All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 15
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Crocs offering free shoes to medical personnel
Crocs is offering medical personnel in the U.S. battling the Covid-19 pandemic a free pair of Crocs , shipping included. The American company began gearing up in late March to dispatch up to 10,000 pairs a day in response to online requests. In addition, Crocs plans to donate up ...
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Allbirds to label carbon footprint
Allbirds will be labeling all of its products with a carbon footprint. The ambition of the company is to get consumers to think about carbon while they shop, in the same way as they do when they look at nutritional labels with calories in grocery stores, the company said. ...
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Schuh Trust makes Covid-19 donations
The British Schuh Trust is donating £2 million (€2.3m-$2.5m) to the National Emergencies Trust and £1 million (€1.1m-$1.2m) to the NHS Charities Together Covid-19 Appeal . In total this is about a 12-fold increase from the trust’s average yearly charitable donations since 2011, when it was founded by ...
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Wolverine Worldwide launches several support initiatives in Covid-19 fight
Wolverine Worldwide, based in Rockford, Michigan, has launched a series of initiatives to support health services and people under financial stress due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The group has donated more than 35,000 face masks to Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The protective equipment will be used ...
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Legero United receives Austrian Ecolabel
Legero United , the Austrian-based footwear group that markets brands such as Legero , Superfit , Vios and Think , received the Austrian Ecolabel at the annual energy saving’s trade show in Wels in early March. The five-day event focused on ecology, renewable energy and energy efficiency. Legero’s women’s ...
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Peter Kaiser manufactures face masks
Peter Kaiser started manufacturing face masks at its production site in Germany. The masks are made from black or white cotton and can be attached to the head with elastic straps. They are only intended for personal use and have not been certified.
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Ara Shoes donates shoes to people working in the health care system
Ara Shoes has donated shoes for every employee of a hospital in Heinsberg, Germany. The company also launched a social media campaign via Facebook and Instagram on March 30 to support and pay tribute to people who work in the health care sector, food retailing or help ...
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Ecco goes more digital
The expansion of Ecco’s store portfolio growth slowed to the addition of only six extra shops, with 200 openings and 194 closures. On the other hand, investments in direct-to-consumer sales channels continued in 2019, with net sales from retail and e-commerce combined increasing by 10.9 percent. Revenues from online channels ...
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Camper supports regional health services
Camper has embarked on numerous initiatives to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The Spanish shoe brand has started to use its own 3D printers to manufacture components for medical protective visors. One hundred pieces can be printed each week at its facilities in the Balearic Islands to be given ...
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Caprice manufactures face masks in Pirmasens
Caprice , the shoe brand owned by Wortmann , started manufacturing face masks to be donated to healthcare facilities in Pirmasens, Germany, where the company is based. Caprice is sewing face masks from pure cotton on machines used to make prototypes of leather shoes.
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Superfeet masks
Superfeet and sister company Flowbuilt Manufacturing have started producing PPE (personal protective equipment) masks with 3D-printed elements, using their printing and manufacturing facilities in Ferndale, in the state of Washington. Around 30,000 of these masks will be made and immediately distributed to medical facilities in need in the ...
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Nilson Group invests in sustainability
Nilson Group , the leading shoe retailer in Sweden, undertook a number of initiatives last year to make its shoe production more sustainable. In addition to introducing the “ A Better Choice ” collection, made in part from recycled or organic materials, the group increased its support for Human Bridge ...
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LVMH donates ventilators, makes masks
LVMH , the luxury giant controlled by Bernard Arnaul t, is donating 261 ventilators to French hospitals to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. Twenty of these devices have already been delivered to hospitals, according to Bloomberg . LVMH has also reopened 12 of its 16 Louis Vuitton handbag factories ...
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ID Factory offers free platform access to leathergoods companies
According to the online portal Footwearbiz , the ID Factory of Arzignano, Italy, is offering a six-month access, free of charge, to a basic version of its platform to companies in leather industry. The company provides cloud-based data-sharing systems for businesses in the fashion supply chain, and its service ...
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Tod’s owners help healthcare workers’ families
In an appropriate gesture of solidarity, the family of Diego and Andrea Della Valle , which controls Tod’s , has reportedly allocated €5 million to support the families of healthcare workers who have lost their lives in the fight against Covid-19. The funds will be managed by Protezione Civile ...
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Sanita donation
Sanita , the brand specializing in professional clogs, has announced that it will be donating a part of every purchase from April 3 through the end of the month to support medical providers and hospitality workers, in connection with the ongoing coronavirus crisis. These professional categories also happen ...
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Havaianas for healthcare workers
Alpargatas , the Brazilian group that owns the Havaianas brand, has converted its production lines to produce clogs for the medical sector. The company will donate 18,000 pairs of shoes designed for use by healthcare professionals in São Paulo hospitals, made in the Havaianas factories in place of flip-flop ...
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Portuguese footwear factories are producing masks
Several footwear companies in Portugal’s northern towns of Felgueiras, Oliveira da Azemeis and São João da Madeira are temporarily replacing the production of footwear with the manufacturing of medical masks, according to the website of the country’s footwear association, Apiccaps . The equipment will be donated to healthcare professionals and ...
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Ferragamo contributes to renovation of Florentine hospital
In a move intended to alleviate the healthcare problems caused by Covid-19, Salvatore Ferragamo and a Florentine foundation have financed the renovation of two wards of a disused hospital in Florence, I Fraticini, which now has 60 beds for patients recovering from the novel coronavirus or who need to ...
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European Social Innovation Competition
The European Commission is seeking sustainable fashion ideas. This year’s European Social Innovation Competition has the theme “Reimagine Fashion: Changing behaviors for sustainable fashion,” and is seeking early-stage initiatives to reduce fashion’s environmental footprint and improve its societal effects. Solutions must be scalable at the local, national or European levels. ...
