All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 124
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Trees for Life's “Rewilding the Highlands” initiative has won the...
Trees for Life's “Rewilding the Highlands” initiative has won the 2016 European Outdoor Conservation Association (Eoca) Conservation Vote in the Alpine category. The project secured more than 7,000 votes out of 18,000 in an international online vote that was held on March 8-22. Trees for Life was Scotland's only finalist ...
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Pertex, the specialist in lightweight technical fabrics for the outdoor...
Pertex, the specialist in lightweight technical fabrics for the outdoor industry, has announced it is expanding its PFC-free offering. Following significant research, the brand is now offering an extensive range of non-PFC durable water repellent (DWR) fabrics with performance features which are said to be similar to conventional DWR finished ...
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Royal Robbins has signed up as a Bluesign system partner....
Royal Robbins has signed up as a Bluesign system partner. It was a logical move for this American company, founded by Royal Robbins and his wife Liz. In the first climb of its kind in the U.S., back in 1967, they made the first ascent with removable nuts in the ...
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Patagonia has announced a new partnership with Kina'ole Capital Partners...
Patagonia has announced a new partnership with Kina'ole Capital Partners to create a $35 million tax equity fund that will bring rooftop solar power to 1,500 households in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York. The fund uses state and federal tax credits to direct Patagonia's ...
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Timberland, Impact Farming and Haiti-based Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA) have...
Timberland, Impact Farming and Haiti-based Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA) have launched a new study looking into the possibility of reintroducing cotton as an export crop for Haitian smallholders. Cotton used to be a valuable agricultural export for Haiti but stopped being a viable crop due to decades of natural disasters, ...
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Patagonia is launching the Euro Worn Wear Tour, a journey across...
Patagonia is launching the Euro Worn Wear Tour, a journey across five European countries to encourage customers to extend the life of their garments, regardless of the brand. The tour will kick off on April 15 in the U.K. and Germany, simultaneously, and will end in France, Italy and the Netherlands. ...
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Vaude is the recipient of this year's German Business Ethics...
Vaude is the recipient of this year's German Business Ethics Network (DNWE) Award for corporate ethics. The company's chief executive, Antje von Dewitz, received the award during a ceremony at the Hochschule Niederrhein in Mönchengladbach, on Feb. 22. Vaude will receive €10,000 for its initiatives for sustainable business. The German ...
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Vaude has received yet another award for its initiatives in...
Vaude has received yet another award for its initiatives in the area of sustainability. This time the German outdoor brand has been honored by the German Council for Sustainable Development with a “Werkstatt-N” seal of quality for its Second Use Program. In order to prolong the lifespan of its products, ...
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Toray has announced the development of a water-repellent finishing technology...
Toray has announced the development of a water-repellent finishing technology that does not require fluorinated compounds while enabling, according to the company, the same performance and durability of conventional treatments. Fluorine-based water repellents are typically used in the textile industry to add functionalities such as soil and oil repellency, but ...
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In 2015, Adidas sourced 43 percent of all its cotton...
In 2015, Adidas sourced 43 percent of all its cotton as Better Cotton, exceeding its objective of 40 percent. It was the highest volume of sustainable cotton used by Adidas, and the company said it will continue to increase the amount of sustainable cotton it uses over the coming years. ...
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Helly Hansen and Nikwax have sealed a partnership to improve...
Helly Hansen and Nikwax have sealed a partnership to improve the care given to garments and to extend their performance in an environmentally-friendly way. The partnership focuses on Helly Hansen sports and workwear products that are meant for particularly demanding conditions. The partnership is to start with resort uniforms, as ...
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The Textile Exchange released the first draft of the Responsible...
The Textile Exchange released the first draft of the Responsible Wool Standard (RWS) this week, for public stakeholder review by interested parties at responsiblewool.org. This allows the public to provide input for the standard, to make sure that it delivers value to the wool industry. The RWS is intended as ...
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Vaude was graced with the first Ecosport Awards in Paris...
Vaude was graced with the first Ecosport Awards in Paris on Jan. 20 under the auspices of the French Ministries of Sport and Sustainability. The German company got the award in the “Sustainable Management” category. The jury praised “the comprehensiveness of its eco-friendly commitment, the sustainable reconstruction of the company ...
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Bergans of Norway has raised its environmental goals by announcing...
Bergans of Norway has raised its environmental goals by announcing that in 2016 all down products will be manufactured in accordance with the Textile Exchange's Responsible Down Standard. The milestone is part of an environmental and social responsibility plan called Expedition 2020. Last year, the company held several meetings with ...
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Allied Feather & Down has received Nike's award for its...
Allied Feather & Down has received Nike's award for its outstanding achievement in the Nike Material Sustainability Index (MSI) Premium Supplier Program. According to the award's guidelines, Allied's Nike MSI score showed “a best in class commitment to sustainability for the Fall and Holiday 2017 season.” The Nike MSI calculates ...
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Allied Feather & Down has pledged to completely eliminate perfluorocarbons...
Allied Feather & Down has pledged to completely eliminate perfluorocarbons (PFCs) from its water resistant down treatment by 2017, and to use a wax-based technology instead. The Californian company said it had been working toward this elimination since it started testing PFC-free treatments five years ago. The first PFC-free waterproof ...
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The 2016 edition of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) mountain...
The 2016 edition of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) mountain race, which will take place on Aug. 22-28, has received 5,471 registration requests. Since its creation in 2003, when there were 700 runners registered, the success of the race has constantly grown. In order to respect a fragile mountain environment, ...
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Keen has been named in the inaugural Rodale 100 in...
Keen has been named in the inaugural Rodale 100 in the Environmental category for its 2015 Live Monumental campaign. The Rodale 100 is a list of 100 people, companies, nonprofit organizations and products that are recognized for positively impacting the world on a local, national and/or global scale, through their ...
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The Conservation Alliance contributed $1.6 million to 43 conservation organizations...
The Conservation Alliance contributed $1.6 million to 43 conservation organizations throughout North America in 2015, according to its latest annual report. Adding to its funding record, the Alliance attracted 27 new members last year. Each member company pays annual dues that go into a central fund, which the organization claims ...
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Sustainability will be a strong focus at the Ispo Munich...
Sustainability will be a strong focus at the Ispo Munich show starting next Sunday. Aside from its traditional Sustainability Breakfast on Tuesday morning, the European Outdoor Group is staging various other related events including round-table discussions on evaluation methods and communication for sustainable products. Ispo's organizers point to recent studies ...
