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News briefsLVMH has become a premium partner of Paris 2024
Luxury conglomerate LVMH has become a premium partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in an unprecedented partnership that “will contribute to heightening the appeal of France around the world,” Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of LVMH, said in a statement. The terms of the agreement were not ...
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News briefsUEFA publishes ambitious ESG strategy for Euro 2024
Less than a year from the start of UEFA Euro 2024, scheduled to take place in Germany from June 14 to July 14 next year, the governing body has published the “UEFA Euro 2024 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Strategy.” The UEFA European Championship is the third-largest sporting event worldwide, ...
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News briefsWheelchair-pádel tournament coming up
The association Missing Link Sport, as The Padel Paper reports, has put out a call for entrants for the 2023 International Tournament for padel-fauteuil, or wheelchair pádel, scheduled for Aug. 30 - Sept. 1 in Paris. Missing Link specializes in promoting the para-version of pádel in France ...
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News briefsNike sued over “pocket bra” design
A Florida-based company is suing Nike for allegedly using its invention of a sports “pocket bra” in Nike’s athletic bras without permission. The Pocket Bra is a sports bra that features built-in pockets where women can keep their belongings during physical activity. SherryWear LLC, headquartered in Vero Beach, claims in ...
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News briefsTwo French Alpine regions eye bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics
The presidents of the French regions Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Laurent Wauquiez and Renaud Muselier, have announced that they want to submit a joint bid to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to host the 2030 Winter Olympics. The announcement did not specify venues. Apart from France, Sweden has already expressed ...
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News briefsAdidas claims West misappropriated Yeezy marketing funds
Bloomberg reports that although the legal battle between Adidas and its former partner Kanye West has largely been kept under seal, a reporter was able to get a look at court documents that reveal some key details. According to the documents, the sporting goods company claims that West was paid ...
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ArticleIOC announces shortlist for first Climate Action Awards
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the athletes, International Federations (IFs) and National Olympic Committees (NOCs) shortlisted for the inaugural IOC Climate Action Awards. The purpose is to honor those in the Olympic Movement who are taking concrete steps to address the climate crisis. More than 70 applications were ...
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News briefsNike battles online counterfeiters, trademark infringers
Nike is attempting to combat e-commerce sellers on global platforms who continue to sell unauthorized and unlicensed Swoosh merchandise using counterfeit and infringing versions of the company’s federally registered trademarks. Last week in U.S. federal court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Nike filed its latest complaint against ...
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News briefsICC announces equal prize money for men’s and women’s teams in cricket
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that men’s and women’s teams will receive equal prize money at ICC events. The historic decision was taken at the ICC Annual Conference in Durban, South Africa, ”well ahead” of the 2030 scheduled deadline that had previously been set for that objective. Teams ...
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News briefsFrance’s new money-back scheme aims to encourage repairs
In its continuing bid to clean up the fashion industry, France is once again leading the way with legislation to encourage a more circular form of ownership. This week, Bérangère Couillard, the Secretary of State for Ecology, announced that individuals will be able to claim back between €7 and €25 ...
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News briefsFIP expands by eight
At its recent general assembly the International Padel Federation (FIP) raised its total of countries represented to 71, thanks to the addition of eight: Slovakia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Tunisia and Venezuela. Slovakia has established national men’s and women’s teams, built its National Padel Centre (with bi-weekly tournaments) in ...
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ArticleFESI responds to EU’s ESPR proposal with key concern
The Federation of European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) has welcomed the EU Parliament’s July 12 adoption of the report on the European Parliament’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Product Regulation (ESPR) proposal. However, it has raised concerns over elements concerning the destruction of unsold goods and how reporting requirements will affect safeguarding ...
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ArticleCanadian regulators accuse Nike of profiting from Uyghur forced labor
CBC (Radio Canada) reports that the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), Canada’s corporate misconduct watchdog, has gathered enough information to launch an investigation into allegations that Nike Canada Corp. (as well as a Canadian gold mining company called Dynasty Gold Corp.) is profiting from forced Uyghur labor in China. ...
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News briefsCrocs sues former employee over company secrets
Crocs has sued former executive Kellen McCarvel and his company Joybees in a Colorado district court. The company alleges McCarvel left Crocs with several thousand highly confidential trade secrets that he downloaded onto a personal thumb drive and then used to build a competing shoe company. Some of the documents ...
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News briefsThe FA launches new five-year sustainability strategy
The Football Association (FA), the governing body of English associative soccer, has announced a new five-year sustainability strategy. Dubbed “Playing for the Future,” the new strategy sets the body’s environmental ambitions until 2028 and beyond. The plan focuses on three core areas: “Shoot for net zero,” aiming to achieve ...
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ArticleAuditors declare EU has made “very little progress” in transition to a circular economy
The EU has made “very little progress” in its transition to a circular economy, according to a report published by the European Court of Auditors (ECA). More than 10 billion euros of investment has had little impact, with a lack of circular design and circular manufacturing processes being blamed. The ...
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ArticleNGO calls recycled plastic products “avoidance strategies”
AN NGO has denounced as “avoidance strategies” five tactics to deal with waste deployed by some of the biggest companies in the world
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News briefsFESI raises alarm over stalled GSP Trilogue Negotiations
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) has expressed concern over the breakdown of negotiations on the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). FESI strongly believes that the GSP regulation is the most important element of the EU’s trade and sustainable development policy. It has been shown to help ...
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ArticleUNEP and UN Climate Change release the first Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN Climate Change have released the first Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook, a practical guide for communicators across the global fashion industry on how to align consumer-facing communication with sustainability targets. The 96-page document was presented at the recent Global Fashion ...
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News briefsNew “Enhanced Games” without drug testing
Aron D’Souza, a Melbourne-born businessman who lives in London, is launching the Enhanced Games, described on the event’s website as “an alternative to the corrupt Olympic Games.” D’Souza plans to stage the inaugural Olympic-styled competition in December 2024. A key specificity of the Enhanced Games is that, contrary to the ...
