This is how the sporting goods industry deals with CSR & Sustainability – Page 49
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News briefsProtect Our Winters UK launches an initiative for climate action
Protect Our Winters (POW) UK launched POW Pledge, a digital portal to equip the industry to take climate action towards net zero. “It’s very simple; our industry has to act on climate change in order to survive,” said POW ambassador Ed Leigh. “The POW Pledge is the map that can ...
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Soöruz wins prize from EuroSima and OSV
Soöruz has won the €5,000 Innovator Of The Year prize from EuroSima and Outdoor Sports Valley (OSV), chiefly for its its Bioprene and Oysterprene wetsuits. Soöruz beat 12 other companies before a jury of EuroSima representatives, OSV cluster partners, and innovation and sustainability experts. Founded in 1999 by Yann Dalibot ...
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YKK wants to be climate-neutral by 2050
At this week’s Copenhagen Fashion Summit, YKK, the leading manufacturer of fasteners and trims, announced its YKK Sustainability Vision 2050, which among other things is intended to serve as a roadmap for the company to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The five themes of the mission statement are (1) combating ...
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News briefsTexon unveils new recyclable insole technology
Texon, the U.K.-based producer of materials for the footwear industry, has unveiled a new insole technology that is based on 85 percent recycled polyester (rPET) and is 100 percent recyclable. Texon Ecoline is produced with a special fusion-bonded process that enhances the internal bond structure of the material’s fibers, which ...
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Oberalp's "leader" status is confirmed by FWF
Three brands of the Oberalp Group – Salewa, Dynafit and Wild Country – have been awarded “Leader” status by the Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) for the fourth year in a row. They have actually gained five more points than last year, reaching a score of 84/100. Pointing out that it ...
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Adidas founds the Football Collective
Adidas has launched the Football Collective in London, Paris, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo. A form of federation of local individuals and clubs, the Football Collective intends to foster social changes through football. It will be working with local initiatives already set up under the Adidas Football Collective ...
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News briefsSmartwool Europe partners with POW Switzerland
For the upcoming winter season, Smartwool Europe has entered a partnership with Protect Our Winters (POW) in Switzerland. Founded in 2007 by a pro snowboarder, Jeremy Jones, POW is a global non-profit charity that builds communities of athletes, activists and committed companies to work on solutions to make changes in ...
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Adidas completes green bond offer
Adidas has announced the successful placement of its first sustainability bond, whose offer was more than five times oversubscribed. The €500 million bond carries a 0.00 percent coupon and has a duration of eight years. It is divided into five equal tranches and will be listed on the Luxembourg Stock ...
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Save the Duck opens its second Milan store
Known for outerwear made exclusively with animal-free and “cruelty-free” materials, Save the Duck was,in June of last year, the first Italian fashion company to receive B Corp certification for the sustainability of its products and processes. In contrast with Moncler or Canada Goose, it produces its stylish jackets and parkas ...
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Early launch of Swix’ next-gen fluoro-free race wax
Swix Soirt has launched its latest gliding wax collection, Swix Pro, comprising three lines called Performance Speed, High Speed and Top Speed, with both solid and liquid waxes available in the stores this autumn. The new line has been in development for over ten years and was originally planned for ...
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Reebok to release a plant-based running shoe
In October, Reebok will be releasing the Forever Floatride Grow, a running shoe with uppers derived from eucalyptus trees, midsoles from sustainably cultivated castor beans, sock liners from bloom-algae foam and outsoles from plant rubber. According to Footwear News, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has conferred some sort of ...
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Asics joins renewable-energy coalition
Asics has joined RE100, an international, multi-sector coalition of companies that run or have pledged to run their business entirely on renewable energy. Asics itself hopes to draw exclusively on renewable energy in 60 percent of its “business bases” by 2030 and in all of them by 2050. It has ...
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News briefsNew Tencel fibers receive CarbonNeutral certification
Under the Tencel brand, the Austrain firm Lenzing is releasing Lyocell and Modal fibers that have received CarbonNeutral® certification. In other words, they comply with the carbon-neutral protocol set up – originally in 2002 – by Natural Capital Partners. In Lenzing’s summation, “the emissions associated with the fibers’ production, manufacturing ...
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Burton to close is U.S. HQ and stores on Election Day
Burton Snowboards will be closing its headquarters and stores in the U.S. on Election Day, which falls this year on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The company says it has been providing its American employees with time off, flexible schedules and “the resources they need” to vote in local, state and federal ...
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Merrell releases eco-friendly undyed line
Merrell’s new line, the Undyed Collection, has white, undyed uppers made of partially recycled mesh and outsoles made of natural rubber. According to the brand, when measured against factory-supplied averages, the Undyed Collection saves about 80 percent of the water and 50 percent of the energy expended in the production ...
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Nike’s releases guide on coaching girls
Nike has released a guide to coaching girls titled How to Get (and Keep) Girls Playing: Strategies for Engaging & Retaining Girls in Sport. The guide was put together in collaboration with We Coach, a sports consultancy run by We Coach L3C, a low-profit limited liability company headquartered in Illinois. ...
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Oakley factory to produce face shields
Oakley has converted part of its Foothill Ranch factory in Orange County, California, to supply face shields in order to meet growing demand for protective equipment against the Covid-19 virus. The 550,000-square-foot facility produces Oakley eyewear and goggles, and the face shields will be manufactured alongside existing products. The brand’s ...
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Speedo aids black people in the U.K. to swim
Speedo is partnering with the Black Swimming Association of the U.K. to help remove barriers that cause 95% of black adults and 80% of black children not to be engaged in swimming, providing swimwear and equipment for BSA’s projects. Speedo and the BSA had previously collaborated to produce a film ...
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News briefsKeen donates up to $20,000 for wildfire relief efforts
As devastating wildfires in the states of Oregon, Washington and California have been destroying or threatening lives, property and nature, Keen Footwear has announced that he will donate 1 percent of its U.S. sales from keenfootwear.com, up to a total of $20,000, to relief programs. The money will go to ...
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ArticleMore firms switch to rail to send goods to and from China, but….
A train loaded with Lenzing fibers, which left Vienna, Austria, on Aug. 20, reached its destination, the Xinzhu station in Xi’an, China, after only 16 days. The train, which carried 41 containers of Tencel™ Lyocell and Modal fibers with a total value of €1.8 million, covered a total of 10,460 ...
