All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 5

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    Allbirds cuts carbon footprint by 12%

    2022-10-31T07:50:00Z

    Allbirds, the B Corporation certified Californian brand of footwear and apparel, cut by 12 percent its average product carbon footprint between 2020 and 2021, according to its latest sustainability report. “We have a specific, actionable plan to cut our per product carbon footprint in half by 2025 and drive ...

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    Milspeed recycles fishing nets for shoe components

    2022-10-31T07:49:00Z

    Milspeed, a U.K.-based manufacturer and supplier of footwear components, has revealed that since March 2020, it has been working on a program to reprocess discarded nylon fishing nets and recycle them into plastic shoe parts, such as toe puffs and counter material. The initiative, called Ocean Recovery Project, is carried ...

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    Funds2Orgs doubles compensation to partners of its sneaker recycling scheme

    2022-10-24T08:08:00Z

    Sneakers4Funds said that it has doubled compensation to U.S. partners taking part in its sneaker recycling program. The business, which was launched in 2016 by Funds2Orgs, pays running stores, clubs and events to help keep sneakers out of landfills. “This segment is rapidly becoming a large part of the overall ...

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    Ugg launches classic boot made with regeneratively sourced materials

    2022-10-17T06:44:00Z

    The Californian lifestyle brand Ugg, which is a division of Deckers Brands, has launched a new Classic Mini Regenerate. The boot, available for adults and children, is made with materials from Atkins Ranch, a ranch cared for with regenerative traditions to help restore soil, encourage wildlife diversity, capture carbon in ...

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    King Steel, BASF, Otrajet join forces to produce recyclable products

    2022-10-17T06:44:00Z

    King Steel Machinery, a Taiwanese engineering group producing shoemaking machinery, the German chemical company BASF and the elastomer manufacturer Otrajet have signed a joint development agreement to develop energy-saving processes that allow for manufacturing of 100-percent recyclable products, according to a joint statement. ”Combining expertise in plastic injection machine design, ...

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    Kodiak introduces new workwear boots using algae-based materials

    2022-10-11T18:04:00Z

    Kodiak, the 112-year-old Canadian footwear brand, is marching forward while paying tribute to its past with new men’s and women’s workwear boots in its fall 2022 collection. The new collection features Bloom technology, which converts biomaterials like algae into renewable, high-performance replacements for traditional petroleum-based EVA components, continuing Kodiak’s Built ...

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    Vapesol launches soles made from factory waste of nitril gloves

    2022-09-27T17:46:00Z

    The Portuguese company Vapesol, which manufactures more than five million pairs of soles yearly (according to its website), has teamed with the nitril glove company Raclac to produce of footwear soles from industrial waste. Raclac claims to be the only manufacturer of nitril examination gloves in Europe. Waste from its ...

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    NFW Footwear Collective is growing

    2022-09-27T16:41:00Z

    New Balance and Wolverine Worldwide have joined Natural Fiber Welding’s Footwear Collective, a cooperative platform aiming to reduce the environmental impact of footwear across the value chain. Curect members include Allbirds, Camper, Deckers and Ralph Lauren. Katy O’Brien, senior manager of innovation at New Balance, said: “We have been ...

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    ​Italian shoemakers start using the VCS self-assessment ESG program

    2022-09-26T11:23:00Z

    VCS (Verified & Certified Steps), a software package allowing the self-assessment of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performances launched by Assocalzaturifici, the Italian footwear association, is currently being tested by three Italian shoemakers. “We chose three companies of different sizes and with different business models” for the pilot tests, explained ...

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    Secondhand online marketplaces on the rise

    2022-09-22T11:51:00Z

    Cross-border marketplaces are developing fast, and the C2C trend is one of the drivers.

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    Norway wealth fund asks invested firms for net zero by 2050

    2022-09-20T15:58:00Z

    Norges Bank Investment Management, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, will ask the over 9,000 companies in its investment portfolio to reach net zero emissions by 2050. ”We set a target of net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest for all companies,” said Carine Smith Ihenacho, chief governance and compliance officer ...

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    EU expects to strike a trade deal with Indonesia in 2024

    2022-09-20T15:58:00Z

    The European Union expects to be able to reach a free trade agreement with Indonesia within two years, despite a trade dispute regarding palm oil and nickel, according the European Commission’s Executive Vice President and Commissioner for Trade, Valdis Dombrovskis. Dombrovskis believes it is possible to reach a comprehensive economic ...

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    Prada buys a stake in the tannery Superior

    2022-09-17T10:22:00Z

    Prada has purchased a 43.65 percent stake in Superior, a Tuscan tannery specialized in calfskin processing, for an undisclosed amount. Superior has recently focused its investments on process digitization and a sustainable development plan centered on the circular economy, energy efficiency and water resource protection. According to the terms of ...

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    EU plans to ban products made with forced labour

    2022-09-14T15:45:00Z

    The European Commission has proposed to prohibit products made with forced labour on the European Union market. The proposal covers all products, including those made in the EU for domestic consumption and exports, and imported goods, without targeting specific companies or industries. “This comprehensive approach is important because an estimated ...

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    Amazon in green hydrogen supply deal

    2022-08-30T10:19:00Z

    Amazon has signed an agreement with Plug Power to supply 10,950 tons per year of green hydrogen for its transportation and building operations, starting in 2025. The move is part of Amazon’s efforts to meet its Climate Pledge commitment to be net-zero carbon across its operations by 2040. Amazon co-founded ...

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    Lane Eight partners with Carbonfact to lower carbon footprint

    2022-08-08T07:59:00Z

    Lane Eight, a U.S. performance footwear brand, has partnered with Carbonfact to achieve an assessment of its carbon footprint, which it aims to reduce to net zero by 2030. Lane Eight footwear is made using material such as eucalyptus, provided by Tencel, and algae, thanks to Bloom, as well as ...

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    Merrell’s ReTread take-back program starts in Europe

    2022-07-31T10:26:00Z

    Merrell’s sustainability initiative “This Is Home,” launched earlier this year in the U.S. and Canada, has been introduced in Europe. As part of the “This Is Home” initiative, Merrell is rolling out, in partnership with ReCircled, a multinational product take-back and resale program called Merrell ReTread to save ...

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    Aquafil and Genomatica advance on plant-based nylon-6

    2022-07-31T10:16:00Z

    Aquafil and Genomatica have been collaborating to produce pilot-scale quantities of plant-based nylon-6 and have announced that they have now successfully completed the first demonstration-scale production runs. This will help determine the final design of future commercial plants and constitutes a step closer to the commercialization of the material. Plant-based ...

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    Walmart buys 4,500 electric delivery vehicles

    2022-07-13T17:58:00Z

    Walmart has signed an agreement with Canoo, a U.S. mobility company, to purchase 4,500 all-electric delivery vehicles, beginning with the Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV), with the option to purchase up to 10,000 units. No financial details were released. The vehicles will be used to deliver online orders and will also ...