All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 2
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Vagabond donated to a foundation
The owners of the Swedish footwear brand Vagabond Shoemakers have donated the company to a newly formed foundation.“For over 30 years, the founders of Vagabond Shoemakers, Marie Nilsson Peterzén and Mats Nilsson, have dedicated themselves to building one of Europe’s strongest shoe brands. Now, the entire company is handed over, ...
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Lubrizol obtains ISCC PLUS certifications for 3 more polymer sites
Lubrizol Advanced Materials announced that three more of its polymers sites obtained the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification at the end of last year. “ISCC PLUS is an international sustainability certification for industrial applications, a standard for fully traceable sustainable supply chains that allows companies to track ...
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Vivobarefoot, Balena present 3D-printed compostable shoe
The British footwear and lifestyle brand Vivobarefoot has announced a partnership with Tel Aviv-based circular economy startup Balena, founded in 2020. The aim is to produce shoes that are made-to-order and made-to-measure locally and are compostable and recyclable thanks to Balena’s BioCir®flex range of materials. BioCir®flex is an advanced, flexible, ...
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Ugg expands sustainability-oriented Regenerate collection
California-based brand Ugg, a division of Deckers Brands, has introduced the next iteration of Regenerate by Ugg. Made with materials sourced from farms practicing regenerative agriculture, this collection helps to reduce negative impacts while increasing positive ones. The expansion of the brand’s regenerative offering begins with the new Tasman Crafted ...
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Yue Yuen's manufacturing sales decline again in December
Manufacturing sales of Hong Kong-based Yue Yuen Industrial fell by 2.4 percent to $420.4 million in December. It was the slowest decline in manufacturing sales last year. For the whole of 2023, sales were down by 18.4 percent. However, sales at Yue Yuen’s retail business Pou Sheng grew by 15.9 ...
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SQIM raises €11m to develop mycelium-based materials
SQIM, an Italian start-up created in 2015 and specialized in materials bio-produced using mycelium, said that it has successfully closed an €11 million funding round in which participated CDP Venture Capital, ECBF VC, Kering Ventures and Progress Tech Transfer. The funds will enable SQIM, formerly known as Mogu, to launch ...
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ArticleDestruction of new shoes is an absolute exception in Germany
The destruction of new apparel and footwear is the absolute exception and new items only make up a small fraction of the goods sent to the landfill, according to Germany’s textile, shoes and leather goods trade association, BTE. The remarks followed the European Union’s steps in early December of ...
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Threads starts in the EU
Threads, the messaging app owned by Meta, was launched in the European Union on Dec. 14. Meta launched the service, which is a direct competitor of X, formerly known as Twitter, in July outside of the EU. The introduction in the EU was delayed to ensure that the platform complied ...
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Caleres wins CSR acclaims
Caleres was awarded on Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024 for the third consecutive year. This award is presented by the magazine Newsweek and Statista, a leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The awards list was announced on Dec. 6. Caleres ranked 151 overall, 18 in the ...
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CEC welcomes EU comprise on ecodesign
The European Footwear Confederation (CEC) welcomed a compromise reached on Dec. 4 between the European Parliament and the European Council regarding proposed legislation on ecodesign for Sustainable Product Regulation launched by the European Commission on March 30, 2022. It also believes that the forthcoming legislation could relaunch leather as a ...
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ArticleEU to ban the destruction of unsold clothing and footwear
During the night of Dec. 4, the European Parliament and the European Council reached a provisional agreement, at a technical level, on revising the European Union’s ecodesign framework for sustainable products, the parliament said. The parties plan to introduce “ecodesign” rules for products, ban the destruction of unsold clothing and ...
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ArticleCoats’ sales trends improve in H2
In the four months running from July 1 to Oct. 31, Coats’ overall revenues fell by a reported 9 percent year-on-year, while organic revenues dropped by 12 percent at constant currency rates, an improvement on the first half of the year. In the first six months of 2023, organic growth ...
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ArticleLegero United wins eAward business prize for its ecological database
The footwear group Legero United was awarded the Austrian business prize eAward for its ecological database. The company won the award, one of the largest IT business awards in Austria and German-speaking countries, in the “Sustainability and smart data” category. The company’s own ecological database allows to calculate ...
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ArticleThe Footwear Collective seeks to drive industry’s transformation towards circularity
Athletic and outdoor footwear brands Brooks Running, New Balance, On, Vibram, Crocs and Ecco, along with US lifestyle brand Reformation and U.S. retailer Target, have partnered with EarthDNA to launch The Footwear Collective (TFC), a non-profit initiative dedicated to uniting the global footwear industry to accelerate the ...
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France launches scheme to repair shoes and clothing
On Nov. 7, the French gouvernment launched a subsidized program for the mending of clothing and footwear. The so-called “bonus réparation” is “good for the environment but also for purchasing power” said Christophe Béchu, the minister for ecological transition. Consumers will be able to have their clothes and shoes ...
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Inditex in a 3-year deal to buy a significant portion of cycora
Inditex has formed a strategic partnership with Ambercycle, a Los Angeles based material science company, to help scale textile-to-textile recycled polyester. As part of this collaboration, the Spanish company, which owns Zara, among other banners, has signed a three-year agreement to buy a significant portion of the annual production of ...
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Caleres launches One Planet Standard designation
Caleres introduced the One Planet Standard designation for products that meet or exceed 51 percent on its Sustainable Footwear Index. The One Planet Standard considers the sustainability of a product across its entire lifecycle, including six key pillars: sample reduction, materials, packaging, supplier environmental social governance (ESG) initiatives, brand philanthropy ...
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New Zealand sneaker brand has a new plant-based alternative to leather
New Zealand-based sustainable shoe brand YY Nation has released a new collection of court sneakers made using cactus. The release of the Fractus Cactus and the Status Cactus coincided with World Vegan Day on Nov.1. According to YY Nation, the cactus court sneaker range is “Crafted using natural materials ...
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U.S. bioPU producer Algenesis raises $5m in funding round
Algenesis Corporation, an American plant-based material science company, has raised $5 million in a funding round. Algenesis claims that its Soleic technology is the world’s first renewable, high performance, fully biodegradable and backyard compostable biopolyurethane (bioPU) made from plants and algae. Unlike petroleum-based polyurethane (PU), Soleic PU can biodegrade in ...
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Crocs launches Retail Takeback Pilot Program in the U.S.
On Oct. 27, Crocs launched in the U.S. the Retail Takeback Pilot Program to donate or recycle old shoes. Under the program, consumers can bring old Crocs shoes, in any condition, back to all of the brand’s retail stores in 10 states: Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, ...
