All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 127
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Euro Brand Management has qualified to become a Certified B...
Euro Brand Management has qualified to become a Certified B Corporation. The label is said to have been recognized as the highest standard for social corporate responsibility, applying to companies that use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. This relatively new certification has been granted to ...
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Patagonia's Taiwanese suppliers can no longer require migrant workers hired...
Patagonia's Taiwanese suppliers can no longer require migrant workers hired on or after June 1, to pay broker fees to secure a job. Suppliers can either pay the fees themselves or hire workers directly. The outdoor company has also mandated that suppliers repay currently employed workers, who were hired before ...
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The DyStar Group of Singapore is joining forces with DyeCoo...
The DyStar Group of Singapore is joining forces with DyeCoo Textile Systems of the Netherlands in the development of waterless dyeing systems. DyStar has devised technology that substitutes carbon dioxide for water and chemicals in the dyeing process. DyeCoo uses recycled gas instead of water to permeate textiles with dyes.
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Timberland has reported on its corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance...
Timberland has reported on its corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance for the first quarter of 2015. Of the 350 active factories working for the brand at the end of the quarter, 31 percent were rated “accepted,” a percentage slightly lower than in 2014. In footwear production, the global average use ...
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Greenpeace has resumed its Detox Campaign, clearly targeting the snow...
Greenpeace has resumed its Detox Campaign, clearly targeting the snow and outdoor sector. It has sent its people on an expedition to seven mountains around the world to collect water and snow samples and test them for traces of PFCs. The organization has been calling on outdoor performance brands to ...
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Bluesign Technologies plans to unveil a “revolutionary” and “ground-breaking” new...
Bluesign Technologies plans to unveil a “revolutionary” and “ground-breaking” new chemical management tool, in collaboration with Archroma, Dystar and Huntsman Textile Effects at its fourth conference in St. Gallen on July 13-14. Bluesign says that this collaborative effort is a “clear answer to increasing demand for better resource utilisation through ...
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The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Group has appointed...
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Group has appointed an executive director to head up its legal entity, which was recently established in Amsterdam. Frank Michel has worked for more than 15 years in governmental affairs and in non-governmental organizations regrouping industry interests, such as ZDHC. He was previously ...
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Oekotex has launched a new product label, Made in Green,...
Oekotex has launched a new product label, Made in Green, to tell users that textiles are not only tested for harmful substances but also sustainably produced, in accordance with its guidelines. The label can be awarded to any type of textile product in the world at any stage of the ...
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The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals Group (ZDHC) says in...
The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals Group (ZDHC) says in its annual report that “tangible process” is being made in leading the textile industry to improved environmental responsibility. The group has conducted 25 pilot audits in eight countries, and some of its member brands have started to implement its Environmental ...
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Berghaus boasts that it has become the first British clothing...
Berghaus boasts that it has become the first British clothing brand to join the Bluesign system earlier this month, as part of a multi-faceted program to reduce the environmental impact of its activities and to eliminate harmful substances from the supply chain. Among its commitments, Berghaus wants to work with ...
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Sympatex has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, providing data and...
Sympatex has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, providing data and resources to support its Higg Index. The coalition currently counts more than 150 brands, retailers, manufacturers, academic institutions and governmental and nonprofit organizations as members all over the world.
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The North Face (TNF) has announced the expansion of its...
The North Face (TNF) has announced the expansion of its recycling program, Clothes the Loop, to all of its retail and outlet stores within the U.S. The brand started it as a pilot program at 10 of its retail locations nationwide in February 2013. In parallel, the brand is launching ...
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Patagonia has announced an investment in Beyond Surface Technologies (BST),...
Patagonia has announced an investment in Beyond Surface Technologies (BST), a chemical company that uses sustainable technologies, based on natural substances, to produce high-performance textile treatments. The investment, the details of which have not been disclosed, has been made by Patagonia through its $20 Million & Change venture fund, created ...
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Patagonia wants to give its contribution to the completion of...
Patagonia wants to give its contribution to the completion of the Patagonia National Park, located in the Patagonian region, shared by Argentina and Chile. The outdoor brand has presented Mile for Mile, a 15-minute film celebrating the Patagonian landscape through the sport of trail running, in an effort to attract ...
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Greenlight Planet, a company delivering innovative energy solutions to people...
Greenlight Planet, a company delivering innovative energy solutions to people with no access to electricity, is now entering the outdoor market by offering three versions of its Sun King lamps in the U.S. Greenlight Planet developed in 2005 from an idea by T. Patrick Walsh, a student of the University ...
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Patagonia has announced an investment in Beyond Surface Technologies (BST),...
Patagonia has announced an investment in Beyond Surface Technologies (BST), a chemical company that uses sustainable technologies, based on natural substances, to produce high-performance textile treatments. The investment, the details of which have not been disclosed, has been made by Patagonia through its $20 Million & Change venture fund, created ...
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Vaude was among six companies nominated for the Boldness in...
Vaude was among six companies nominated for the Boldness in Business Award in the corporate responsibility/environment category. Antje von Dewitz, Vaude's chief executive, was in London for the awards ceremony last month. The prize was awarded by The Financial Times and Arcelor Mittal, the steel and mining company. The nominations were ...
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Chaco is partnering with American Rivers, a U.S.-based non-profit organization...
Chaco is partnering with American Rivers, a U.S.-based non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring national rivers, on a film project documenting conservation efforts in the Grand Canyon. The short film will make its debut at the 5 Point Film Festival in Carbondale, Colorado, at the end of April. In ...
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Bergans of Norway is looking for 30 outdoor enthusiasts to...
Bergans of Norway is looking for 30 outdoor enthusiasts to test prototypes for the new Ecodear jackets, developed in partnership with Toray, the Japanese high-tech textile group. Applicants have to fill out a questionnaire on the Ispo Open Innovation platform. In the course of the project, testers will discuss product ...
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Sherpa Adventure Gear has announced it is sponsoring the 2015...
Sherpa Adventure Gear has announced it is sponsoring the 2015 Restore Vision Expedition team, which will provide free eye care to villagers in the Upper Gorkha, a remote and impoverished region of Nepal, on May 1-10. The brand will supply functional outdoor clothing for the expedition's eye surgeons, technicians and ...
