All Legal & Institutional articles – Page 26
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American bank offers checking account that benefits 1% for the Planet
In the U.S., Bank of the West, a subsidiary of BNP Paribas, is offering the first joint checking account in collaboration with 1% for the Planet. The bank will donate 1 percent of all net revenues generated from the accounts opened to support non-profit environmental organizations focused on creating a ...
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UK and France consider new face mask regulations
The British government has requested that people wear face masks in stores as of July 24, and the French government is considering making masks mandatory in stores and all other public places by Aug. 1 at the latest. The British Retail Consortium has said that retailers should not be required ...
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ArticleNew EU Platform-to-Business regulation for fair Internet business
On July 12, 2020, a new Platform-to-Business Regulation (P2B) came into force in the European Union to ensure more transparency and fair competition from Internet marketplaces and online platforms. One of the reasons for the new quidelines is that the business of the affiliated retailers is largely dependent on the ...
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Fedas announces Stefan Herzog as new president
(SGI) The European Federation of Sports Retailers, Fedas, unanimously elected Stefan Herzog as its new president at its general assembly, convened via a videoconference. Herzog, who ran SportScheck for many years until 2016, will continue as secretary general of VDS, the German Sports Retailers’s Federation, which he has led since ...
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EOCA’s Conservation Fundraiser goes online
After the cancellation of OutDoor by ISPO due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) will, for the first time, run their Conservation Fundraiser online. An event that would usually be hosted at the show, EOCA have taken the opportunity to launch their first online fundraiser on ...
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ArticleApparel and footwear industries propose Green Recovery Plan to European authorities
(SGI) The Policy Hub, a joint effort of the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi), the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), and the Global Fashion Agenda (GFA), has published a proposal for a ”Green Recovery Plan for Europe,” which is meant to support the economic recovery of the region ...
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News briefsEOG asks for participation in survey on Covid-19 impacts
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) is conducting a survey on the impact of Covid-19. The main focus of the survey is to get an up-to-date overview of how companies in the outdoor sector were affected during the pandemic and to learn more about how to act in the future in ...
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News briefsSki mountaineering is a potential Olympic sport
As Diffusion Sport reports, ski mountaineering, or ski touring, may be on its way to the Winter Olympics. Dating back to the early 20th century, the sport combines mountain climbing, on or off skis, with alpine skiing on the way back down. Its governing body is the International Ski Mountaineering ...
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European Outdoor Group urges authorities to support outdoor activities
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) is calling for authorities across Europe to do more to promote participation in outdoor activities, now that the restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic are beginning to ease in many countries. Mark Held, the EOG president, addressed an open letter to politicians, the media and ...
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ArticleThe North Face, Patagonia amongst brands to support U.S. Public Lands Defense Fund
In the U.S., outdoor brands Velocio, Patagonia, and The North Face are supporting The Conservation Alliance’s effort to preserve and defend the integrity of the American public lands system in 2020. Thanks to the support of these companies, The Conservation Alliance, founded in 1989 to support grassroots environmental organizations and ...
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Half of Osprey's SecondLife profits go to British NHS charity
In the UK, backpack specialist Osprey plans to donate 50 percent of profits generated by its SecondLife program sales to the NHS (National Health Service) charity organization. The SecondLife platform sells preloved, ex-sample and repaired packs to listed members via its website ospreyeurope.com. The organization chosen for the first half ...
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Buff joins OIA Climate Action Corps
Buff has become a founding member of the Climate Action Corps, a movement promoted by the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) in the U.S. that already unites some 60 outdoor industry companies committed to measure, plan and reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and share their progress annually. The main objective ...
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News briefsSchöffel Foundation donates face masks
Peter Schöffel, managing partner of Schöffel Sportbekleidung, earlier this week published a motivational video for German small and medium-sized enterprises on Facebook, in which he called on them to emerge from a crisis stronger than before, particularly on the basis of healthy partnerships. And now, his company has organized 60,000 ...
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News briefsSpring projects to be selected by EOCA's members
The European Outdoor Conservation Association, EOCA, wants and is able to continue to fund projects during 2020 despite the corona crisis, but this time, it decided not to hold the usual public vote due to the extraordinary situation and to not ”add to peoples’ workloads at this time.” However, there ...
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News briefsIt’s Great Out There Coalition promotes #outdoorsathome across Europe
The It’s Great Out There Coalition, an international non-profit association set up by the European Outdoor Group (EOG) and registered in Brussels, has presented a new initiative in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In collaboration with several of its members, including some of the biggest outdoor companies in Europe, the ...
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ArticleCovid-19: Letter from Mark Held, EOG President
Source: European Outdoor Group Mark Held, EOG President Mark Held, the president of the European Outdoor Group (EOG) has issued an open letter to the outdoor industry, urging businesses to work together during the Covid-19 pandemic, in order to help as much of the sector as possible ...
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News briefsHoudini’s Eva Karlsson joins government group against climate change
The chief executive of Houdini, Eva Karlsson, was appointed one of 20 members of a government group, taking the lead in Sweden’s climate transition. With the ambition of becoming the world’s first fossil-free welfare state, the Swedish government has recruited four groups of experts representing the private sector, academics and ...
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ArticleThe industry’s reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic
(SGI+) We hope you have already made use of our “Corona tickers” on our SGI Europe and Outdoor Industry Compass websites, which provide you with a constant stream of new information on what the industry is doing to combat the spreading Covid-19 pandemic. We believe it is important to let ...
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ArticleAustrian retail associations join forces to prevent bankruptcies
For some of the approximately 950 members represented by the seven specialized trade associations in Austria across different sectors of consumer goods (EK Servicegroup Austria, Interspiel, ModeRing, ANWR Garant Austria, Sport 2000 Österreich, Vedes and Spielzeug-Ring), the current business shutdowns due to the Covid-19 crisis could easily end in bancruptcy. ...
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ArticleRecap of the OIA Annual General Meeting 2020: Climate, Covid-19 and Brexit
by Charles Ross The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) started on Monday, March 16, at a time when everything was changing with speed in the UK. Developments with Covid-19 meant that only half the registered delegates turned up to the annual conference. The audience ...
