All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 25
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Step to Sustainability, the European Union's program to expand jobs...
Step to Sustainability, the European Union's program to expand jobs and training while developing environmentally sound and economically viable footwear industries in Europe, presented the findings of its “Green Shoes” project during the GDS show in Düsseldorf on July 28. Conference participants, including dozens of industry experts from several countries, ...
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Peta Germany, the animal rights organization whose headquarters are in...
Peta Germany, the animal rights organization whose headquarters are in Norfolk, U.S., accused Gabor in its current campaign of using leather from India for its shoe production, causing animal suffering. Gabor rejects the accusation as misleading, causing harm to its reputation. In an online petition, Peta writes that Gabor is ...
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Ten Points has increased its collection of shoe models with...
Ten Points has increased its collection of shoe models with chrome-free leather, which are placed in a higher price segment than the rest of the collection. While 30 percent of the Swedish brand's autumn/winter 2016/17 collection was made with chrome-free leather, about 50 percent of the current spring/summer 2017 collection ...
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Timberland, a brand of VF Corp., has announced a program...
Timberland, a brand of VF Corp., has announced a program to restore and create green spaces in five U.S. cities by 2020. Each year for the next five years, the brand will choose a different city with a Timberland store, beginning with New York City, and will match its retail ...
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Global Destination for Shoes & Accessories (GDS) in Düsseldorf will...
Global Destination for Shoes & Accessories (GDS) in Düsseldorf will be hosting an international footwear workshop on sustainability entitled “Green Shoes for a Sustainable Life.” The workshop will be held on July 28. The European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC), together with the other European partners of the “Step ...
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Pikolinos has launched a footwear and handbag collection inspired by...
Pikolinos has launched a footwear and handbag collection inspired by social responsibility. The products in the new Pikolinos Solidarity collection are the result of the collaboration of the Pikolinos team, which provides its resources and experience, with the young people of the Defora Foundation, who contribute their work and willingness ...
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Calzados Zels has won the prize for best eco-design project...
Calzados Zels has won the prize for best eco-design project in the 2016 contest run by the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Madrid. The footwear company, based in the Spanish region of La Rioja, won for its Fabiolas No Trace sandals, which the brand developed with CTCR, the footwear ...
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The phase that contributes most to the shoe's carbon footprint...
The phase that contributes most to the shoe's carbon footprint is the manufacture of the components. According to the first results of the European project CO2Shoe, funded by the European Commission, this phase represents 58 percent of the overall carbon footprint of a shoe, followed by packaging manufacture with 16 ...
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The Kering group, parent company of Puma, Gucci and many...
The Kering group, parent company of Puma, Gucci and many other brands has joined the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Foundation, which aims to eliminate such substances from textile and footwear products by 2020. Other current members are Adidas, C&A, Esprit, G-Star Raw, H&M, Inditex, Jack Wolfskin, Levi's, Li-Ning, ...
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Prada has announced it will issue its first sustainability report...
Prada has announced it will issue its first sustainability report next year. Meanwhile, the luxury group has launched a corporate social responsibility (CSR) website at http://csr.pradagroup.com.
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Geox and Gabor Shoes have reacted to a documentary on...
Geox and Gabor Shoes have reacted to a documentary on Plusminus, a program on the ARD television network, that showed very poor environmental and labor conditions at an Indian tannery, Skywalk Shoe Industries & Arasababu Associates at Ranipet, near Chennai. Both brands said that the tannery was not among their ...
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Kering and BSR (Business for Social Responsibility), a global non-profit...
Kering and BSR (Business for Social Responsibility), a global non-profit business network, have released a new report on the risks and opportunities posed by climate change for the luxury fashion industry. The report, entitled “Climate change: implications and strategies for the luxury fashion sector,” looks at carbon emissions from the ...
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For the first time in its history LVMH has announced...
For the first time in its history LVMH has announced the creation of a group-wide carbon fund, which is already estimated at more than €5 million. The fund will be financed by contributions from each store operated by the group based on the greenhouse gas emissions they generate, with specific ...
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After looking at the audits performed on several shoe factories,...
After looking at the audits performed on several shoe factories, the FDRA (Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America) recognized that six of them deserved to be named this year as Responsible Footwear Manufacturers because they have been following FDRA's code of conduct. The factories are: Remington Products Company of Wadsworth, ...
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Rohde, the German shoe company that recently went under new...
Rohde, the German shoe company that recently went under new management, has decided to donate 1,000 pairs of children's shoes and 500 pairs of men's and women's shoes to the growing number of refugees being welcomed in Germany. Rohde says it would like to see other companies making similar gestures ...
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Sergio Rossi has collaborated with Eco-Age, a brand consultancy specializing...
Sergio Rossi has collaborated with Eco-Age, a brand consultancy specializing in sustainability, on the launch of the first “Green Carpet Collection of Luxury Accessories.” The butterfly-inspired collection of evening shoes and matching pochette is crafted with organic silk spun, dyed and woven in family-run plants in Italy. It is the ...
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Rack Room Shoes, the American shoe retailer owned by Deichmann,...
Rack Room Shoes, the American shoe retailer owned by Deichmann, raised a record of $655,000 from its customers through its annual Shoes That Fit campaign. Adding its own contribution, it has donated more than $1 million worth of shoes to children in need as they enter their new school year.
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Renewing its partnership with the American Cancer Society for the...
Renewing its partnership with the American Cancer Society for the second year in a row, Skechers USA's performance division will launch a month-long marketing program that will include its sponsorship of the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk in San Francisco, scheduled for Oct. 24. Skechers has also released a ...
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The German Footwear Institute (DSI) has produced a user-friendly guide...
The German Footwear Institute (DSI) has produced a user-friendly guide to help tanners to avoid excessive doses of Chromium VI, and it is planning to issue a similar guide for shoe manufacturers toward the end of the year. It makes several recommendations to avoid its formation in the course of ...
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The European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC) announces a...
The European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC) announces a further step in its sustainability project, which is co-financed by the European Commission. Its partners have issued a call for expressions of interest in participating in a free pilot training exercise for two levels of occupational profiles. This will allow ...
