All articles by Susanne Kern – Page 3
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ArticleNew website greenwash.com aims to unveil false promises on specific products
During the London Fashion Week 2022, The Changing Markets Foundation and activists network Extinction Rebellion launched greenwash.com, a new platform to highlight greenwashing in the fashion and sports industries. The website aims to offer a transparent and objective valuation of the green promises made on specific products with the “wash ...
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ArticleSalewa introduces the “committed” sustainability label
Source: Salewa With the shipping of the spring 2022 collection, a new sustainability label will be marking the most conscious choices of the Salewa collection. The first pieces labeled with the “Salewa committed” seal are hitting the stores with the Lavaredo climbing collection. 243 parts of the ...
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ArticleArc’teryx and Ortovox unite forces for new avalanche airbag system
The new LiTric unit The result of a joint research and development project, the Canadian brand Arc’teryx and the German brand Ortovox have introduced LiTric, a new electronic avalanche airbag system for winter 22/23 that will be used in a line of different touring and freeride packs ...
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ArticleVaude prototypes circular TPU backpack with 3D printed backpanel
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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ArticleW.L. Gore publishes annual sustainability update
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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ArticleOrtovox avalanche beacon wins #sheisoutdoors awards
Source: © KontraPixel / Miriam Mayer Avalanche beacon Ortovox Diract Voice is the overall winner of #she-is-outdoors winter edition In its first winter edition, the second round of the #sheisoutdoors gear awards found seven products worth being awarded for their innovative properties and women-specific design for ...
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News briefsArc’teryx continues global brand store expansion
Source: Arc’teryx Arc’teryx has increased the number of its own brand stores by 15 percent Canadian brand Arc’teryx Equipment opened 21 stores internationally in the past twelve months, ending 2021 with a total of 159 brick-and-mortar brand shops globally. In addition to the new stores, Arc’teryx also ...
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ArticleGlove specialist Hestra publishes first sustainability report
Source: Hestra Swedish glove specialist Hestra has written its first sustainability report. In 36 pages published on its website in a few days, the company provides an overview of its performance and plans for the fiscal year ending April 2021. In 2020/21, Hestra undertook a project to ...
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ArticleFashion for Good launches new polyester recycling research project
Innovation platform Fashion for Good, based in Amsterdam, has launched the Full Circle Textiles Project – Polyester with the ambition to validate and scale promising technologies in polyester chemical recycling and to encourage financing and offtake commitments in the apparel industry. The project aims to bring together a consortium of ...
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News briefsNGO coalition addresses delay of Sustainable Corporate Governance Directive in open letter to EU
In an open letter to the European Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, a coalition of civil society organizations addressed the delayed proposal for a Sustainable Corporate Governance Directive which was initially expected for the first half of December. The directive, announced by justice commissioner Didier Reynders, would mandate human ...
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ArticleBetter Cotton Initiative publishes detailed impact report 2020
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has just published its impact report 2020, adding new sections to the report along with the farmers’ results for the 2019/20 cotton season. The new chapters in the 103-page report are set to give a more comprehensive overview of the NGO’s work to contribute to ...
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ArticleIntersport Austria enhances service, prepares for second consecutive winter without tourism
At the press conference marking the start of the 2022 winter season, Intersport Austria looked to the future with cautious optimism. On the first weekend of the advent season, the retail group recorded a digital run on all winter sports articles: alpine skis, touring skis, snowshoes, bobsleds and sleds were ...
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ArticleExperts discuss different textile recycling options at meeting hosted by The Lycra Company
In the second global panel discussion of a row hosted by The Lycra Company, 28 apparel industry experts have evaluated the pros and cons of mechanical recycling versus chemical recycling and what is needed to make garment recycling a commercial reality. Mechanical recycling can also use materials from outside the ...
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ArticleFashion for Good and Apparel Impact Institute map the path to net zero in fashion
In a new report released at the Textile Exchange 2021 Textile Sustainability Conference in Dublin, Fashion for Good and the Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) have investigated the ways for the fashion industry to meet the net-zero goal. Estimating the emissions reduction of existing and innovative solutions, the paper also calculates ...
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ArticleScandinavian Outdoor Group celebrates 20 years of partnerships
“It’s more fun to do business with Scandinavians” was the very first slogan of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) that was founded by 15 companies in 2001, first and foremost to organize a joint and coordinated appearance at the international outdoor and sports trade shows in the Scandinavian Villages. Initiated ...
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ArticleNike under suspicion of greenwashing in German media for destroying new footwear
In a broad investigative joint journalistic effort, several German media have chased down returned Nike footwear (used and new) that had been tagged with GPS trackers and went into a recycling plant in Herenthout, Belgium, to be destroyed and recycled into the “Grind” material that Nike uses for gym floors, ...
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ArticleRacoon Events CEO introduces Net Zero plan at COP26
At a panel discussion at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Raccoon Events Ltd’s CEO Mike Seaman introduced the company’s roadmap to reach Net Zero by 2025. The plan visible on the Raccoon website is set out in five areas, all of which will have quarterly and annual targets ...
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ArticlePolartec Apex Award winners 2021 range from startups to global giants
The Milliken & Company brand Polartec has just announced the winners of its 2021 Apex Design Awards for creative use of the company’s fabrics and design. Every year, a panel of expert judges selects the most outstanding products made with Polartec fabric technologies. The list of winning products represents the ...
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ArticleSBTi launches new Net-Zero corporate standard
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has launched a new standard for companies to certify their net-zero targets. SBTi sees a lack in robust certification, while companies are currently self-defining net-zero targets without a credible and independent assessment of their ambition and integrity. The new SBTi Net-Zero ...
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ArticleVF releases sustainability and responsibility report “Made for Change”
Focusing on the three areas ”people, planet and product”, VF Corp., with its group of brands, has just released its fourth sustainability and responsibility report, titled ”Made for Change.“ Highlights of the report include: People: In FY2020, roughly 290,000 people were supported via VF’s worker and community development program. ...
