (Bundesverband der Deutschen Sportartikel-Industrie e.V., BSI) elected a new chairman and deputy chairman to represent the interests of the outdoor industry within the association. Jan Lorch, managing director sales & CSR at Vaude, was confirmed in office ...
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TourNatur consumer fair in Düsseldorf will take place
TourNatur, an annual meeting point for hiking, trekking and nature lovers, will again take place this year from Sept. 4-6 in Düsseldorf, Germany, despite the Covid-19 situation. Due to the special circumstances, the event will be integrated into the caravaning show Caravan Salon 2020 and will now take place in ...