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Zalando appoints VP of Sustainability and Diversity & Inclusion
Source: Zalando Pascal Brun Online retailer Zalando has hired Pascal Brun, a renowned expert in the textile and apparel industry, as its new Vice President of Sustainability and Diversity and inclusion (D&I). In his role, he will report directly to Padmaja Bommareddy, SVP of Corporate Development. The ...
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Garmin updates Venu smartwatch series with wheelchair features
Source: Garmin Venu 3S Garmin has introduced the Venu 3 and Venu 3S smartwatches. The Venu 3 duo includes, among other new features, a wheelchair mode. Wheelchair users can track daily pushes instead of steps and receive weight shift alerts. These two models also offer wheelchair-specific sports ...
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Stadium launches collaboration with para-alpine skier Ebba Årsjö
Source: Stadium Ebba Årsjö Swedish retail chain Stadium and Swedish para-alpine skier Ebba Årsjö are entering into a long-term collaboration next year. The main focus of the partnership is to inspire children and young people to try new sports and take on challenges in their own way, ...
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Ironman broadens inclusivity with new divisions
Ironman has announced its updated 2023 global competition rules for the Ironman and Ironman 70.3 Triathlon Series, which will include new and modified athlete divisions focused on broadening inclusivity. The PC Open/Exhibition division has been expanded to include athletes with an intellectual disability, creating the Physically Challenged/Intellectual Disability (PC/ID) Open ...
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Nike supports community organizations that address inequality in sport
Nike is partnering with 12 community organizations across Europe that address inequities across race, gender, sexual orientation and disability. These Inclusive Community grants will initially be given to organizations in London, Berlin, Barcelona and Amsterdam, including: Disability Sport Coach, Sporting Equals and Not a Phase [London]; Les Hijabeuses [Paris]; Special ...
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Decathlon Italy introduces apparel line for the disabled
Decathlon Italy has presented its new apparel line for the disabled. Italy is the first country where the global sporting goods retailer has developed products specifically for people with a disability. The launch coincides with the 2022 IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup, which will take place in Pisa, Italy, on ...
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Adidas releases factsheet on its diversity, equity and inclusion
Set up in 2020, the ”Creating Lasting Change Now” program defined goals for enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion within the global Adidas company, while encouraging business ownership, accountability and transparency among its employees. The brand has now provided an update on those commitments, focusing on greater diversity, equity and inclusion ...
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Adidas and Delta Galil launch full-range underwear collections
Adidas and Delta Galil Industries, an Israeli textile firm headquartered in Tel Aviv, have introduced full-range underwear collections for Adidas Originals and Badge of Sport for spring/summer 2022. Claiming to have comfort at their core, the collections’ slogan reads: “Comfort is our sport.” They are designed to support all forms ...
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Sanuk releases gender-neutral footwear collection in partnership with Pacific Pride Foundation
U.S. footwear company Sanuk, a division of Deckers Brands, announced the next version of its partnership with the Pacific Pride Foundation, the largest LGBTQ+ center between Los Angeles and San Francisco that works to create a thriving and visible LGBTQ+ community. Created in collaboration with artist and designer Maggie Johnson, ...
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Adidas rolls out new ambassador network for college student-athletes in the U.S.
The U.S. National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) (a non-profit through which many colleges and universities in the U.S. organize their athletic programs) has shifted its economic model in July 2021, allowing student-athletes the ability to monetize the use of their Name, Image and Likeliness (NIL) for the first time. Now, ...
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Olympic para-powerlifter Ali Jawad launches disability fitness app
Ali Jawad, a 32-year-old British powerlifter, originally born in Lebanon, who competes in the class up to 59kg and won a silver medal in Rio 2016, has unveiled Accessercise, a new mobile app designed to make sport and fitness more accessible for people living with impairments. According to Jawad, the ...
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TaylorMade signs up Brendan Lawlor
TaylorMade Golf has added Brendan Lawlor, to its roster of European Tour players. Lawlor, 22, who is currently fourth in the world rankings for golfers with disability (WR4GD), recently made history at the Belfry by becoming the first disabled golfer to compete on the European Tour.