All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 65

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    Adidas Terrex and The Renewal Workshop present Nothing Left Behind collection

    2022-03-21T16:28:00Z

    Adidas Terrex has partnered with The Renewal Workshop (TRW) to launch its new sustainability-focused concept collection called Nothing Left Behind. TRW was founded in 2015 with the goal of improving linear manufacturing processes. Since then, TRW’s sustainability-focused approach has made it a renowned provider of closed-loop solutions for brands across ...

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    1% for the Planet launches new Planet Impact Fund in its 20th anniversary year

    2022-03-21T11:11:00Z

    In the year of its 20th anniversary, 1% for the Planet draws a positive balance of both the number of members and the donations collected. Initiated in 2002 by Patagonia’s Yvon Chouinard together with Craig Mathews, founder of Blue Ribbon Flies, the organization’s global network now consists of more than ...

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    Lifestraw helps with safe water for Ukraine

    2022-03-21T09:53:00Z

    Since the outbreak of the war, more than two million people have fled Ukraine, most of them women and children, and up to four million more are expected within a few more weeks. In Ukraine itself, the destruction of the war has severely affected drinking water supplies, among other things, ...

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    Five winners to share Microfiber Innovation Challenge prize

    2022-03-18T16:25:00Z

    Five projects aiming to prevent the impacts of microplastic pollution will share $525,000 as part of the Microfiber Innovation Challenge, run by Conservation X Labs. The winners are: Tandem Repeat Technologies (Philadelphia, USA); Mango Materials (San Francisco, California, USA); Natural Fiber Welding (Peoria, Illinois, USA) ; Pangaia x MTIX Microfiber ...

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    High supports access for disadvantaged women to the sustainable fashion industry

    2022-03-18T10:43:00Z

    The Higg platform has announced a joint effort in partnership with the Custom Collaborative organization to help women enter the sustainable fashion industry. The program aims to help immigrant or low-income women. Custom Collaborative specializes in training and mentorships in this field and is supported by luxury brand Chanel, among ...

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    Clean Clothes Campaign Germany quits Alliance for Sustainable Textiles

    2022-03-17T10:17:00Z

    After more than seven years of membership in the Alliance for Sustainable Textiles (Textilbündnis), the Saubere Kleidung Deutschland e.V. (Clean Clothes Campaign Germany) has declared its withdrawal as it does not see any improvement in working conditions in global clothing supply chains, a promise made by the textile alliance in ...

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    Karpos to donate €50,000 for Ukranian refugees

    2022-03-17T07:30:00Z

    Karpos has announced it will donate €50,000 initially intended for the 2022 Help the Mountains program to the fundraising campaign of the Veneto Region for Ukrainian refugees. Help the Mountains is based on donating 1 percent of the brand’s annual turnover to a series of activities aimed at supporting the ...

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    Barack Obama gives national parks a voice in new Netflix series

    2022-03-16T14:31:00Z

    Former U.S. President Barack Obama will be host and narrator of a new Netflix documentary series called Our Great National Parks. The series, which will debut on April 13, introduces national parks in the U.S., Chile, Indonesia, Kenya and other locations and wants to show nature’s wonders big and small ...

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    Nike releases Impact Report for FY 2021

    2022-03-15T07:47:00Z

    Nike has released its Impact Report for the financial year 2021, detailing its actions with respect to “employees, communities and the planet.” “U.S. racial and ethnic minorities” in management at or above the title of director and women “in leadership roles globally” are both up by four percentage points, to ...

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    Aquafil announces new partnership in South America to collect and recycle fishing nets from the oceans

    2022-03-14T15:30:00Z

    Yarn maker Aquafil has announced an agreement with Salmón de Chile, Chile’s principal salmon farming association, and cleantech organization Atando Cabos. The new partnership will boost Aquafil’s ability to collect, recycle, and regenerate different nylon waste into Econyl nylon. The partnership will revolve around a four-year work plan that includes ...

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    Downlite Outdoor partners with Debrand for product disassembly and recycling

    2022-03-14T12:03:00Z

    Ohio-based Downlite Outdoor, a U.S. specialist in down processing and supplier for outdoor brands like Patagonia, The North Face, Haglöfs, Cascade Designs, Canada Goose and others, has officially named its long-term cooperation partner Debrand as the company of choice for the “Reverse Logistics” of product at the end of their ...

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    Outdoor Retailer Climate Commitment grows by five new big members to 10 percent of outdoor retail market

    2022-03-14T10:29:00Z

    Five more European outdoor retailers have joined the Outdoor Retailer Climate Commitment (ORCC), an open network of European outdoor retailers for more climate protection in the outdoor industry. With retail heavyweights Sporthaus Schuster, Sport Conrad, Engelhorn, Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports and Sport Pursuit, the network now unites around 10 percent ...

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    New software solution for real-time traceability from fiber to product

    2022-03-14T08:18:00Z

    Software service supplier TrusTrace, based in Stockholm and Coimbatore, India, has launched its new TrusTrace Certified Material Compliance platform, a software solution that aims to link all purchase orders to production steps, certificates, supplier declarations and quality reports for real-time traceability. The new TrusTrace Certified Material Compliance service wants to ...

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    Patagonia doubles donations for emergency aid in Ukraine

    2022-03-11T11:25:00Z

    Joining the group of brands and companies committed to helping those affected by the war in Ukraine, Patagonia has pledged to match all donations received through the Patagonia.worldcoo.com website. For every euro donated, Patagonia gives two. The brand has selected three fundraising campaigns for the cause: Polish Humatiarian Action, Fundacja ...

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    Exped and myclimate share insights during free webinar on April 4

    2022-03-11T11:25:00Z

    Swiss brand Exped, which has just announced that all of its new sleeping mats are carbon neutral through offsetting, has been working with myclimate for several years. In a free Zoom webinar on April 4, 2022, the two companies plan to share their joint knowledge with all interested parties from ...

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    Callaway highlights Jack Wolfskin’s achievements in 2021 sustainability report

    2022-03-11T11:09:00Z

    U.S. company Callaway, owner of the Jack Wolfskin brand since 2019, has published its sustainability report 2021 summarizing the group’s global sustainability program across the corporate offices, facilities and global operations of all its brands. German brand Jack Wolfskin is highlighted in the report as being the sustainability driver within ...

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    International cross-industry job portal for refugees from Ukraine

    2022-03-11T01:35:00Z

    Thousands of refugees from the war zone in Ukraine are currently forced to settle in new places and are looking for a way to earn a living. To help with this, www.jobaidukraine.com, an initiative for Ukrainian refugees, was launched by the German initiative “Händler helfen Händlern” (“retailers support retailers”) as ...

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    Outdoor and sports industries create support initiatives for people affected by war in Ukraine

    2022-03-10T10:19:00Z

    A wave of solidarity with both the refugees and the people of Ukraine is underway, and many practical initiatives have been launched in the last two weeks, many of which came from the players in our industry. The longer the war lasts, the clearer it becomes that only specific product ...

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    Newell Brands sets new sustainability goals in annual report

    2022-03-10T09:26:00Z

    Atlanta-based Newell Brands Inc. (owner of Coleman and Campingaz, among others) has published its 2021 corporate citizenship report, highlighting the progress made against the goals set on operations, sustainability, diversity and inclusion. The biggest news from the report is the company’s official announcement of the goal to ...

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    MVC takes part in Italian initiative against energy waste

    2022-03-10T08:47:00Z

    MVC, the Italian group behind Sportful, Castelli, and Karpos, will join the “M’Illumino di Meno” (”I will use less light”) initiative on March 11, on the occasion of the 18th edition of the National Day of Energy Saving. The Italian offices of the group will organize a candlelight aperitif while ...