This is how the sporting goods industry deals with CSR & Sustainability – Page 81
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A Humboldt penguin at the Santa Barbara Zoo in California...
A Humboldt penguin at the Santa Barbara Zoo in California is getting some help from Teva. Lucky, the penguin, was born in April 2010 with a problem with one of his legs, causing him to have a shuffling gait. The zoo tried various remedies, including splints, but it still couldn't ...
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New England Footwear, the company started by former Timberland executives...
New England Footwear, the company started by former Timberland executives to continue production of GoLite footwear when Timberland decided to discontinue it, has won funding from the Green Launching Pad. This is a program run by the state of New Hampshire to promote sustainable business. Doug Clark, the chief executive ...
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Speedo's new fashion collaboration with the ethical designers From Somewhere...
Speedo's new fashion collaboration with the ethical designers From Somewhere has been launched, with dresses styled after the 1950s and made from surplus stock of the LZR Racer swimsuit, which has been banned by Fina, the international authority for competitive swimming. The compa ny says the dresses can be worn ...
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Nike and Patagonia are heading up a 30-member group whose...
Nike and Patagonia are heading up a 30-member group whose goal is to lead the apparel industry in developing improved sustainability strategies and tools to measure and evaluate sustainability performance. Other members of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition include Gap, H&M, Levi Strauss and Marks & Spencer. The SAC hopes to ...
