All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 100
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Osprey and Hyosung collaborate to launch sustainable backpack collection
Backpack specialist Osprey from Colorado has teamed up with Hyosung, a fiber manufacturer from South Korea, to launch a sustainable pack collection for spring 2021. Osprey will feature Hyosung’s new GRS-certified Mipan® regen robic high-tenacity nylon in its best-selling, multi-sport Talon/Tempest series, which has been completely redesigned and expanded for ...
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CamelBak introduces 50% recycled material into spring 21 product line
CamelBak announced the introduction of Tritan Renew, a 50-percent recycled material, into the brand’s everyday bottle collection for the first time in spring 2021. The collections made with Tritan Renew consist of 81 total skus. The material is a polyester renewal technology (PRT) manufactured by Eastman, which is a more ...
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VF Foundation announces $7.3 million in community investments
The VF Foundation, the private grantmaking organization funded by VF Corp., announced the recipients of its gifting cycle totaling $7.3 million in investments to 80 organizations around the world. The investments include $5 million in support of environmental justice and protection, social and economic equity, and community impact grants. Grantees ...
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News briefsNepal to restart international tourism in mid-August
Climbing.com reports that Nepal will begin resuming domestic and international air traffic on Aug. 17, reopening its borders to tourism and issuing climbing permits for selected peaks for the fall season. Nepal stopped air traffic and climbing permits in the spring to slow the spread of Covid-19 within its borders. ...
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ArticleColumbia Sportswear releases 2019 Corporate Responsibility Report
Columbia Sportswear Company (CSC) released its 2019 Corporate Responsibility Report, which includes highlights from the progress made throughout 2019 in the three main areas of focus in its corporate responsibility strategy – empowering people, sustaining places and responsible practices. The 56-page report assesses work accomplished in 2019 by its four ...
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Barron’s puts VF at top of reranked most sustainable companies list
Barron’s, a U.S. publication by Dow Jones & Company, has reranked its third annual list of the 100 most sustainable companies in America, originally published in February, with a new focus on social factors. VF Corp., owner of several sports and outdoor brands such as The North Face, Timberland, Altra ...
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ArticlePeak Performance releases 2019 Sustainability Report
With its Sustainability Performance Report 2019, Peak Performance provides information about its sustainability work and the progress the brand made last year. In 2018, the Swedish outdoor brand published its first sustainability report and has since continued to push the agenda. The brand says it has made significant progress in ...
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News briefsPrAna introduces new sustainable stretch performance fabric
PrAna, a brand of Columbia Sportswear, has introduced ReZion, a new fabric that it claims is its most advanced and sustainable to date. Two years in the making, the ReZion collection for spring 2021 represents an evolution of the brand’s bestselling Stretch Zion. The new ReZion is sustainable while delivering ...
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ArticlePatagonia starts campaign for regenerative organic farming
Believing that it is one of the most effective ways to combat climate change and feed a growing population while maintaining a healthy planet, Patagonia will be drawing attention to regenerative organic farming this fall. Switching from industrial agriculture to regenerative organic farming creates healthy soils that bind significantly more ...
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ArticleU.S. Congress passes Great American Outdoors Act
On July 22, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of the Great American Outdoors Act. The bill, which passed by a bipartisan vote of 310-107, is now headed to President Donald Trump in order to become law. In a public statement, the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) celebrated the ...
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ArticleVaude introduces repair index
Vaude has introduced an innovative new tool called Repair Index to systematically embed repairability in product development to ensure that products are designed to be as repairable as possible from the very first product idea. With the new tool, the repairability of Vaude products can now be evaluated. A comprehensive ...
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ArticleOberalp releases handbook with sustainability guidelines
The fourth consecutive annual sustainability report of the Italian Oberalp Group, entitled “Contribute,” has been supplemented by a series of new guidelines for more sustainability in the mountains. While Salewa, Dynafit and Wild Country were awarded “Leader” status by the Fair Wear Foundation for the third consecutive time, many other ...
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News briefsJack Wolfskin starts sustainable vanlife campaign
Jack Wolfskin is continuing its German digital #gobackpack campaign this summer, picking up on the popular vanlife theme. Together with the German social media influencer Anna Heupel and her team, the outdoor brand is converting a decommissioned fire engine into a camper van according to sustainable criteria. The vanlife project ...
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News briefsKlarna launches campaign in the UK to contain impulse buying
Klarna, the Swedish online financial services specialist that works with groups including VF Corp.’s brand Timberland, has launched a new campaign in the UK called KlarnaSense to encourage shoppers to ”think thrice” before making purchases. The campaign against impulse buying follows a Mindful Money content series launched last year to ...
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ArticleBergans starts second mobile repair tour through Norway
Together with students from the fashion school Esmod, Bergans of Norway is to continue its “Tour de Sy” through Norway this August, offering all kinds of repairs for hiking clothes. Last summer, the Bergans repair vehicle was on its first Tour de Sy through the East and South of the ...
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Lenzing receives third EcoVadis gold status in a row
For the third consecutive year, the Lenzing Group, the Austrian producer of sustainable specialty fibers, was awarded the gold status in the CSR rating by EcoVadis, a provider of sustainability ratings for companies, intelligence and collaborative tools for performance improvement in global supply chains. The methodology framework assesses companies’ policies ...
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News briefsThe North Face launches shirt collection made of disposable plastic
The North Face (TNF) has launched a limited T-shirt collection made from disposable plastic bottles collected in the Alps. For the Bottle Source collection, the brand collected 18,000 kilograms of plastic waste in the mountains. The white unisex short or long-sleeved shirts feature TNF’s heritage logo in blue, pink or ...
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News briefsSchöffel receives top Fair Wear Foundation rating
Schöffel has again been awarded “Leader Status” by the international and independent Fair Wear Foundation (FWF). The family-run company from the south of Germany achieved the highest level of compliance with fair production processes for the sixth time in a row and holds the current top score among all outdoor ...
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ArticleGore-Tex brand supports Protect Our Winters
On the initiative of an employee already involved with Protect Our Winters (POW), the Gore-Tex brand has now officially announced its corporate support for the climate protection organization in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. POW provides educational services on climate change and implements actions for and with the outdoor sports community ...
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ArticleCraghoppers wins Brand of the Year at Drapers Sustainable Fashion Awards
With its inaugural Sustainable Fashion Awards, London-based B2B fashion magazine Drapers seeks to recognize the industry’s progress in the reduction of its environmental impact and in creating fairer working conditions throughout its supply chain. The awards range from Brand and Retailer of the Year to the Best Supply Chain Initiative ...
