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Penguin Books is releasing a revised and expanded edition of...
Penguin Books is releasing a revised and expanded edition of Yvon Chouinard's memoir. The first edition of Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman, by the founder of Patagonia was first published ten years ago. The new edition features around 40 percent new material as well as a ...
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Radici Group and Herno have teamed up to assess the...
Radici Group and Herno have teamed up to assess the environmental impact of a jacket, and have found that the environmental impact of an Italian one is much lower than that of a similar China-made jacket. Radici, headquartered in Bergamo, is a maker of chemical, synthetic fibers. The two companies ...
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Asics Corp. has been picked for the second time as...
Asics Corp. has been picked for the second time as a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/Pacific Index. The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) relate to socially responsible investment and they are jointly determined by S&P Dow Jones and RobecoSAM, an investment firm based in Switzerland. They evaluate the ...
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Reef and three of its surf ambassadors have been involved...
Reef and three of its surf ambassadors have been involved in a project this summer to aid young refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and other Middle East countries in the Oinofyta camp in Greece, funding an educational program, the construction of schools and the supply of equipment. The brand has donated ...
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Sympatex Technologies has announced plans to introduce its first 100...
Sympatex Technologies has announced plans to introduce its first 100 percent recycled membrane. The Sympatex membrane is free from PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) and PFC (perfluorinated compounds), and is made of polyether-ester, which can be recycled. Over the past few years the Munich-based company has been re-using up to 15 percent of ...
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Patagonia has adopted a new wool sourcing standard, saying...
Patagonia has adopted a new wool sourcing standard, saying that it amounts to the world's most stringent criteria for animal welfare and responsible land management. The Patagonia Wool Standard was developed in response to concerns over animal welfare, which led Patagonia to quit buying wool from one of its suppliers ...
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Jart of Spain will produce 100 skateboards, designed by Eduardo...
Jart of Spain will produce 100 skateboards, designed by Eduardo Chillida, to help poor populations in India as part of its project Solidarity on Wheels. The proceeds from the sale of these skateboards will be used to build a colony of 15 houses in one of the most impoverished areas ...
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Timberland, a brand of VF Corp., has announced a program...
Timberland, a brand of VF Corp., has announced a program to restore and create green spaces in five U.S. cities by 2020. Each year for the next five years, the brand will choose a different city with a Timberland store, beginning with New York City, and will match its retail ...
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Patagonia said it will start working with the Outdoor Industry...
Patagonia said it will start working with the Outdoor Industry Association in the U.S. to assess the potential threats of fleece and apparel made with synthetic materials for the environment. The new program follows research, commissioned by Patagonia, showing that this kind of clothing is likely to cause a significant ...
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In its 2016 Detox Catwalk list, Greenpeace singled out and...
In its 2016 Detox Catwalk list, Greenpeace singled out and praised three apparel companies - Benetton, Inditex and H&M - for being “ahead of the curve and on track to meet their commitments” to eliminate hazardous chemicals by 2020. This was the third edition of the Detox Catwalk, which assesses ...
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VF Corporation has announced that its international headquarters building in...
VF Corporation has announced that its international headquarters building in Stabio, Switzerland, has achieved Leed Platinum Certification, the highest level of certification in the third-party rating system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council for buildings, homes and communities. “Leeds” stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. From the ...
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The Roland Garros stadium in Paris hosted a debate on...
The Roland Garros stadium in Paris hosted a debate on sustainable development in sports events on June 1. Guy Forget, the French former professional tennis player and Davis Cup winner who is now the managing director of the Roland Garros tennis tournament, gave the opening speech. Thibault de Tassigny explained ...
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Textile Exchange and the European Outdoor Group will present the...
Textile Exchange and the European Outdoor Group will present the new Responsible Wool Standard (RWS) to the outdoor industry on July 14, during the OutDoor show in Friedrichshafen. Like the Responsible Down Standard (RDS), the RWS is intended to provide a global benchmark for animal welfare and land management practices ...
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We hear that Zalando is requiring suppliers not to engage...
We hear that Zalando is requiring suppliers not to engage in mulesing of sheep to reduce wrinkles in their skin. The big European e-commerce operator is also banning real fur and the use of feathers from live animals or from foie gras geese.
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NSF Sustainability, a division of NSF International, has certified the...
NSF Sustainability, a division of NSF International, has certified the first manufacturers to the Global Traceable Down Standard (Global TDS). The certification has been achieved by South Korea's Youngone Corporation, Taiwan's Quang Viet Enterprise, and China's Shen Gang Tungsang. All three of these manufacturers are suppliers to the down outdoor ...
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VF Corp. has been placed on the 2016 Corporate Responsibility...
VF Corp. has been placed on the 2016 Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine's Best Corporate Citizens list, the ranking that recognizes U.S. public companies for their corporate responsibility performance. The 100 Best Corporate Citizens List was first published in Business Ethics Magazine in 1999, and has been managed by CR Magazine ...
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Adidas has announced the removal of plastic shopping bags from...
Adidas has announced the removal of plastic shopping bags from its own retail stores globally. The announcement was made on April 22, to celebrate Earth Day while reiterating the company's commitment to sustainability. The switch to paper bags has already begun, with Russia and Kazakhstan following in June. Adidas has ...
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Re:newcell has announced the development of a new technology which...
Re:newcell has announced the development of a new technology which allows cotton waste to be recycled into new textile pulp. The dissolved pulp is mainly used to make textile materials such as Viscose or Lyocel. Up until this breakthrough, it was not possible to recycle cotton into textile material suitable ...
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The Kering group, parent company of Puma, Gucci and many...
The Kering group, parent company of Puma, Gucci and many other brands has joined the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Foundation, which aims to eliminate such substances from textile and footwear products by 2020. Other current members are Adidas, C&A, Esprit, G-Star Raw, H&M, Inditex, Jack Wolfskin, Levi's, Li-Ning, ...
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Pertex, the specialist in lightweight technical fabrics for the outdoor...
Pertex, the specialist in lightweight technical fabrics for the outdoor industry, has announced it is expanding its PFC-free offering. Following significant research, the brand is now offering an extensive range of non-PFC durable water repellent (DWR) fabrics with performance features which are said to be similar to conventional DWR finished ...
