All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 68

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    European Environment Agency publishes new briefings on circular design and microplastic pollution

    2022-02-11T12:40:00Z

    The European Environment Agency (EEA) has just released two new briefings relevant to the textile supply chain from fiber to product. In the paper, the agency points out that textiles caused in 2020 the third-highest pressures on water and land use and the fifth-highest use of raw materials and greenhouse ...

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    Sustainable Apparel Coalition starts new project for due diligence in the supply chain

    2022-02-11T12:39:00Z

    The nonprofit Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), an organization that advocates for sustainable practices in the consumer goods industry, has partnered with the Initiative for Global Solidarity (IGS) to coordinate a new project to promote industry-wide convergence of methodologies for assessing environmental, social and labor conditions in the apparel and footwear ...

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    Dalbello launches first Reboot ski boots made from recycled plastics

    2022-02-10T08:01:00Z

    Green Gaia Dalbello, part of the MDV group of companies (with Marker and Völkl), is launching the Green Menace and Green Gaia for the 2022/23 winter season, two new ranges of eco-friendly ski boots built from recycled plastics as part of the brand’s Reboot project. The material ...

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    Higg launches new social benchmarking solution

    2022-02-09T15:41:00Z

    Higg has released new benchmarks for social and labor performance in consumer goods manufacturing. The sustainability insights platform is the first to offer full performance measurement for manufacturing facilities in the areas of carbon, water, waste and now labor conditions. Most ESG solutions to date only provide benchmarks for specific ...

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    European Outdoor Group in search of brand partners for European merino project

    2022-02-09T12:32:00Z

    After carrying out a small feasibility study around the possibility of growing European merino wool earlier, the European Outdoor Group (EOG) is currently in funding negotiations with the German Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food to let the project come live. According to EOG’s sustainability manager Katy Stevens, “it is ...

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    New DITF carbon production technology gets awarded

    2022-02-08T12:21:00Z

    The German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF) was awarded for its HighPerCellCarbon fibers made from wood in a novel and sustainable process. The technology involves the wet spinning of cellulose fibers using ionic liquids as direct solvents. No waste gases or toxic by-products are produced during the ...

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    Worn Again envisions textile recycling facilities directly in urban centers

    2022-02-04T16:12:00Z

    Worn Again Technologies (WAT), a UK-based technology licensing company that is a signatory to and major contributor to the UNFCCC’s Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, is looking to develop textile recycling facilities that are integrated into the urban ecosystem. WAT and its strategic partners met in Copenhagen to discuss ...

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    Vaude prototypes circular TPU backpack with 3D printed backpanel

    2022-02-04T07:19:00Z

    Source: Vaude Novum 3D prototype backpack by Vaude With the help of German 3D engineering and plastics manufacturing specialist Oechsler, Vaude has developed a prototype of a new backpack – Novum 3D – that is made from TPU with a back panel made by a 3D printer. ...

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    Oeko-Tex hosts webinar on new impact calculator

    2022-02-03T07:33:00Z

    On Feb. 8 at 15:00 CET, Oeko-Tex is hosting a free one-hour webinar and exchange between experts and customers about the association’s new carbon and water footprint impact calculator.  

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    Exped simplifies mat range, increases focus on sustainability

    2022-02-01T14:20:00Z

    In the development of its completely revised range of trekking mats for spring 2022, the Swiss outdoor camping equipment supplier Exped placed the focus on sustainability as well as simplifying the selection. “With our growing range of expedition mats, it was becoming increasingly difficult for customers to choose. With the ...

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    W.L. Gore publishes annual sustainability update

    2022-02-01T14:20:00Z

    After premiering a sustainability framework in 2020, W.L. Gore & Associates’ fabrics division has rolled out several projects in 2021 through a variety of individual initiatives, some of them portrayed in the company’s latest sustainability update published Feb. 1, 2022. The 2021 Responsibility Update offers insights into how Gore’s fabrics ...

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    U.S. fiber company Circular Systems joins C.L.A.S.S. material hub

    2022-02-01T13:11:00Z

    California-based company Circular Systems is a new C.L.A.S.S. material hub partner, promoting its circular, regenerative solutions for transforming waste into net positive fibers, yarns and fabrics through the platform based in Milan, Italy. In its own words, C.L.A.S.S. identifies fibers, yarns, fabrics that embody creativity, innovation and sustainability at the ...

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    Nikwax publishes first sustainability report, announces CSR roadmap to 2025

    2022-01-31T12:54:00Z

    Aftercare and waterproofing specialist Nikwax used last week’s Slide & OTS exhibition in the U.K. to unveil the findings of its first sustainability report. The company provided insight into some of the 20 projects it has committed to across the company to achieve its sustainability goals by 2025. The first ...

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    Winners of OR’s fourth annual Innovation Awards

    2022-01-31T12:06:00Z

    The winners of the fourth Outdoor Retailer Innovation Awards were announced Jan. 27, 2022, during the OR Snow Show in Denver, Colorado. Eddie Bauer’s new BC Flyline Jacket and Bib, developed in close collaboration with alpine sit-skier Trevor Kennison to meet the needs of adaptive skiers, were named Product of ...

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    Tatonka supports employees affected by flooding in Vietnam

    2022-01-28T14:21:00Z

    At the end of November 2021, heavy seasonal rainfall occurred in central Vietnam. The production facility Mountech Co. Ltd. operated by the German Tatonka GmbH since 1989, was only slightly affected, but approximately 60,000 houses in the entire surrounding area, especially in the provinces of Binh Dinh and Phu Yen, ...

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    Vaude reaches climate neutrality with all its products globally

    2022-01-28T13:11:00Z

    Managing director Antje von Dewitz had already announced it last fall: her outdoor company Vaude, which has been actively promoting climate protection for years, achieved the goal set in 2019 of becoming climate neutral with all products manufactured worldwide on Jan. 1, 2022. The company’s headquarters in Tettnang, Germany, (with ...

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    Success for EOCA’s Green Friday fundraiser

    2022-01-28T11:22:00Z

    Following the European Outdoor Conservation Association’s (EOCA) Green Friday weekend fundraiser at the end of November 2021, the association announced that nearly €57,000 had been raised, which will help support urgent conservation projects in 2022. “In the wake of the opening of COP15 in China last October and the ...

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    VF Corporation receives top score in U.S. Corporate Equality Index

    2022-01-28T11:10:00Z

    VF Corp. has received a top score of 100 in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the leading benchmarking survey and report in the U.S. measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ equality in the workplace. VF joins more than 840 large U.S. companies that ...

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    FESI launches network to push circularity in the winter sports industry

    2022-01-28T06:55:00Z

    The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) has launched a joint initiative, the FESI Winter Sport Sustainability Network (FESI-WSN), to “increase the knowledge and cooperation on sustainability and circularity within the winter sports industry.” The network will be holding four annual meetings, with roundtable discussions involving industry experts, ...

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    Lycra launches insulation fiber made from textile waste

    2022-01-27T17:02:00Z

    The Lycra Company’s Thermolite® EcoMade fiber, announced last April, which is made from 100 percent textile waste, is now available for insulation applications. The new thermal technology involves recycling textile waste from the tailoring process, which would otherwise end up in a landfill or be incinerated, and converting it into ...