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Toray has announced the creation of a new nylon fiber...
Toray has announced the creation of a new nylon fiber that could help reduce the toxicity problem of durable water-repellent (DWR) treatments in outdoor gear. The new nylon is said to offer high water repellency despite using a DWR treatment with a lower environmental cost than those based on traditional ...
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The usage of plastic bags decreased once again in 2018...
The usage of plastic bags decreased once again in 2018 in Germany. As compared to 2017, bag use was reduced by almost a fifth. According to GVM, a German association that conducts market research into packaging, the consumption of plastic bags decreased by 20 percent to around two billion bags ...
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Coats, the specialist in industrial thread, has announced the launch...
Coats, the specialist in industrial thread, has announced the launch of the Tre Cerchi Vero and Tre Cerchi Vero+, two new 100 percent cotton products. Both have received Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) certification as being made from sustainable raw materials. The Tre Cerchi Vero+ has also been approved by Cradle ...
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Adidas is releasing a Parley for the Oceans edition of...
Adidas is releasing a Parley for the Oceans edition of its Alphaedge 4D running shoe. The upper of the Alphaedge 4D Parley for the Oceans shoe is made with recycled ocean plastic debris. The shoe also features the Adidas 4D midsole, developed in partnership with Carbon. This midsole is produced ...
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Smartwool, a division of VF Outdoor, has pledged to support...
Smartwool, a division of VF Outdoor, has pledged to support Protect Our Winters (POW) Canada, a community of professional athletes and industry brands teaming up to address climate change issues across the outdoor community. The financial support from the brand is to help raise awareness of climate change as well ...
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Arc'teryx, a brand of Amer Sports, is partnering with Leave...
Arc'teryx, a brand of Amer Sports, is partnering with Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, an organization based in Boulder, Colorado, that helps protect the outdoors by teaching people to enjoy it responsibly. The partnership is carried on via Arc'teryx' “In My Backyard” grant program, which supports projects that ...
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Somos Numa has announced a project that will see the...
Somos Numa has announced a project that will see the Brazilian company sell shoes to help street dogs. The Brazilian athletic shoe brand said that it intends to donate the money from the sale of 160 pairs of its recycled cotton, recycled PET and recovered rubber tennis shoes to Patas ...
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Brooks Running has established a two-year partnership with International Front...
Brooks Running has established a two-year partnership with International Front Runners (IFR) to promote inclusion in running. Founded in San Francisco in 1974 and formalized in 1999, IFR is a network of about a hundred lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) running clubs. Most are in the U.S. or ...
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VF Corp. has become a signatory to the Fashion Industry...
VF Corp. has become a signatory to the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Change, which means that the lifestyle group commits to net-zero emissions by 2050. VF owns a large portfolio of brands including The North Face, Timberland, Vans, Wrangler and others. The signatories of the charter also commit to ...
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Ternua is launching a capsule collection of eco-dyed garments, based...
Ternua is launching a capsule collection of eco-dyed garments, based on its Nutcycle project, which the Spanish firm presented last year. The Nutcycle project reuses agricultural waste and applies it to garments as a natural dye, avoiding the use of artificial dyes. Besides natural dyes, the new capsule collection uses ...
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Ternua is including technical running pants made from fishing nets...
Ternua is including technical running pants made from fishing nets in its spring/summer 2019 collection. The Neon Capri model is made with Econyl yarn from the recycling of fishing nets collected through the Redcycle project. Through this project, 12 tons of fishing nets abandoned on the Basque coasts in 2016 ...
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Patagonia has launched Artifishal, a docu-film about the fight for...
Patagonia has launched Artifishal, a docu-film about the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them. The 80-minute film explores the threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and the wild salmon's slide toward extinction. Artifishal will be showing in Patagonia stores in the ...
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The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has announced Quiksilver as a...
The European Outdoor Group (EOG) has announced Quiksilver as a new member of the organization. The addition of Quiksilver brings the total number of full EOG members to 104, plus 10 associate members. The EOG was founded in 2003 by 19 of the world's biggest outdoor brands, which recognized the ...
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Adidas and Reebok have topped the annual Fashion Transparency Index,...
Adidas and Reebok have topped the annual Fashion Transparency Index, a ranking of the social and environmental transparency practices of global brands, for the third year in a row. In this latest edition, Patagonia also reached the top of the ranking. Each of these three brands scored 64 percent out ...
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Puma now aims for 90 percent of all cotton and...
Puma now aims for 90 percent of all cotton and polyester used in its products to come from more sustainable sources by 2020. This new goal follows a previous target of 50 percent. The company reached its previous target two years ahead of schedule. At the end of 2018, 50 ...
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Hyosung will present its products at Performance Days for the...
Hyosung will present its products at Performance Days for the first time at the upcoming edition of the trade show, which will take place in Munich on May 8-9. The fiber manufacturer will showcase a collection of specialty recycled fibers, including Mipan regen, a 100 percent pre-consumer recycled nylon fiber, ...
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Waterhaul, a start-up based in Cornwall, England, is introducing a...
Waterhaul, a start-up based in Cornwall, England, is introducing a range of sunglasses that are made from 100 percent recycled ghost fishing nets and gear, taken out of the ocean. Intercepted nets, which may exceed 100 meters in length, are washed, shredded and transformed into pellets, which are then molded ...
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Puma and First Mile will launch a sustainable sportswear collection...
Puma and First Mile will launch a sustainable sportswear collection in 2020 consisting of shoes and apparel featuring utility pockets and outdoor elements. First Mile supports more than 4,000 people from low-income communities in Haiti, Honduras, and Taiwan in its collection network. Using the collected plastic bottles, which would otherwise ...
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Puma has partnered with First Mile, a producer of recycled polyester...
Puma has partnered with First Mile, a producer of recycled polyester sourced from plastic refuse collected in low-income communities, on the launch of a sustainable sportswear collection made from recycled polyester. First Mile supports people from low-income communities in Haiti, Honduras and Taiwan in its collection network. The Puma x First ...
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Adidas has partnered with the New Zealand men's rugby union...
Adidas has partnered with the New Zealand men's rugby union team, the All Blacks, to design new training apparel for the team made from recovered ocean plastic. The jersey is part of the first Adidas Parley rugby collection, which continues the brand's relationship with Parley for the Oceans, the ocean ...
