All CSR & Sustainability articles – Page 8
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Snipes invests in a new logistic center
The sports and lifestyle retailer Snipes is building a new service and logistics center in Bedburg, Germany, in order to be positioned for the planned expansion of the company. The construction is the largest logistics investment ever made by the sneaker and streetwear retailer. According to the company, Snipes is ...
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Desenrasco launches sustainable, resoleable sneakers
The German footwear brand Desenrasco has embarked on the path of sustainability with the launch of a new welted sneaker that is intended to blend durability with repairability. The limited-edition sneaker, which is made entirely of vegetable-tanned leather in a family-run factory in Portugal, can be resoled. The ...
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ArticleFrance introduces new anti-greenwashing rules
As part of its legislative arsenal to combat climate change, the French government has now introduced the next stage of its anti-greenwashing legislation, effective January 1, 2023. The new rules are a major step in controlling advertising claims on carbon offsetting and carbon neutrality, following laws that came into effect ...
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Oeko-Tex joins ban on PFAS
The Swiss testing, labeling and certification body Oeko-Tex has issued new guidelines for a number of its standards, which are due to come into force in the first quarter of 2023 after a transition period. In addition to a brand new certification for organic cotton (Oeko-Tex Organic Cotton), Oeko-Tex has ...
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ArticleOpportunities and challenges arise for fashion brands as consumers embrace sustainability
A consumer shift towards sustainable products and production practices is creating key opportunities and new challenges for global fashion brands, a Bain & Company and WWF Italy report found. The study examines consumer behaviors related to sustainability and fashion, surveying 5,900 consumers across six countries (China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, ...
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News briefsInditex agrees on 3-year engagement with WWF for biodiversity projects
Spanish fast fashion group Inditex, owner of Zara, Bershka and Pull&Bear, among other retail brands, has entered a partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to support several of the conservation association’s projects. The collaboration will start with nine initiatives across four regions focused on forest conservation, water ...
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3M to stop producing PFAS by 2025
3M will end the manufacturing of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and work to discontinue the use of PFAS across its product portfolio by the end of 2025. “This is a moment that demands the kind of innovation 3M is known for,” said Mike Roman, 3M’s chairman and chief ...
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Only 5% of companies understand their impact on nature, new study reveals
The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has just published its first-ever “Nature Benchmark,” a study that measures how companies are reducing their negative impacts on nature and contributing to the protection and restoration of ecosystems. The study found that only 5 percent of the companies reviewed to understand their impact on ...
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ArticleBalena launches fully biodegradable slides
Balena has launched fully-biodegradable slippers called BioCir Slides colored and scented using natural cinnamon. The Israeli material science company founded in 2020 with offices in Tel Aviv and Milan develops compostable and biodegradale thermoplastic materials. The shoes are designed and manufactured in Italy and made entirely of BioCir, a proprietary ...
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ArticleEU institutions reach preliminary deal to combat deforestation
The European Parliament and the European Council have reached a provisional agreement to introduce regulation to establish deforestation-free supply chains in the European Union. The products affected by the proposed legislation include leather, timber and paper. “Once adopted and applied, the new law will ensure that a set of key ...
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ArticleExpo Riva Schuh aims to reach industry-wide principles on traceability
Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags aims to foster a dialogue on product and supply chain traceability in the footwear and leather goods industries in order to define principles that will lead to sustainable manufacturing. ”Only by creating common ground for a traceability system shared by the entire footwear and leather ...
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Havaianas expands its flip flop ReCycle program in Asia
Havaianas has pledged to collect 10 percent of the total sold flip flops sold in its APAC locations by 2030, according to Inside Retail Asia Edition. Following on from its successful ReCycle initiative in Australia, launched in October 2021, Havaianas Asia Pacific is extending the initiative across APAC locations. In-store ...
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Xtep in partnership with Covestro to produce low-carbon running shoes
Xtep International Holdings established a strategic cooperation arrangement with Covestro, a German chemical group, and Silan Group, an integrated footwear platform, to produce low-carbon running shoes. The announcement of the partnership was made jointly with the presentation of Xtep’s low-carbon running shoes, 360-ECO, which uses biomass raw materials. Compared with ...
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Leather industry signs an updated version of its sustainability manifesto
Concurrently with the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), held in Egypt from Nov. 6 to 18, twenty-six bodies of the leather industry signed an updated version of a manifesto on sustainability, the so-called Leather Manifesto, that was published in October 2021. The signatories urged COP27 participants to encourage the ...
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ArticleEcco Leather in partnership with Ecovative
Ecco Leather, which is part of the Danish footwear group Ecco, has joined forces with Ecovative to develop new mycelium materials for the fashion industry and other sectors. In a joint statement, the parties claim it is the “first-of-its-kind partnership”, between a traditional leather tannery and a mycelium technology company. ...
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SponsoredDanny Cassidy: “Be future-focused”
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Scarpa leads EU-funded recycling project
Scarpa, the Italian outdoor footwear specialist, has announced the launch of Re-Shoes, a recycling initiative backed by the European Union (EU). As the project leader, Scarpa will coordinate the efforts of a consortium of international companies that involve the recycling of end-of-life footwear reprocessed into new footwear. The project, which ...
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Nike launches shoe recycling program on Alipay
Nike Greater China has joined Ant Group’s Green Energy Initiative and launched an official mini-program on Alipay to encourage more Chinese consumers to recycle worn-out shoes. Consumers can search for the “Recycle-A-Shoe” mini-program on the Alipay app and have their old Nike shoes picked up. The shoes are then disassembled ...
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Allbirds cuts carbon footprint by 12%
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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ArticleMilspeed recycles fishing nets for shoe components
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 ...
