All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 113
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Pili, a French start-up, has raised $4 million in funding...
Pili, a French start-up, has raised $4 million in funding to boost the development of its biobased dyes and pigments, which are made from microbial fermentation
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Prana has announced that its entire spring/summer 2020 swimwear collection...
Prana has announced that its entire spring/summer 2020 swimwear collection features 100 percent sustainable products. For the women's swimsuit line, Prana has partnered with a company specializing in sustainable fiber regeneration to offer products that feature a fabric blend using Econyl Recycled Nylon combined with Lycra Xtra Life Elastane. The ...
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Vaude has won at Germany's 2019 Brand Awards in Düsseldorf...
Vaude has won at Germany's 2019 Brand Awards in Düsseldorf in the sustainability category
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Tentsile has reached the halfway point of its international project...
Tentsile has reached the halfway point of its international project to plant one million trees by 2021, to support global reforestation. The company, best known for its elevated and portable Tree Tents, launched the #BecomeOneOfTheMillion campaign in 2017, and has now planted 500,132 trees in projects located across Zambia, India, ...
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Mountain Safety Research (MSR), the specialist in high-performance outdoor equipment,...
Mountain Safety Research (MSR), the specialist in high-performance outdoor equipment, has released its 2019 Manufacturing & Social Responsibility Report. Among the highlights in the report, MSR has launched a fuel canister recycling program at its Seattle headquarters, offering the greater Seattle community a location where backpacking fuel canisters of any ...
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Smartwool, a division of VF Outdoor, has pledged to support...
Smartwool, a division of VF Outdoor, has pledged to support Protect Our Winters (POW) Canada, a community of professional athletes and industry brands teaming up to address climate change issues across the outdoor community. The financial support from the brand is to help raise awareness of climate change as well ...
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Merrell is partnering with Mind, a mental health charity in...
Merrell is partnering with Mind, a mental health charity in England and Wales, to promote the benefits of the outdoors for mental health. The collaboration will see Merrell become headline sponsor of the Mind Hikes, a fundraising event organized by the charity, offering people the opportunity to explore beautiful outdoor ...
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VF Corp. has become a signatory to the Fashion Industry...
VF Corp. has become a signatory to the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Change, which means that the lifestyle group commits to net-zero emissions by 2050. VF owns a large portfolio of brands including The North Face, Timberland, Vans, Wrangler and others. The signatories of the charter also commit to ...
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Osprey Europe has announced a partnership with a U.K.-based conservation...
Osprey Europe has announced a partnership with a U.K.-based conservation group, Birds of Pool Harbour (BOPH), to help raise awareness of the need to preserve ospreys from extinction. The osprey is a bird that was becoming an endangered species in California when Mike Pfotenhauer founded Osprey Packs. He gave the ...
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The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has announced the spinout of...
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has announced the spinout of a company that will develop the technology that delivers the Higg Index. The new Higg Co., headquartered in San Francisco, will be led by Jason Kibbey, the former SAC chief executive. The tech venture will provide the industry with trusted ...
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Somos Numa has announced a project that will see the...
Somos Numa has announced a project that will see the Brazilian company sell shoes to help street dogs. The Brazilian athletic shoe brand said that it intends to donate the money from the sale of 160 pairs of its recycled cotton, recycled PET and recovered rubber tennis shoes to Patas ...
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Arc'teryx, a brand of Amer Sports, is partnering with Leave...
Arc'teryx, a brand of Amer Sports, is partnering with Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, an organization based in Boulder, Colorado, that helps protect the outdoors by teaching people to enjoy it responsibly. The partnership is carried on via Arc'teryx' “In My Backyard” grant program, which supports projects that ...
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Indorama has launched Deja, a new brand of 100 percent...
Indorama has launched Deja, a new brand of 100 percent recycled PET which comes in the form of pellet, fiber and filament
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Jack Wolfskin has teamed up with the National Trust in...
Jack Wolfskin has teamed up with the National Trust in the U.K. for the launch of an exclusive eco-friendly range of outdoor clothing for men and women. The collection comprises t-shirts, fleece tops, jackets and trousers. The pieces in the range are PFC-free and are made using alternative treatments for ...
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Ternua is including technical running pants made from fishing nets...
Ternua is including technical running pants made from fishing nets in its spring/summer 2019 collection. The Neon Capri model is made with Econyl yarn from the recycling of fishing nets collected through the Redcycle project. Through this project, 12 tons of fishing nets abandoned on the Basque coasts in 2016 ...
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Ternua and Mater Museoa have presented to the European Outdoor...
Ternua and Mater Museoa have presented to the European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) a conservation project to help protect the coast of Jaizkibel and Ulia, near San Sebastián, in Spain's Basque Country. Marine litter affects the ecosystems in the area, leading to risks for humans and wildlife. The project will ...
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Ternua is launching a capsule collection of eco-dyed garments, based...
Ternua is launching a capsule collection of eco-dyed garments, based on its Nutcycle project, which the Spanish firm presented last year. The Nutcycle project reuses agricultural waste and applies it to garments as a natural dye, avoiding the use of artificial dyes. Besides natural dyes, the new capsule collection uses ...
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The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) has announced the three...
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) has announced the three projects that received the most votes in their respective categories at a recent public vote – the first of its two annual public online votes to help it choose which conservation projects to support. The three projects that obtained the ...
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Patagonia has launched Artifishal, a docu-film about the fight for...
Patagonia has launched Artifishal, a docu-film about the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them. The 80-minute film explores the threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and the wild salmon's slide toward extinction. Artifishal will be showing in Patagonia stores in the ...
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Hohenstein now offers wastewater testing, following its recent recognition by...
Hohenstein now offers wastewater testing, following its recent recognition by the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Program as a partnering wastewater testing laboratory. The ZDHC has the goal of significantly reducing or completely banning the use of harmful chemicals in the production process of textiles, leather and shoes. Hohenstein ...
