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WFSGI joins the Centre for Sport and Human Rights
The World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) has joined the Advisory Council of the Centre for Sport and Human Rights (CSHR), based in Geneva. The CSHR is chaired by Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Centre is exclusively ...
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Pentland reports on modern slavery
Pentland Brands has produced a report on labor practices in its supply chain. Called Modern Slavery, the report reviews such criteria as geography, political stability and worker demographics to gauge the likelihood of slavery’s use in various parts of the world. Homeworkers appear to be of particular concern for the ...
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Odlo is POW’s latest partner
The environmental NGO Protect our Winters (POW) has entered into a long-term partnership with Odlo, effective immediately. The cooperation is embedded in a long-term sustainability strategy by Odlo that is intended to redesign the brand’s presence in the market and in society, according to Knut Are Høgberg, chief executive of ...
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Decathlon strikes a green-energy deal
Decathlon France has signed a long-term deal with Voltalia to purchase renewable electricity from a dedicated solar farm. The farm will be funded and built by the international green-energy specialist company in southeastern France and should commence operation by 2023. Decathlon will be taking some 16 megawatts of a total ...
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Vans donates $1 million to tackle mental health concerns through creativity
Vans will donate a total of $1 million to 10 charities from around the world that work on programs focused on creativity as a way of coping with the stress factors that impact mental health and well-being. Each charity will receive $100,000 from The Vans Checkerboard Fund at Tides Foundation ...
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Speedo names Cullen Jones as philanthropic sales manager
Speedo has announced the appointment of Cullen Jones, four-time Olympic medalist, to its North America team as the brand’s ”philanthropic sales manager.” He will be responsible for fund-raising initiatives and activities to build relationships with grassroots teams and community support strategies. Most recently, he was a development manager, responsible for ...
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Arc’teryx promotes second-hand gear for Black Friday
To shift the focus away from the mass consumption usually associated with Black Friday, Arc’teryx will be rewarding consumers in the U.S. and Canada who trade in their used equipment with a gift card worth 30 percent of an item’s original retail value, a 10 percent increase in the ...
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Moncler makes several environmental and social pledges
Moncler has pledged to make its factories carbon neutral by next year and to be using nothing but renewable energy by 2023. The Italian luxury sportswear company will be recycling certified DIST (Down Integrity System and Traceability) down, and thereby cutting its related water needs by 70 percent, as of ...
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News briefsMarchon to use Eastman’s sustainable acetate
Marchon Eyewear announced that it will be the first eyewear company to produce frames using Acetate Renew, a new, sustainable material produced by the American specialty chemical company Eastman. Unlike other sustainable alternatives, Acetate Renew is indistinguishable from classic acetate, according to Marchon. It plans to start producing acetate sunglasses ...
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Vaude launches an Academy for Sustainable Business
Together rather than against one another: After Houdini just made the development specifications of one of its most sustainable products available as Open Source, the German outdoor brand Vaude has now announced the foundation of the “Vaude Academy for Sustainable Business.” The academy is designed to support other companies on ...
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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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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 ...
