All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 136
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Simultaneously, EOCA has hired a couple of scholars to create...
Simultaneously, EOCA has hired a couple of scholars to create a panel of experts to give advice on the selection of future environmental projects. The group comprises professor Martin Price, director of the Centre for Mountain Studies at the Perth College, University of the Highlands and Islands, Jonny Hughes, director ...
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The European Outdoor Conservation Association has selected Nadine Horn to...
The European Outdoor Conservation Association has selected Nadine Horn to be one of its ambassadors, the group's first woman in this role. The hard-core athlete spent two months cycling around Spain last year – 150 kilometers per day – and this September will participate in her first “half ironman” competition. ...
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Meanwhile, EOCA has announced the environmental projects that were chosen...
Meanwhile, EOCA has announced the environmental projects that were chosen through a public vote via the internet in cooperation with various consumer magazines across Europe, such as TGO, Alpin, Lift, Bike and Trekking, Wider, and National Geographic. The winning projects, which will enjoy funding from EOCA this year, are the ...
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About a year after joining the Fair Wear Foundation, Schöffel...
About a year after joining the Fair Wear Foundation, Schöffel has published its first social responsibility report. On 26 pages, the outerwear company gives insight in its supply chain to provide transparency on working conditions and related issues. The report highlights what Schöffel and its vendors have already accomplished in ...
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John Jansen, managing director of Keen in Europe, has agreed...
John Jansen, managing director of Keen in Europe, has agreed to become the acting president of the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) until the organization's annual assembly in July. This comes after the untimely passing last year of Holger Bismann, managing director of Patagonia Europe and president of EOCA. Jansen ...
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Sympatex accelerates its effort to reduce the volume of materials...
Sympatex accelerates its effort to reduce the volume of materials used in production that may increase the greenhouse effect. In cooperation with DSM, its Dutch manufacturing partner, the company intends to reduce the use of carbon in its new materials based on “co-polymers,” which are described as having a 50 ...
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Outdoor Sports Valley, the organization supporting the local French industry...
Outdoor Sports Valley, the organization supporting the local French industry of the Haute-Savoie province, is working on sustainability issues for its members and the industry. Created last year, a unit in charge of sustainable development has set up an agenda for this year that includes the adoption of the legal ...
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For the third time in a row, Dynafit, Salewa's ski-touring...
For the third time in a row, Dynafit, Salewa's ski-touring brand, supports initiatives to protect snow leopards, the animal that the brand has in its logo. The company invites freeriders in Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Austria, Sweden and Switzerland to take part in the International Snow Leopard Day, an event ...
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As a record number of projects applied for funding by...
As a record number of projects applied for funding by the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) this year, the organization is asking the public to get involved and to vote on the applications that they think should obtain support. EOCA already received 31,000 votes from across Europe last year and ...
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After moving its U.S. headquarters from California to Portland, Oregon,...
After moving its U.S. headquarters from California to Portland, Oregon, last year, Hi-Tec is busy deepening its roots at its new home. This is meant literally: Hi-Tec supports the ideals of Friends of Trees and its annual forest park planting event. The brand will pay the nonprofit organization $10,000 for ...
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Migros, the owner of the Swiss SportXX and Outdoor by...
Migros, the owner of the Swiss SportXX and Outdoor by SportXX stores, is intensifying its efforts on the use and sale of sustainable cotton. Being a member of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), the cooperative joins forces with the World Wildlife Fund. For its offer of cotton products, Migros will ...
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Vaude launched its new logo, which has been only slightly...
Vaude launched its new logo, which has been only slightly altered, during the Ispo trade show. The logo aims to reflect the brand's slogan “performance meets ecology.” The company's long-term objective is to be the most ecological outdoor supplier in Europe by 2015; already 95 percent of the company's technical ...
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Vaude has sealed a deal with LichtBlick (“light view”), a...
Vaude has sealed a deal with LichtBlick (“light view”), a company which provides electrical power that comes 100 percent from renewable resources. The contract runs through at least two years. LichtBlick will supply Vaude's headquarters with 640,000 kilowatt hours annually.
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Jack Wolfskin and the German Office for Nature Protection (BfN)...
Jack Wolfskin and the German Office for Nature Protection (BfN) have opened the floor to nominations for their joint award for 2012, and will accept applications until April 9 – or until Aug. 3 for a new category called citizen's prize. It is the second year in a row that ...
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A few days ago, the Genfoot headquarters and factories received...
A few days ago, the Genfoot headquarters and factories received high-ranking Canadian politicians, including the minister of environment and the minister of justice. The press event at the place where Kamik footwear is produced marked the launch of a new certification program supervised by the government for the use of ...
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Columbia Sportswear gave out $50,000 worth of cash and product...
Columbia Sportswear gave out $50,000 worth of cash and product to 10 grant recipients of its new Belay Program, launched with the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance. The program and the grant recipients were unveiled at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in Salt Lake City this month. The Grassroots Outdoor Alliance and ...
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Dynafit, Salewa's touring-ski brand, will open its second instructive trail...
Dynafit, Salewa's touring-ski brand, will open its second instructive trail on Jan. 19. On the trail, users will be informed about risks such as avalanches and other useful topics for ski-touring. The path will be placed in the Olympic town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, which follows another one in Ruhpolding, another snow ...
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Jack Wolfskin is new partner of the Bluesign standard for...
Jack Wolfskin is new partner of the Bluesign standard for the sustainability of the manufacturing process and the rest of the supply chain. The first Bluesign- and Paw-labeled products will hit the shelves in spring 2013 followed by a broader collection in the years after.
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The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) welcomes a new member....
The European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) welcomes a new member. It is Iland Green Technologies of Switzerland. The company markets portable solar generators. Iland is EOCA's 71st member.
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Odlo is introducing a line of apparel called “Evolution Greentec.”...
Odlo is introducing a line of apparel called “Evolution Greentec.” The underwear collection is made of 100 percent recycled polyester and it is said that the range is the first one of the type using the seamless technology. To visualize the sustainable approach of Greentec, Odlo has seamed in a ...
