All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 121
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Timberland has unveiled a new sustainable collection in partnership with...
Timberland has unveiled a new sustainable collection in partnership with Thread International to make performance fabric. The collection comprises five styles of men's footwear, two bags and one T-shirt. Fibers are made from recycled plastic bottles from the streets and canals of Haiti. More than 1,300 locals collect the plastic ...
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Kristine Tompkins, the former chief executive of Patagonia, has donated...
Kristine Tompkins, the former chief executive of Patagonia, has donated to the government of Chile 1 million acres of land she and her late husband, Doug Tompkins, owned in the country. The donation, which is being labelled as the world's largest donation of privately-held land, is part of a larger ...
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Ternua and Opegui have announced the results of a collaboration...
Ternua and Opegui have announced the results of a collaboration in a recycling scheme for fishing nets within the Redcycle project, backed by the Basque Government. Opegui is the organization of fishing producers of Guipúzcoa, in Spain's Basque Country. The Redcycle project, launched in 2015, involves the collection of fishing ...
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Allied Feather & Down claims it has become the first...
Allied Feather & Down claims it has become the first major down supplier to achieve the milestone of 100 percent cruelty-free down, which means down that is free from live feather plucking and force-feeding of geese and ducks. The company has been recognized for its responsible practices by the U.S. ...
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Patagonia has released a series of interactive 360-degree films as...
Patagonia has released a series of interactive 360-degree films as part of its ongoing fight for the protection of the Bears Ears National Monument, 547,074 hectares of public land surrounding the Bears Ears mesas in Utah. The ten short films, powered by Google's 360 technology, highlight the cultural and recreational ...
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VF Corp., the owner of Timberland, The North Face and...
VF Corp., the owner of Timberland, The North Face and other brands, has released its first-ever formal policy to minimize impact on forests. VF's Forest Derived Materials Policy, which was released on Feb. 27, sets guidelines for the group's purchasing preferences and its use of sustainable forest materials and products. ...
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The first store of Canada Goose on U.S. soil, opened...
The first store of Canada Goose on U.S. soil, opened last Nov. 17 on Wooster Street in New York City, has been the target of animal rights activists since the start. They protested the company's use of coyote fur and goose and duck down, notably posting signs in the area ...
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Eagle Creek has launched a campaign to help make water...
Eagle Creek has launched a campaign to help make water safer and more accessible in water-stressed regions of the world. For every piece of luggage, duffel or travel pack item purchased on its eaglecreek.com website during the month of March, the company will purchase and donate a PackH20 water backpack. ...
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Lenzing has developed a new fiber based on cotton scraps...
Lenzing has developed a new fiber based on cotton scraps and wood called Refibre, which stands for “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.” Refibre, which is produced in the Tencel production process, is said to be the first cellulose fiber featuring recycled material on a commercial scale. Tencel itself is an environmentally-friendly ...
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Textile Exchange has awarded certification to Downlite under its Global...
Textile Exchange has awarded certification to Downlite under its Global Recycled Standard (GRS) for its 100 percent recycled Re/charged down. The U.S. company is a major supplier of down to outdoor apparel brands, including Columbia, Patagonia and The North Face. Downlite points out that its down is processed at a ...
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Wild Tee, the Italian maker of running apparel, has announced...
Wild Tee, the Italian maker of running apparel, has announced that the company has joined “1% for the Planet,” the global movement of companies donating at least one percent of their annual revenues to environmental organizations worldwide.
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Lenzing has announced that its viscose and modal fibers have...
Lenzing has announced that its viscose and modal fibers have been granted the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Certified Biobased Product label. Lenzing's lyocell Tencel fiber was certified as 100 percent biobased in 2011, while its FR fiber has been certified as 99 percent biobased, with the remaining 1 percent ...
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Patagonia has announced an exclusive research partnership with HeiQ to...
Patagonia has announced an exclusive research partnership with HeiQ to explore ways for a sustainable textile finishing technology to achieve high-performance breathable and durable water repellence (DWR). HeiQ, a Swiss innovator of textile technologies, already makes several fluorine-free DWR technologies, including Eco Dry, its non-PFC based repellent textile technology.
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Vaude, which has its own repair service, too, is the...
Vaude, which has its own repair service, too, is the first European outdoor brand to cooperate with iFixit to to tell customers how to repair its products through videos on its own website. This year, te German company was nominated twice by a jury of experts among the five best ...
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Patagonia is expanding its garment repair and recycling program, Worn...
Patagonia is expanding its garment repair and recycling program, Worn Wear, by adding an online platform for the resale of the products. This means that old garments brought in by consumers to the program may be repaired and resold on Patagonia's website – while the consumers who delivered the old ...
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The North Face (TNF), a division of VF Outdoor, has...
The North Face (TNF), a division of VF Outdoor, has joined the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance (GOA) in the U.S. as a vendor partner. GOA advocates for specialty, independent retail within the outdoor industry. Its retail members include more than 100 independent specialty outdoor retailers across North America. Its vendor partners are ...
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Nike and Patagonia have been honored at the World Economic...
Nike and Patagonia have been honored at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland for their efforts in reducing waste in their products and operations. The two companies were the joint winners of the Accenture Strategy Award for Circular Economy Multinational. The award is one of the seven given out ...
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Helly Hansen has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. It will...
Helly Hansen has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. It will thus use the Higg Index to measure environmental responsibility across its supply chain. More than 180 brands, retailers, manufactureers and other organizations are already members of the SAC.
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Vaude is partnering with iFixit, an international online platform, to...
Vaude is partnering with iFixit, an international online platform, to make repair manuals available to its customers. The move is part of Vaude's sustainability efforts to maximize the lifecycle of its products. With the help of the new platform, customers can directly perform simple repairs on Vaude products and order ...
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Thermore says that its Ecodown range is now completely certified...
Thermore says that its Ecodown range is now completely certified by Bluesign. Its down fiber is the only one in the market that is completely made from recycled plastic bottles. A down jacket made with Ecodown saves ten bottles from landfills. At Outdoor Retailer this month and at Ispo Munich ...
