All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 128
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Houdini is launching Houdini Travel, a tour operator for sustainable...
Houdini is launching Houdini Travel, a tour operator for sustainable travel, in cooperation with Pure Ski Touring and Carl Lundberg, a certified mountain guide. Houdini Travel will be starting with two ski trips to Tarfala and Abisko, in northern Sweden. Environmentally-friendly criteria are based on the choice of closer destinations ...
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Prana, the yoga and outdoor apparel brand acquired last year...
Prana, the yoga and outdoor apparel brand acquired last year by Columbia Sportswear, obtained accreditation for its social compliance program with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) last month. It underlines Prana's commitment to promoting and complying with international labor standards through its supply chain, by using FLA's workplace code of conduct. ...
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Bluesign has reminded bluesign-certified manufacturers and brands that they are...
Bluesign has reminded bluesign-certified manufacturers and brands that they are to have no long-chain C8 durable water repellents (DWR) in their products or supply chains as from Jan. 1. However, the Swiss certification company also mentioned that the positive list of bluesign-approved chemical products (bluesign bluefinder) includes several short-chain DWR ...
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Haglöfs has won the Sustainability Brand of the Year award,...
Haglöfs has won the Sustainability Brand of the Year award, from the Swedish trade magazine Sportfack. It was presented at Swesport, the Swedish outdoor and sports trade show, which ran in Stockholm on Jan. 11-12. In 2013, Haglöfs defined an array of ambitious sustainability goals that would be achieved in ...
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Acting through Amazon EU, which is its European organization, Amazon...
Acting through Amazon EU, which is its European organization, Amazon has become the first online retailer to join the European Outdoor Conservation Alliance (EOCA). The retail giant first approached EOCA last July.
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Adidas ranks third among the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations...
Adidas ranks third among the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World. Corporate Knights, a Toronto-based media and investment advisory company, announced its tenth-annual list of the world's most sustainable companies, also known as the Global 100, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21. The ...
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Hydro Flask is donating $100,000 to three charities based in...
Hydro Flask is donating $100,000 to three charities based in Bend, Oregon: Neighbor Impact Head Start, Oregon Adaptive Sports, and Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA). Hydro Flask itself is based in Bend. The three non-profit organizations were chosen because of the positive contribution each makes within the Central Oregon community, ...
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VF Corporation and International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the...
VF Corporation and International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, have announced they have distributed loans to three garment factories in Bangladesh - Arunima Sportswear, Olio Apparels, and Radisson Apparel – totaling $1.3 million, under a new program for funding fire and building safety improvements. Through the ...
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Chaco, part of Wolverine Worldwide's Performance Group, has made a...
Chaco, part of Wolverine Worldwide's Performance Group, has made a donation of $46,945 to the American Camp Association (Aca) for its “Send a Child to Camp” scholarship fund, which will allow around 100 under-privileged children to enjoy a camp experience. Chaco has raised more than $68,000 dollars for Aca's “Send ...
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Primaloft has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). It will...
Primaloft has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC). It will contribute data and resources to support the Higg Index. More than 140 companies are already members of SAC, incluing global members and retailers such as Adidas, Nike, VF Corp., C&A, Gap and H&M.
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Fjällräven has made a “Down Promise” that all its new...
Fjällräven has made a “Down Promise” that all its new products will only use ethically produced down feathers of the highest quality. After several years of work on this increasingly sensitive issue, the Swedish company says it is now working with one supplier who shares its views on animal welfare, ...
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The Swedish outdoor and lifestyle brand Didriksons has completely eliminated...
The Swedish outdoor and lifestyle brand Didriksons has completely eliminated the use of fluorocarbons in all its products for its spring 2015 collection. According to an article published in Sportfack, Didriksons has been phasing out fluorocarbon base treatments for water repellency for years, and has now found a material that ...
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Berghaus has hired Elaine Gardiner as its corporate sustainability officer,...
Berghaus has hired Elaine Gardiner as its corporate sustainability officer, to increase the company's focus on CSR (corporate social responsibility) issues. The company already has a CSR strategy, and acts within the range of initiatives led in that area by Pentland Brands, its parent company. However, the position of corporate ...
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Lowa, the German based producer of outdoor shoes, has financed...
Lowa, the German based producer of outdoor shoes, has financed the building of a school in Nepal with an investment of €75,000. Matthias Wanner, sales manager at Lowa, handed the check over to the Nepalhilfe Beilngries association during a benefit performance of Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and Ralf Dujmovits, athletes sponsored by ...
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Primaloft says it has adopted the Responsible Down Standard, offering...
Primaloft says it has adopted the Responsible Down Standard, offering fully traceable goose and duck down as an option for all its recently introduced Performance Down Blend in its Gold, Silver and Black variations. The company also reports a doubling in the number of brand partners who have adopted its ...
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Point6, the maker of merino wool socks, has partnered with...
Point6, the maker of merino wool socks, has partnered with Soles4Souls, a global non-profit organization that collects donated footwear for people in need. Point6 will donate hundreds of pairs of new, performance merino wool socks to Soles4Souls that will be distributed to those in need around the world. Soles4Souls distributes ...
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Patagonia Works has agreed to invest $13 million to purchase...
Patagonia Works has agreed to invest $13 million to purchase and install more than 1,000 rooftop solar power systems in Hawaii, where most homeowners currently use electricity generated by coal and oil. Patagonia Works is the holding company created by Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard in May 2013 to invest in ...
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Sympatex Technologies is the title sponsor of “Trail of Change”...
Sympatex Technologies is the title sponsor of “Trail of Change” for the second consecutive year, a scientific expedition project led by geomorphologist Hannes Künkel to investigate climate change in the Himalayas. This year, it will take place in Annapurna Himal, widely regarded as the wildest high mountain region in the ...
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Keen has been named a Gold-Level Bicycle Friendly Business by...
Keen has been named a Gold-Level Bicycle Friendly Business by the League of American Bicyclists. With this award, Keen joins a group of more than 800 local businesses, Fortune 500 companies and government agencies across the U.S. that are helping make the American workplace more sustainable. Keen encourages bicycling as ...
