All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 105
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Staying active at home with La Sportiva
La Sportiva has launched the campaign #sportividacasa (Italian for “active at home”), in response to the coronavirus situation that is forcing people to stay at home. The company will be sharing videos of its ambassadors under taking physical activity at home via its Facebook and Instagram channels, in order to ...
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News briefsVoluntary product recall: Vaude Cushion Frog
Vaude announces the voluntary product recall of the Cushion Frog (Cushion Frog art.no. 11861, sold with the Shuttle Premium art.no. 11778). The company determined that products sold between February 2015 and March 2020 contain a material that has elevated levels of pollutants (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, PAH). The threshold value according ...
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ArticleHeiQ and Polygiene help defeat coronavirus
HeiQ draws attention to the fact that its Viroblock NPJ03, an antiviral and antimicrobial textile treatment, has been tested effective against coronavirus in face-mask testing, reducing virus infectivity by more than 99.99 percent. The treatment could therefore prevent textiles from becoming a host surface for the propagation of harmful viruses ...
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Columbia closes North American and European stores
In addition to the closure of its brick-and-mortar stores in North America through Friday, March 27 (see our article here), Columbia Sportswear has now also closed, until further notice, all European retail stores owned and operated by the brand. Beyond the closures, Columbia has taken further steps to implement the ...
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Canada Goose CEO foregoes his pay
Besides closing all Canada Goose stores in North America and Europe until at least March 31 and the production facilities in Canada for at least two weeks, the company’s chief executive, Dani Reiss said that he will forego his salary for at least the next three months. The company will ...
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Vibram suspends production in Italy, resumes it in China
Vibram has decided to temporarily suspend production at its factory in Albizzate near Milan, Italy, for at least one week to allow all employees to stay safely at home. The Vibram stores in Milan, Boston and Montebelluna (Northern Italy) are also closed. In Asia, production and the headquarters in Guangzhou ...
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Oros supports Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund
Oros Apparel, an outdoor brand from Portland, Oregon, is committing $5,000 to support the Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization in the fight to develop a vaccine to combat Covid-19. The founders of the brand, Michael Markesbery and Rithvik Venna, announced that they will donate an additional ...
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Merrell closes U.S. stores
Effective tomorrow, Merrell will close all U.S. stores to limit the spread of Covid-19. The closure is planned until Friday, March 27, but the decision will be re-evaluated and adjusted to the situation as well as local and federal regulations. Merrell also announced that the store staff will continue to ...
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ArticleHow the industry is affected by (and dealing with) the Coronavirus
We have already given you some information about the coronavirus situation on the websites of SGI Europe and the Compass in the past weeks, but of course there are new developments every day and hour. The explosion of the coronavirus pandemic, which now has Europe completely under control, has prompted ...
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ArticleIt’s Great Out There Coalition announces first 2020 grants
The It’s Great Out There Coalition, an international non-profit association launched in 2017 by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) and supported by some of the biggest outdoor companies and associations in Europe, has announced details of the first projects that will benefit from its grants program in 2020. Two #itsgreatoutthere ...
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Black Diamond closes EU headquarters due to Covid-19
In view of the Covid-19 situation, Black Diamond has closed its EU headquarters in Tyrol, Austria, and will operate the company through home working until the end of March. The Black Diamond store in Innsbruck is closed until further notice, the webstore and the D2C customer service are still available.
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YKK signs Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action
The YKK Corporation has signed the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. The Fashion for Global Climate Action initiated calls on the fashion industry to recognize the industry’s contribution to climate change and its responsibility to achieve climate neutrality. YKK joins the more than 100 existing signatories of the charter, ...
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ArticleLenzing focuses on specialty fibers to achieve sustainable growth
Due to a “historically difficult” market environment in 2019, Lenzing posted lower revenues and earnings for 2019. Sales reached €2,110 million, down by 3.3 from the previous year, hampered by lower selling prices and standard fiber volumes, the company said. The Ebitda margin narrowed by 2.1 percentage points to 15.5 ...
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Snugpak changes working hours to reduce footprint
(SGI) Snugpak, the British maker of sleeping bags and insulated clothing, has announced a change in its working hours as part of its efforts to reduce the company’s carbon footprint. From April 3 until autumn, the company will be switching to a four-day week, Monday to Thursday. The manufacturing company ...
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News briefsVaude’s von Dewitz to publish motivational book
Antje von Dewitz, managing director since 2009 of the German outdoor brand Vaude, which was founded by her father in 1974, has now joined the ranks of book authors. According to a foreword by Winfried Kretschmann, Minister President of Baden-Württemberg, her German book “Mut steht uns gut” (Courage suits us ...
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La Sportiva shuts down production until April 3
La Sportiva, the Italian producer of climbing and hiking shoes and clothing, announced on March 12 the closure of its head office, store and manufacturing plant at Ziano di Fiemme in Northern Italy because of the coronavirus epidemic, at least until April 3. The facilities employ a total of 364 ...
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News briefsLedlenser intensifies partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières
Ledlenser, a manufacturer of mobile LED lighting products “engineered & designed in Germany,” is expanding its partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF; Doctors without Borders) and will become an official partner company in 2020. A first donation of 130 headlamps made in October 2019 was supplemented in December 2019 by ...
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ArticleU.S. cooler manufacturer Igloo turns green
Igloo, a U.S. cooler specialist, founded in 1947, has revealed a new business category focusing on community stewardship and education through more thoughtful products and initiatives – in short: Igloo wants to become the most eco-friendly cooler maker in the world and shrink its footprint considerably. In 2019, the company ...
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News briefsEOG asks for help with survey on product “end of life” strategies
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has developed a survey about the pathways of textile materials and garments at their “end of life.” Participation would be appreciated from anyone with experience in the textile supply chain (brands, factories, suppliers, retailers). The EOG wants to learn more about what happens to the ...
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ArticleMyclimate Germany enables CO2 offsetting through German bog project
With the carbon offset project “Renaturation of the Königsmoor in Schleswig-Holstein”, myclimate Germany offers private individuals and businesses the opportunity for the first time to offset CO2 via a German carbon offset project. myclimate Germany, based in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, is a non-profit climate protection organization and subsidiary of the Swiss ...
