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News briefsFoot Locker releases updated report on LEED initiative
Foot Locker has released its second annual progress report detailing its efforts to support the Black community globally. The Leading Education & Economic Development (LEED) Initiative, launched in June 2020, is the company’s $200 million commitment to the Black community. Through the end of FY21, Foot Locker says it has ...
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News briefsAbout You, Yoox Net-A-Porter and Zalando team up on climate action learning platform
About You, Yoox Net-A-Porter and Zalando are joining forces on a bespoke learning platform to support their brand partners in setting climate targets aligned with science, intending to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The customized program, designed to explain the value and process of climate targets, will be available to ...
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News briefsYouGov: Sustainability in retail is important to 25% of Germans
The trend toward greater sustainability in times of climate change is increasingly coming into focus in the retail and consumer goods industries. For every fourth German (25%), sustainability in retail is one of the most important aspects. This is shown by data from the YouGov Profile Peek “Sustainable Retail,” which ...
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News briefsRebag now also sells Adidas, Yeezy, Nike, Jordan
Luxury re-commerce platform Rebag is now offering shoes and apparel on its platform in addition to bags, watches and jewelry. This includes products from the Adidas, Yeezy, Nike and Jordan brands. “Shoes have been one of the top requests, so of course, we listened. We applied Rebag’s meticulousness for sourcing ...
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News briefsSafilo Group joins The Fashion Pact
Safilo Group has joined The Fashion Pact, a global sustainability coalition of companies in the fashion and textile industry, the company announced earlier this week. According to its website presentation, The Fashion Pact was launched at the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France, in 2019 as a mission given to Kering ...
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Northwave's sales up 34% for 2021
Northwave, the Italian specialist in cycling and snowboarding footwear and accessories, exceeded its expectations for 2021, posting a 34 percent rise in revenues to €35.6 million. Export sales topped 85 percent, the main foreign markets being Germany, Italy, Spain and France. Management is looking to countries outside Europe for future ...
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News briefsZalando signs Four Paws’ letter of intent for mulesing-free wool
The animal welfare organization Four Paws has announced a new signing of the letter of intent to move away from mulesing sheep’s wool. Retailer Zalando has joined the campaign, pledging to phase out its offerings of wool products that are not mulesing-free. The campaign calls for a complete shift away ...
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News briefsDecathlon and Intersport setting up recycling bins
Decathlon and Intersport are setting up bins in their stores in which customers can deposit used sporting goods (textiles excluded), for recycling or other secondary use, according to the French financial paper Les Echos. Both retailers have joined the network of a non-profit organization called Ecologic, and their full system ...
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News briefsCarbios signs two-year contract with On, Puma, Salomon, Patagonia for circularity research
The French biorecycling provider Carbios has signed an agreement with On, Patagonia, Puma and Salomon to develop solutions aiming to enhance the recyclability and circularity of the brands’ products. The consortium wants to speed up the introduction of Carbios’ biorecycling technology and research how entire products can be recycled easier, ...
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News briefsRossignol wins award for highly recyclable ski
Rossignol has won Union Sport & Cycle’s Ecosport Award in the circular-economy category for its Essentiel ski. A limited edition due out this autumn, the Essentiel is designed with “recyclable, natural, labeled and biosourced” materials, and few of them at that. The result, says the French brand, is more than ...
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News briefsU.S. startup AlgiKnit secures $13 million in Series A funding
AlgiKnit, a North Carolina-based startup with secondary offices in New York City that develops sustainable textiles from seaweed, has received $13 million in a Series A financing led by Collaborative Fund. New investors include H&M CO:LAB, the investment arm of Swedish apparel retailer H&M Group, Starlight Ventures and Third Nature ...
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YouGov survey examines sports fans’ attitudes in 51 countries
A new, free whitepaper released by market researching company YouGov titled “uncovering the socially responsible sports fan” has been conducted in 51 countries around the world to learn more about the social and environmental attitudes of sports aficionados. In the report, YouGov Sport aims to help understand the impact of ...
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News briefsPuma and Sympatex start product partnership
Improving the recyclability of products is one of the goals Puma has set out in its sustainability report, as is a reduction in its carbon footprint. As part of the evolution of the company’s strategy, the German brand has now partnered with materials provider Sympatex to develop and use more ...
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News briefsDecathlon to help provide certified training in sales and repair
In September, to meet what it calls the demands of “urban mobility,” Decathlon will be inaugurating 17 apprentice training centers (CFA) for bicycle repair and sales throughout France. Established in partnership with the AFPA – which began certifying workers in 1949 to help rebuild France after the Second World War ...
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Norwegian authorities ask retailers to disclose microplastic emissions of garments in Norway
Citing a little-known Norwegian law, Norwegian citizen and activist Axel Klanderud has called on authorities to force retail companies Anton Sport and Intersport (both part of Sport Holding AS) to be transparent about the microplastic emissions generated by the sale of their products in the country. The following verdict was ...
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News briefsPangaia and Spiber launch sweatshirt made from brewed protein fibers
Pangaia has released a limited-edition sweatshirt, made in partnership with Japanese biomaterials manufacturing group Spiber, featuring biotech Brewed Protein fibers and organic cotton. Spiber’s Brewed Protein materials are made from plant-derived biomass using a proprietary fermentation process. Brewed Protein polymers can be transformed into various forms, from delicate filament fibers ...
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News briefsPlanetics with new marketing director
Source: LinkedIn / Planetics Melanie Hüttenberger Planetics, the German online marketplace for sustainable and fairly produced sporting goods, announced on LinkedIn that Melanie Hüttenberger joined the company as its new marketing manager on June 1. Hüttenberger has more than 20 years of experience in PR and marketing, ...
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News briefsSpeedo launches swimwear collection made from recycled materials
Speedo has launched Eco, a swimwear collection that contains up to 82 percent recycled materials. The collection expands Speedo’s eco-friendly offering with the introduction of two new fabrics made from recycled yarn, Eco Endurance Plus and Eco Endurabrite. Eco Endurabrite is made from 82 percent recycled plastic bottles and marine ...
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News briefsNike starts Re-Creation program in L.A.
Following Nike Grind (launched in 1992), Nike Refurbished and Nike Recycling & Donation, Nike’s latest program to promote a circular future is Nike Re-Creation, which collects old and unwanted items locally and uses them to create new, locally designed and manufactured products. Nike Re-Creation initiates a new circular business model ...
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News briefsIcebug stays true to promoting a sustainable lifestyle as sales and profits rise
The Swedish footwear brand Icebug generated a 37.8 percent increase in annual net profit to 22.83 million Swedish kronor (€2.18m) for the 12 months ended Feb. 28 compared to SEK 16.6 million in the prior year. The financial year profit margin was 9.9 percent as total yearly revenues grew 38.9 ...
