All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 30
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CEP launches cold weather apparel line featuring recycled polyester
CEP Compression is introducing a new cold-weather apparel line featuring recycled polyester. The reversible Cold Weather Vest in the new line features PrimaLoft Gold insulation and recycled polyester. The Cold Weather Quarter Zip Pullover, which also uses sustainable materials, features a protective outer layer combined with waffle fleece next to ...
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Ulvang rebrands, changes suppliers and collection
Norwegian wool apparel specialist Ulvang, a brand founded in 1995 and owned by the Brav Group, has undergone a complete rebranding. Since the first week of September, the brand’s website and social media have been reset and now feature a new logo and content. The changes also ...
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Mips launches Virtual Test Lab, reduces environmental impact, lead time and costs
Swedish helmet safety specialist Mips is advancing helmet testing with its Virtual Test Lab (VTL). The innovation uses cutting-edge computer science with the goal of virtually predicting how new helmets will perform in real-world impacts, providing insights faster and more efficiently than physical testing. This method has the potential to ...
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Reischmann opens fourth Vaude store
Source: Vaude Nicole Feigel, Store Manager Vaude Store Memmingen On Sept. 14, German sports and fashion retailer Reischmann opened another Vaude store in downtown Memmingen. The partnership between Vaude Franchise GmbH and Reischmann has already existed for 15 years and has so far resulted in three Vaude ...
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Coats Footwear and Lenzing Group to debut results of collaboration
Coats Footwear, the British multinational specializing in the manufacture of yarns and structural components for apparel and footwear and part of Coats Group, has collaborated with the Austrian-based Lenzing Group to create the footwear industry’s first synthetic-free engineered uppers and fabrics. With Lenzing, a leading global producer of cellulose-based ...
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Better Cotton leads panel on how traceability can support sustainable cotton
Better Cotton will participate this week in a panel discussion at the World Trade Organization’s Public Forum focusing on traceability within fashion and textile supply chains. The session, titled “Traceability as the key enabler for improving the sustainability of cotton value chains,” will take place Sept. 15 at the Centre ...
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Equip receives Fair Wear Leader status for second consecutive year
Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd., the owner of British outdoor brands Rab and Lowe Alpine, has received the Fair Wear Leader status for the second consecutive year. Despite using an updated methodology that is aligned with the OECD guidelines on Human Rights Due Diligence, including new indicators in 2023, Fair Wear ...
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Northwave launches sustainably designed mountain bike shoe
Source: Northwave ReRUBBER hybrid sole by Michelin Italian brand Northwave presents the Tailwhip Eco Evo, a new shoe designed using sustainable materials and focusing on circular economy and durability. Northwave calls the shoe an ecological evolution of the existing performance model Northwave Tailwhip, a flat pedal mountain ...
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Keen x Leave No Trace Ireland
Source: Keen Keen has partnered with Leave No Trace Ireland, an environmental organization that helps people across Ireland protect and care for the natural world, to present the new Keen Pyrenees x Leave No Trace Ireland hiking shoe. This latest limited-edition collaboration is in line with Keen’s ...
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Indorama releases new sustainability report
Indorama Ventures, the global chemical producer based in Bangkok, has unveiled its Sustainability Report 2022, titled “Shifting Towards The Next Generation.” The document highlights the company’s progress in its three business segments – Combined PET, Fibers, and Integrated Oxides & Derivatives (IOD) – as well as its contributions to achieving ...
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UTMB launches new sustainability roadmap, “UTMB for the Planet”
UTMB Group has launched “UTMB for the Planet,” a new action plan focusing on regenerating our planet and UTMB communities. The project builds on the actions in place at the Dacia UTMB Mont-Blanc since 2003. UTMB for the Planet will guide all the sustainability actions of UTMB Group and will ...
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Zero Waste Europe calls for legal framework banning the destruction of unsold fashion items
Source: ZWE Zero Waste Europe, a network of European NGOs working toward a zero-waste future, has published a new paper that asks for a legal framework banning the destruction of unsold fashion goods. The paper, titled “A Zero Waste Vision for Fashion -Chapter 1: All We Need ...
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VF Corp collaborates with winner of Redress Design Award 2023
VF Corp and the Hong Kong-based environmental NGO Redress have announced the winner of the Redress Design Award 2023. The award is the world’s largest sustainable fashion design competition and aims to provide a platform for emerging fashion designers to advance the circular economy in the fashion industry. ...
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Better Cotton reporting decreased pesticide and water use in latest India impact report
Cotton sustainability initiative Better Cotton has published its 2023 India Impact Report, highlighting significant field-level progress in reducing pesticides, water use and improvements to farmer livelihoods and equality. Since the launch of Better Cotton Programme in India in 2011, the organization’s network of farmers has expanded to almost one million. ...
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The final program of EOS 2023 in Berlin
The European Outdoor Summit (EOS) is held annually for around 300 delegates to learn more about and discuss the issues that we, as an industry, collectively face. The topics are always related to industry needs and focus on current and future economic, technical and social trends, to develop a theme ...
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Helinox signs SME Climate Commitment
Helinox, the South Korean maker of lightweight, packable outdoor furniture, has continued its efforts in sustainable business practices by taking an important pledge as part of the United Nations’ global Race to Zero campaign. The brand has joined the SME (small to medium sized enterprise) Climate Commitment and will integrate ...
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Jack Wolfskin presents Tapeless 2.0 jacket for women
Source: Jack Wolfskin Women’s Tapeless 2.0 jacket FW 23/24 After premiering its new tapeless technology last fall, Jack Wolfskin is launching the Tapeless 2.0 jacket for women this fall/winter season. Its revolutionary seam design with Zero Tape technology saves 17 meters of seam sealing tape, making the ...
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Peak Performance reimagines a classic using leftover fabrics
Source: Peak Performance Peak Performance has released a new version of its 10-year-old bestselling down jacket, the Helium Utility Down, with an environmentally conscious twist. The limited edition male and female versions are made from leftover fabric from Peak Performance’s fabric stock. Like other versions of the ...
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Rab to phase out “eco” from product line names
As part of its Material Facts program, Rab has announced on LinkedIn that it will be phasing out the word “eco” from product line names, like that of its Women’s Downpour Eco Waterproof Jacket. The British outdoor company explains the decision: “We haven’t always got it right. We’ve named our ...
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Renewcell posted revenue surge in Q2, but still reported a net loss
Swedish textile-to-textile recycling innovator Renewcell increased net sales to 84.8 million Swedish kronor (€7.1m) in the second quarter, up from 29.7 million Swedish kronor (€2.5m) in the first quarter of 2023. The company still reported a net loss for the period, although this improved from 125.4 million Swedish kronor (€10.5m) ...