This is how the sporting goods industry deals with CSR & Sustainability – Page 66
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Hyosung will present its products at Performance Days for the...
Hyosung will present its products at Performance Days for the first time at the upcoming edition of the trade show, which will take place in Munich on May 8-9. The fiber manufacturer will showcase a collection of specialty recycled fibers, including Mipan regen, a 100 percent pre-consumer recycled nylon fiber, ...
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Waterhaul, a start-up based in Cornwall, England, is introducing a...
Waterhaul, a start-up based in Cornwall, England, is introducing a range of sunglasses that are made from 100 percent recycled ghost fishing nets and gear, taken out of the ocean. Intercepted nets, which may exceed 100 meters in length, are washed, shredded and transformed into pellets, which are then molded ...
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The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has announced Quiksilver as a...
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has announced Quiksilver as a new member of the organization. The addition of Quiksilver brings the total number of full EOG members to 104, plus 10 associate members. The EOG was founded in 2003 by 19 of the world's biggest outdoor brands, which recognized the ...
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Adidas and Reebok have topped the annual Fashion Transparency Index,...
Adidas and Reebok have topped the annual Fashion Transparency Index, a ranking of the social and environmental transparency practices of global brands, for the third year in a row. In this latest edition, Patagonia also reached the top of the ranking. Each of these three brands scored 64 percent out ...
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Puma now aims for 90 percent of all cotton and...
Puma now aims for 90 percent of all cotton and polyester used in its products to come from more sustainable sources by 2020. This new goal follows a previous target of 50 percent. The company reached its previous target two years ahead of schedule. At the end of 2018, 50 ...
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Hohenstein now offers wastewater testing, following its recent recognition by...
Hohenstein now offers wastewater testing, following its recent recognition by the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Program as a partnering wastewater testing laboratory. The ZDHC has the goal of significantly reducing or completely banning the use of harmful chemicals in the production process of textiles, leather and shoes. Hohenstein ...
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Puma has partnered with First Mile, a producer of recycled polyester...
Puma has partnered with First Mile, a producer of recycled polyester sourced from plastic refuse collected in low-income communities, on the launch of a sustainable sportswear collection made from recycled polyester. First Mile supports people from low-income communities in Haiti, Honduras and Taiwan in its collection network. The Puma x First ...
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Puma and First Mile will launch a sustainable sportswear collection...
Puma and First Mile will launch a sustainable sportswear collection in 2020 consisting of shoes and apparel featuring utility pockets and outdoor elements. First Mile supports more than 4,000 people from low-income communities in Haiti, Honduras, and Taiwan in its collection network. Using the collected plastic bottles, which would otherwise ...
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Icebug claims to have become the first climate-positive outdoor shoe...
Icebug claims to have become the first climate-positive outdoor shoe company. After the summer of 2018, Icebug, which specializes in making shoes with a good grip, made the promise to be climate-positive by 2020. Since then, the issue has been a high priority for the company, which managed to achieve ...
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The Open Apparel Registry (OAR) has been officially launched. The...
The Open Apparel Registry (OAR) has been officially launched. The tool is an open source global map and database of apparel factories worldwide, which assigns a unique ID number to each facility. The official launch follows a beta release last year and a series of improvements, based on consultation with ...
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Adidas has partnered with the New Zealand men's rugby union...
Adidas has partnered with the New Zealand men's rugby union team, the All Blacks, to design new training apparel for the team made from recovered ocean plastic. The jersey is part of the first Adidas Parley rugby collection, which continues the brand's relationship with Parley for the Oceans, the ocean ...
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On the 25th of every month, Bergans of Norway will...
On the 25th of every month, Bergans of Norway will cut the prices of its circular-economy services by 25 percent. The goal is to attract even more people to repair, rent or buy used products. The first price cut took place on Monday, March 25, and the offer will be ...
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Solvay and Lenzing have joined forces on the development of...
Solvay and Lenzing have joined forces on the development of a new sustainable fabric that combines two of their products: Amni Soul Eco biodegradable polyamide and Tencel-branded lyocell, respectively. The new fabric features Tencel on the back and Amni Soul Eco on the front. The Tencel side of the fabric ...
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The Skechers Foundation's tenth annual Pier to Pier Friendship Walk,...
The Skechers Foundation's tenth annual Pier to Pier Friendship Walk, in October 2018, raised more than $2 million. As a result, Skechers has now distributed checks totaling more than $1 million to six educational foundations and delivered a seventh check – for about $600,000, in its largest single donation to ...
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Puma has announced that its use of cotton from sustainable...
Puma has announced that its use of cotton from sustainable sources reached 50 percent in 2018, two years earlier than the scheduled target of 2020. According to the company's estimates, the use of sustainable cotton, such as cotton from the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), has reduced its water consumption by ...
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Under Armour (UA)'s social compliance program has been accredited by...
Under Armour (UA)'s social compliance program has been accredited by the Fair Labor Association (FLA), the multi-stakeholder organization that monitors labor standards in order to promote and protect workers' rights and improve conditions in the workplace. The accreditation follows a multi-year examination of a company's labor compliance program that supports ...
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Asics has launched a partnership with I:Collect (I:CO) on a...
Asics has launched a partnership with I:Collect (I:CO) on a program to recycle and reuse its products at eight marathons in 2019. The program will debut at the Barcelona Marathon on March 10. As part of this initiative, the Japanese sportswear brand is calling on runners and supporters to return ...
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Nike has signed a clean-energy power purchasing agreement (PPA) –...
Nike has signed a clean-energy power purchasing agreement (PPA) – its first in Europe – with Iberdrola of Spain, regarded as the world's leading provider of wind power. The deal purchases 40 megawatts from Cavar, a wind farm in northern Spain that Iberdrola will finish building in 2020 and should ...
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Polartec has announced its commitment to using 100 percent recycled...
Polartec has announced its commitment to using 100 percent recycled materials and biodegradability across its entire product line. The new Eco-Engineering initiative, a collaboration with Unifi and Intrinsic Advanced Materials, is an extension of Polartec Eco-Engineering, a proprietary process that deploys recycled inputs to produce sustainable fabrics with enhanced performance ...
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HeiQ has upgraded its family of odor control technologies with...
HeiQ has upgraded its family of odor control technologies with some more sustainable options, including silver-free and recycled silver salt options. The HeiQ Fresh FFL is a bio-based amino sugar polymer that is said to be silver-free and not an anti-microbial. According to the company, the HeiQ Fresh FFL removes ...
