All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 97
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ArticleHoudini’s Mono Air Houdi goes Open Source to boost circular economy
The Swedish outdoor brand Houdini has joined forces with Polartec, the manufacturer of functional fabrics, to fight for more recycling in the textile industry and is making the award-winning Mono Air Houdi fleece jacket available as Open Source. Polartec and Houdini have enjoyed a long and close cooperation. They share ...
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News briefsCanada Goose and actor Ryan Reynolds donate parkas and footwear to Inuit students
Canada Goose and actor Ryan Reynolds have announced the donation of more than 300 Canada Goose parkas as well as Baffin footwear to the students of Inuujaq School in Arctic Bay, an Inuit hamlet located in the northern part of the Borden Peninsula on Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region ...
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News briefsOberalp’s “leader” status confirmed by FWF
Three brands of the Oberalp Group – Salewa, Dynafit and Wild Country – have been awarded “Leader” status by the Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) for the fourth year in a row. They have actually gained five more points than last year, reaching a score of 84/100. Pointing out that it ...
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News briefsSmartwool Europe partners up with POW Switzerland
For the upcoming winter season, Smartwool Europe has entered a partnership with Protect Our Winters (POW) Switzerland. POW was founded in 2007 by pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones and is a global non-profit charity that builds communities of athletes, activists and committed companies to work on solutions to make changes in ...
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Ecco joins effort to recycle polyurethane
RePURpose, a consortium made up of the Danish Technological Institute and several Danish companies, among them Ecco, might have taken the first steps towards a recycling method for the ubiquitous plastic known as polyurethane (PU) that results in no loss of quality. For the moment, says Ecco’s chief executive, Steen ...
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News briefsBergzeit receives EMAS certification
The Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Munich and Upper Bavaria and the Bavarian Environmental Agency awarded the mountain sports retailer Bergzeit for its long-standing holistic environmental commitment that goes far beyond legal obligations. The company based in Otterfing near Munich received the EMAS certification on Sept. 25. EMAS (Eco-Management ...
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News briefsLenzing helps found sustainable-carbon initiative
Lenzing has just helped found the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), which hopes by 2050 to replace fossil carbon with renewable carbon – from biomass, CO2, recycled materials and other sources. Overall the RCI will be creating cross-industry platforms to demonstrate the feasibility of renewable carbon, lobbying for changes to legislation, ...
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New Schöffel-Lowa store in Düsseldorf with focus on sustainability
The Schöffel-Lowa store in Düsseldorf, Germany, is moving. The new store is located in Blumenstraße – at the back of the well-known Schadow-Arcades shopping center. According to Schöffel-Lowa-Sportartikel, the joint venture of the two independently operating outdoor specialists Schöffel and Lowa, who each have a 50 percent share in the ...
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Oeko-Tex to certify products for Amazon
Oeko-Tex, an international association of 18 independent research and testing institutes that set safety standards for textiles and leather, will be certifying the environmental bona fides of products on Amazon’s behalf. The huge American e-tailer relies on the certification of many such labs to bestow its Climate Pledge Friendly label ...
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Dewerstone founder wins entrepreneurship award
Rory Atton, founder of the Dewerstone brand of outdoor apparel and sunglasses, has won an Entrepreneur for Good Award for the southwestern U.K. in the eighth edition of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. Like the winners in the other categories, Atton received his award in a virtual ceremony – made ...
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Early launch of Swix’s next-gen fluoro-free race wax
The Norwegian company Swix, a subsidiary of Brav, has launched its latest gliding wax collection, Swix Pro, which will be available in stores this fall and comprises three lines called Performance Speed, High Speed and Top Speed, with both solid and liquid waxes available. The new line has been in ...
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Approaching “net zero” with science based targets
The German company ClimatePartner reported that the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) - a collaboration between CDP, UN Global Compact, WRI and WWF - published five possible scenarios with which companies can bring their CO2 emissions towards “net zero.” The most ambitious approach is called “climate positive” and includes the ...
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bleed Clothing publishes 2018 CO2 emissions
The German clothing brand bleed Clothing, which has been climate-neutral since 2019 with the support of ClimatePartner, has published its CO2 emissions figures for 2018 caused by its vehicle fleet, employee travel, print products, water consumption and much more. According to these figures, CO2 emissions totaled 57 tons, which roughly ...
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Merrell releases eco-friendly undyed line
Merrell’s new line, the Undyed Collection, has white, undyed uppers made of partially recycled mesh and outsoles made of natural rubber. According to the brand, when measured against factory-supplied averages, the Undyed Collection saves about 80 percent of the water and 50 percent of the energy expended in the production ...
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Patagonia is working to get out the vote in the U.S.
On Election Day in the U.S., which this year falls on Tuesday, Nov. 3, Patagonia will be shutting its headquarters, distribution hub and stores to give its employees time to vote. Similar action is being taken by Foot Locker, which is shutting down its U.S. stores on that day. The ...
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VF partner factory installs solar panels
QuangViet, a factory in Vietnam that handles production for VF Corp.’s brand The North Face, finished installing 3MWp solar panels in July. The installation of further panels is planned for this autumn. The panels manage to convert about 90 percent of the sunlight they capture into electricity. The factory expects ...
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ArticleNew Higg tool assesses environmental impact of finished products
After last month’s release of the updated Higg MSI and the Higg Brand & Retail Module (Higg BRM) in April, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) and its spin-out tech company, Higg Co, have launched the Higg Product Module (Higg PM), a sustainability tool that assesses the environmental impact of manufactured ...
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News briefsYoung people to benefit from new #itsgreatoutthere grants
The It’s Great Out There Coalition has confirmed the ten projects that will be supported in the latest round of #itsgreatoutthere grants. Local initiatives in Germany, Spain, Sweden, France, Serbia and the UK that mainly involve young people will each receive €1,000 to help them get new participants active outside. ...
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News briefsGreen Button celebrates 1st birthday
One year ago, the “Grüner Knopf” (Green Button) was introduced in Germany, the first state seal for fair and ecologically, sustainably produced textiles. This was partly due to the commitment of the German Minister for Development, Gerd Müller. Since then, the seal has provided consumers with valuable information for responsible ...
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News briefsKeen donates up to $20,000 to wildfire relief efforts
While devastating fires in the states of Oregon, Washington and California on the U.S. west coast threaten and destroy lives, property and nature, the footwear brand Keen has decided to donate 1 percent of its U.S. sales from keenfootwear.com, up to a total of $20,000, to relief programs. The money ...
