All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 57
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ArticleREI's Path Ahead Ventures launches first founders of color support program in the U.S.
U.S. retailer Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) is launching its Navigate accelerator program with an inaugural cohort of six companies. Path Ahead Ventures partners with founders of color as they further their growth in the outdoor industry, offering them a 16-week program that provides funding, mentorship, curated programming and access to ...
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News briefsEco-Age hosts round-table talks on sustainability and future topics
Eco-Age, an agency for sustainable business strategy, has started a series of updates on textiles and current business-relevant CSR affairs called “The Shifting Tide” in partnership with supply chain specialists of Equiception. On September 8, 2022, a session on ”The Great Greenwashing Machine” is on the agenda: an update on ...
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News briefsBetter Buying publishes initial insights into 2022’s industry purchasing practices
Every year, the non-profit organization Better Buying collects data for its Purchasing Practices Index (BBPPI), which aims to support buyers’ and suppliers and improve purchasing practices along the textile supply chain. The organization’s Garment Industry Scorecard has just been released, ahead of the BBPPI’s full findings and scores, which will ...
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News briefsAdidas Terrex launches first product with Spinnova
The Adidas Terrex HS1 is the first product to emerge from the partnership with Spinnova Source: Adidas Eight months after Adidas announced its partnership with Finnish textile material company Spinnova, the German brand has unveiled its first product that is integrated into the Adidas Terrex line and ...
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OpinionOpinion: Is it all just Greenwashing? Criticism of sustainability data threatens industry improvement
Last month the Norwegian Consumer Authority (NCA) challenged Norrøna regarding “misleading environmental claims” as a result of the brand’s use of outfacing information from one of the modules included in the Higg Index. The challenge was based on the fact that the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) had included older data ...
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News briefsIcebreaker unveils low-waste ‘Natural Cut’ collection
In collaboration with nanotechnologist Dr. Michelle Dickinson, designers at Icebreaker, the New Zealand apparel company owned by VF Corp., have unveiled the “Natural Cut” collection, a fashionable and comfortable collection designed to have less impact on the planet. Dr. Dickinson specializes in nanotechnology, an in-depth study of the “small things” ...
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News briefsElevate Textiles becomes full member of Textile Exchange
Elevate Textiles, owner of the Gütermann sewing thread brand (among other brands), has announced its new membership with the Textile Exchange organization. Elevate Textiles currently participates in Textile Exchange’s 2025 recycled polyester challenge and wants to utilize the membership with the nonprofit organization to accelerate and expand upon their adoption ...
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News briefsAccelerating Circularity Europe has launched textile-to-textile recycling trials
Accelerating Circularity Europe, founded in early 2021 as a sister organization to the U.S. organization Accelerating Circularity, has announced the beginning of trials to test the viability of various textile-to-textile recycling systems for polyester waste across Europe. According to a statement on LinkedIn, “these trials will help us create invaluable ...
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News briefsMystery Ranch teams with Hyosung on launch of new sustainable pack collection
Source: Mystery Ranch Mystery Ranch Coulee 50 Montana-based backpack specialist Mystery Ranch has teamed with Hyosung, a global fiber manufacturer and value chain solutions provider, in the development of their new sustainable Coulee Series made with Hyosung’s GRS-certified, 100 percent recycled Mipan® regen robic high-tenacity nylon. “We’ve ...
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News briefsGlobetrotter exhibited upcycling collection to be sold on second-hand platform
The collection of unique upcycling pieces, created and tailored by Globetrotter employee Christiane Gawlik, a trained fashion designer who works in the repair workshop at the retailer’s Hanover store, is currently on display in an exhibition at the retailer’s Berlin flagship. The eleven pieces for men and women are made ...
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ArticleTextile Exchange releases reports on Sustainable Cotton and Recycled Polyester challenges
Textile Exchange, a U.S.-based networking platform for the textile industry, has released its reports on the Sustainable Cotton challenge and Recycled Polyester challenge, two of the platform’s fiber challenges that are set up to replace conventional materials by lower impact solutions. The organization believes that this, coupled with investment in ...
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News briefsNRDC’s PFAS petition signatures delivered to Columbia Sportswear
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund are continuing their campaign against Columbia Sportswear, calling for the phase-out of toxic PFAS from the company’s supply chain. As part of the campaign, the activist groups delivered 48,000 petition signatures to Columbia CEO ...
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Bluesign expands data and impact measuring services
Bluesign has expanded its system partnership service offerings as a full-service sustainability solutions system, expanding into promotional, workwear, corporate wear, home textile and footwear segments. The platform is launching Data Services and Impact Services for brands and manufacturers, tiered service packages with expanded capabilities that enable brands to actively monitor ...
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News briefsNew repair center in Amsterdam opened by Makers Unite and Patagonia
The creative textile platform Makers Unite and outdoor clothing brand Patagonia have opened the United Repair Center (URC) in Amsterdam. According to the Amsterdam Economic Board, the URC is capable of annually carrying out 300,000 clothing repairs for affiliated brands and their customers. In addition to Patagonia, other clothing brands ...
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News briefsCarbios signs two-year deal with Patagonia, On, Puma and Salomon for circularity research
The French biorecycling provider Carbios has signed an agreement with On, Patagonia, Puma and Salomon to develop solutions aiming to enhance the recyclability and circularity of the brands’ products. The consortium wants to speed up the introduction of Carbios’ biorecycling technology and research how entire products can be recycled easier, ...
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News briefsRab rolls out its second stich repair service in more countries
Brtish brand Rab (owned by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd.) has expanded its previously U.K.-only upcycling program into a globally available online repair service. For the past three years, Rab has offered the upcycling program “Second Stitch” at its U.K. service center in conjunction with its factory store. Now the service ...
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News briefsMaap releases second collection of its recycled OffCuts kit
Maap, the Australian cycling apparel specialist, has launched a new phase of its OffCuts program, an initiative that aims to reduce its environmental impact. First launched in 2021, the Maap OffCuts Program takes excess fabric from previous product runs of Maap’s jersey and repurposes them into new designs. This new ...
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News briefsTSL's new snowshoe is based on recycled raw materials
TSL snowshoe with a recycled footbed made from LyondellBasell’s CirculenRecover polyamide Based on LyondellBasell’s CirculenRecover polyamide, snowshoe specialist brand TSL Outdoor has developed an innovative snowshoe with a footbed made from recycled materials. TSL’s challenge in the project to design a snowshoe from recycled materials was first ...
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News briefsKids’ bike brand Woom defines company sustainability goals
Woom bikes, an Austrian specialist for kid’s bikes, has set and published its new sustainability goals. By 2030, Woom aims to reduce emissions of climate-damaging substances (including all direct emissions and energy consumption at company sites) by 42 percent. This reduction target has been recognized by the Science Based Targets ...
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ZQRX and Land to Market partner up to accelerate regenerative agriculture
In a new strategic collaboration, the New Zealand Merino Company’s regenerative wool platform, ZQRX, and Savory Institute’s Land to Market program aim to further support ZQRX’s network of growers, which represent over 3.7 million acres of land (roughly 15,000 square kilometers), by helping to establish regenerative farming and monitoring the ...
