This is how the sporting goods industry deals with CSR & Sustainability – Page 54
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Asics joins renewable-energy coalition
Asics has joined RE100, an international, multi-sector coalition of companies that run or have pledged to run their business entirely on renewable energy. Asics itself hopes to draw exclusively on renewable energy in 60 percent of its “business bases” by 2030 and in all of them by 2050. It has ...
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News briefsNew Tencel fibers receive CarbonNeutral certification
Under the Tencel brand, the Austrain firm Lenzing is releasing Lyocell and Modal fibers that have received CarbonNeutral® certification. In other words, they comply with the carbon-neutral protocol set up – originally in 2002 – by Natural Capital Partners. In Lenzing’s summation, “the emissions associated with the fibers’ production, manufacturing ...
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Burton to close is U.S. HQ and stores on Election Day
Burton Snowboards will be closing its headquarters and stores in the U.S. on Election Day, which falls this year on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The company says it has been providing its American employees with time off, flexible schedules and “the resources they need” to vote in local, state and federal ...
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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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Nike’s releases guide on coaching girls
Nike has released a guide to coaching girls titled How to Get (and Keep) Girls Playing: Strategies for Engaging & Retaining Girls in Sport. The guide was put together in collaboration with We Coach, a sports consultancy run by We Coach L3C, a low-profit limited liability company headquartered in Illinois. ...
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Oakley factory to produce face shields
Oakley has converted part of its Foothill Ranch factory in Orange County, California, to supply face shields in order to meet growing demand for protective equipment against the Covid-19 virus. The 550,000-square-foot facility produces Oakley eyewear and goggles, and the face shields will be manufactured alongside existing products. The brand’s ...
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Speedo aids black people in the U.K. to swim
Speedo is partnering with the Black Swimming Association of the U.K. to help remove barriers that cause 95% of black adults and 80% of black children not to be engaged in swimming, providing swimwear and equipment for BSA’s projects. Speedo and the BSA had previously collaborated to produce a film ...
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News briefsKeen donates up to $20,000 for wildfire relief efforts
As devastating wildfires in the states of Oregon, Washington and California have been destroying or threatening lives, property and nature, Keen Footwear has announced that he will donate 1 percent of its U.S. sales from keenfootwear.com, up to a total of $20,000, to relief programs. The money will go to ...
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ArticleMore firms switch to rail to send goods to and from China, but….
A train loaded with Lenzing fibers, which left Vienna, Austria, on Aug. 20, reached its destination, the Xinzhu station in Xi’an, China, after only 16 days. The train, which carried 41 containers of Tencel™ Lyocell and Modal fibers with a total value of €1.8 million, covered a total of 10,460 ...
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Nike and 11teamsports support intercultural football in Berlin
11teamsports, which claims to be the largest internet retailer for teams sports in the German-speaking area, collected over €8,000 for Champions without Borders, a non-profit organization in Berlin that promoted intercultural football projects for refugees. The sum will be donated to the association in the form of team equipment. 11teamsports ...
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Vivobarefoot obtains B Corp certification
Vivobarefoot has obtained B Corporation certification, which is granted to businesses that “meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose,” according to B Lab, the non-profit organization that manages the certification scheme. It was given a high ranking, ...
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News briefsAlpkit receives B Corp certificate
The British outdoor and bike brand Alpkit was able to raise £1.5 million (€1.6m-$1.9m) in an investment campaign launched on the CrowdCube funding platform in July. Part of the news was that Alpkit wanted to achieve B Corporation Certification by 2022. Well, it happened much faster as the company announced ...
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PrimaLoft Bio styles available from 16 brands in the autumn
Primaloft is partnering with more than 15 outdoor sports, fashion, lifestyle and home furnishing brands to introduce PrimaLoft® Bio™ to consumers in the autumn. According to the company, PrimaLoft Bio is the first biodegradable synthetic insulation and performance fabric made from 100 percent recycled materials, primarily plastic bottles. Specifically, 93.8 ...
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Salomon to release a shoe model designed for recycling
Next February, Salomon will be introducing a running shoe for the circular economy, using recycled polyester that can subsequently be re-purposed for the brand’s ski boots, in time for release in winter 2022. The fruit of a purported three years’ research at the brand’s Annecy Design Center in the French ...
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CSR & SUSTAINABILITY
+++ Icebreaker, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, has vowed to become 100% plastic-free by 2023/24 +++
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News briefsLöffler is climate-neutral
In contrast to many other companies for whom the relocation of many production steps to the Far East has become the norm, the Austrian sports clothing manufacturer Löffler is proud to have responsibly produced in Austria and Europe since the company was founded in 1947. For many years, the company ...
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The fashion industry will likely miss key climate change goal
According to a new report from the Global Fashion Agenda and McKinsey & Co., entitled Fashion on Climate, the global fashion industry will miss its 2030 emissions reduction targets by 50 percent if it continues on its current path. In 2018, the apparel and footwear industry was responsible for around ...
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ArticleEcco and others donate bicycles in developing countries
As part of the company’s corporate responsibility program, the Danish shoe brand is donating bicycles to children in Vietnam. While this is just one of Ecco's aid projects - others include donating school supplies to schools in Thailand or funding mobile libraries in Indonesia - it is a great example ...
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ArticleIntersport Germany publishes 2018-19 CSR report
With the publication of its third CSR report, Intersport Deutschland has confirmed its long-term sustainability orientation. The first report in 2014/15 was the result of the so-called “Heilbronn Declaration,” in which Intersport, together with other companies from the Heilbronn-Franken region where the company headquarters are located, agreed on responsible and ...
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Globe International is going solar at its HQ
Globe International is installing solar power arrays at its headquarters in Port Melbourne, Australia, effectively switching away from coal as an energy source. The system – designed and to be installed by Solpod, an Australian company specializing in solar – will consist of about 650 commercial solar panels and should ...
