
The Blue Way Pays – in more ways than one
Not just a label, Bluesign is about finding solutions to both today’s and tomorrow’s social and environmental challenges, avoiding risks and creating critical mass to enact positive change across the supply chain ...
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3 Hours Exercise a Week – On the Clock
Studies prove that exercising on the clock increases productivity. What happens if you increase the dose to three hours of mandatory physical wellness time? Swedish company Icebug wants to find out ...
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A Water-Efficient Innovation
Nature continues to provoke and inspire ECCO’s researchers who have developed DriTan™, an innovative technology that drastically reduces the amount of water needed to tan leathers ...
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In 3-5 Years, Recycling Will Hit a “Bottle-Neck”
While the use of recycled polyester in textiles is finally picking up, we need to build our own recycling supply chain as the race for PET bottles has started ...
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Untapped Gold Mine
Ride, Protect & Share, these three words represent the essence of who we are: a snowboard, ski, surf, and outdoor clothing brand who, while not taking ourselves too seriously, still want to effect change ...
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Ride, Protect & Share
Ride, Protect & Share, these three words represent the essence of who we are: a snowboard, ski, surf, and outdoor clothing brand who, while not taking ourselves too seriously, still want to effect change ...
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A Fitting Focus
With the right knowledge and technology, real data can be used to optimize fit and pattern for reduced returns and loyal customers ...
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EOCA’s Plastic Pledge
In 2020, the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) has challenged exhibitors at ISPO Munich to adopt the Plastic Pledge. EOCA explains what it's about ...
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It’s Great Out There
Suston asks the new leader of It's Great Out There, Margo De Lange, what the coalition is up to ...
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Enjoyable Hiking
Home to pristine lake-speckled forests and a vast archipelago containing some 8,000 islands, West Sweden is the natural focal point for the adventurous and sustainable adventure tourism ...
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Achieving Sustainability with Synthetic Fibers
One of the most eco-certified recycled synthetic fibers on the planet, Chromuch, is the sustainable fiber the performance and outdoor industries have been looking for ...
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Hollywood Exhumes the True PTFE Story
A growing resistance to “everlasting chemicals” is greatly increasing the risk of a “Greta effect” when it comes to PFAS ...
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Driving Force for Urgent Climate Action
As time runs out on meeting the 1.5°C climate target, the Textile Exchange’s newly announced 2030 Strategy: Climate+ aims to ratchet up joint industry action ...
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Relentlessly Responsible
PrimaLoft is fully committed to sustainability in every aspect of its business. The brand is pushing the limits of material science forward, resulting in the perfect balance between performance and responsibility ...
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Ahead of its Time
Foreseeing the turn of the tide, Bluesign has been developing solutions to environmental and social problems in the supply chain 20 years before the industry even knew they had them ...
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Unfashionable by Design
Many outdoor companies know how to create durable clothes and equipment. But how sustainable are these products if they feel outdated a year later and end up in the closet? Not so much, if you ask Christiane Dolva Törnberg, Head of Sustainability at Fjällräven ...
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Durable Performance Counts
A key pillar of Gore’s sustainability strategy is the longevity of its GORE-TEX products. Through proper wash and care, consumers can take their share of responsibility in prolonging the useful life of their outdoor gear ...
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Wool – Natural, Circular Sustainability
The International Wool Textile Organisation’s Dalena White outlines wool’s sustainability credentials at every stage of the product life cycle ...
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Minima by AKU – Designed to Reduce
AKU is the Italian brand specialized in premium quality outdoor shoes with a focus on responsibility and a low impact approach to its production processes ...
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The Jacket of Our Future
Kulkija is the jacket of the future: Made from mono-material, built to last, easily recycled back to fibres that can get a new life in new products ...
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A Backpack Made From Wood
Spinnova and Bergans have entered a collaboration with a clear goal: To develop a new and revolutionary way of sustainably manufacturing textiles. The very first prototype product is already in use ...
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Driving Change in the Industry
Outdoor brands are continually leading the way towards a sustainable industry. Twice a year, Outdoor Retailer offers them a responsible platform for sharing ...
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Why Are You Going to Performance Days?
The Performance Forum is the core of the Performance Days fair, where all materials are 100 % preferred sustainable fibers. We ask attendees why they're going to this year's show ...
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The Single Use Plastics Project
The Single Use Plastics Project is an EOG initiative to tackle single-use plastic waste. Project Manager Scott Nelson explains their work ...
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A Conscious Choice
Ever since W. L. Gore & Associates was founded by Bob and Vieve Gore, treating people fairly and caring for the environment have been integral parts of the Gore culture ...
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Performance Days: Clear Commitment to Sustainability
The sourcing platform for functional fabrics and accessories in Munich chooses a fully sustainable pathway to the future by exclusively featuring sustainable materials in the Performance Forum ...
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It’s Time to Strike the Retirement System
The reckless depletion of our planet’s resources is a clear-cut violation of the intergenerational contract. If we continue down this path, there is no moral reason why our children should be expected to pay for our retirement ...
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The Future of Faux Fur has Arrived
With the launch of the first-ever bio-based faux fur, KOBA by ECOPEL, DuPont Biomaterials launches a new era of sustainable alternatives to fur ...
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Act for Compensation
AKU adopts Zero Impact leather for the lifestyle line AKU Plus and marks a step forward in the outdoor footwear industry ...
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Sustainable Performance
Brands have opportunities to implement sustainability at every stage of development. Hohenstein researches the human-textile-environment interaction to improve both performance and sustainability ...
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The Blue Way to Responsible Materials
It's a long, winding road to a sustainable product, one made responsibly and without harmful chemicals. Fortunately, with Bluesign, you needn't walk it alone ...
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Reconnect by Foot
Since the start in 2005, Fjällräven Classic has brought thousands of people into the great outdoors. First in Sweden, later in Denmark, Colorado and Hong Kong. Soon, many more can follow ...
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Built on Water-Saving Tech
Swedish sustainability leader, Polygiene makes it possible to skip a wash or more by minimizing odor that may be present in clothes after wearing – with the potential to provide massive water savings. ...
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Nothing Has Changed Since 1891
Since the 17th century, knives made in Mora have been used by people all over the world. The Morakniv knife has become one of the most famous symbols of Sweden and over the years it has evolved from a simple everyday concept to an established brand. And it all started with a sustainable idea ...
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Shake the Habit: Bring Your Own!
For them to make any sense, reusables require that you actually use them. Again and again and again ...
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Closing the Loop by 2030: Mission Possible
The crucial technologies needed for a closed-loop textile industry have been available for a long time. Instead of each one of us taking individual steps, we should now join forces to establish a goal for the future and set a reverse plan in motion ...
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Challenge Accepted
With great impact comes great responsibility. Europe’s largest trade show sees it as its duty to accept and realize the challenge of protecting the great outdoors for future generations ...
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By Land and by Sea
Home to pristine lake-speckled forests and a vast archipelago containing some 8,000 islands, West Sweden is the natural focal point for the adventurous and sustainable adventure tourism ...
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Rapid[a] Recycling
Known for first class outdoor footwear and its bold environmental and social responsibility projects, traditional Italian shoe manufacturer AKU lives up to its reputation with the all new AKU Rapida Air multi-terrain shoe ...
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DriTan – Reinventing the Industry
The tanning process was always thought to be impossible without the use of large amounts of water. ECCO Leather's new DriTan™ technology breaks the paradigm ...
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A Fiber for Life
The keratin fiber, wool, has evolved along with the rest of life on Planet Earth. As part of the natural carbon cycle, wool grows on sheep and biodegrades readily – making wool fiber a naturally sustainable choice ...
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Traceable & Transparent
Producing directly in Europe, AKU has been able to trace every single component of their footwear. Now they're taking the next step by making this information public ...
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A Better Answer
PrimaLoft® sets sustainability forward by introducing PrimaLoft® Bio™ Insulation and PrimaLoft® Bio™ Performance Fabric, each made from the first-ever 100% recycled, biodegradable* synthetic fiber ...
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A Cloud on the Horizon
Bluesign leads in ensuring safe, sustainable and efficient manufacturing in the textile industry. In 2019, Bluesign will fully-integrate its powerful set of tools, taking the system to the next level with a cloud-based platform ...
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Repairs at the Elite Level
From the Swedish Alpine National Team to conscious consumers – more and more people are discovering the advantages of Kavat’s repair service ...
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Looking After Kids – And Their Planet
In 2019, Reima will celebrate its 75th birthday with a collection free from harmful chemicals, increased recycled content and unique designs inspired and tested by outdoor life in Nordic nature ...
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Decarbonization 2050: Are you Ready?
The fossil fuels industry is exhibiting all of the signs of a bubble economy, and this applies to the textiles industry as well. We ignore the warning signs at our peril ...
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Eco-Adventures Without End
The sweeping landscapes in West Sweden and natural ethos of the Swedes combine to provide sustainable experiences that the adventurous just can’t get enough of ...
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Green Fashion on a Black Friday
While many retailers embrace Black Friday, the Norwegian outdoor brand Bergans chose to take a stand for responsible clothing consumption with its new project "Bestis." ...
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Bio-based Step by Step
In 2019, Light My Fire of Sweden phases in bio-based plastics for all products after two years of intensive research and development ...
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Old Apparel’s New Lease on Life
Bergans of Norway had to decide what to do with returned clothing, besides repairing and reusing. Bergan’s solution? Redesign! ...
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Doing Business Unusual
KEEN is challenging the status quo on the journey to reduce their impact and protect the open spaces where we live, work, and play ...
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Listen to the Green Heart
With the launch of the VAUDE Green Shape Core Collection, a new chapter in the history of environmentally-friendly outdoor apparel began ...
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Outfitting the Future Generation
For spring 2019, Reima introduces sustainably designed garments that make the warm times of the year safer and more comfortable for children ...
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Bluesign: Born in Crisis
While the label bluesign is well-known in the industry and end consumers have begun to recognize the label, few know the fascinating story of how it came to be ...
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Unstoppable – Until the Loop is Closed
Two years ago, the functional textile supplier Sympatex set sail on a mission: to close the loop in the outdoor apparel industry without compromising performance ...
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Fully Transparent
AKU Bellamont Plus has recently been awarded the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) following rigorous calculation involving all partners along the entire supply chain ...
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Long Live the Product
In their flagship store in Oslo, Bergans of Norway is turning their vision of a circular economy into a reality. The 1000 m2 store near Oslo City Hall first opened in August 2016. Besides offering the world’s largest assortment of ...
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From Sheep to Shop
With over 150 years’ experience manufacturing wool clothing, Devold of Norway views wool sourcing as a key to quality. In 2016, the company decided to begin buying merino wool direct from selected sheep farms – and to pay them a ...
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Road to Ethical Wool
Since 2009, Fjällräven has been developing its 100% traceable down scheme known as the Down Promise, today considered to be among the best in the outdoor industry. Now they want to find a similar solution for wool ...
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A Look Inside Icebreaker
Transparency encourages scrutiny and accountability. Icebreaker, the natural performance clothing company, champions radical transparency with the launch of its inaugural Transparency Report. The journey made by clothes remains largely unseen. They may have started life in a field and then ...
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Ecological Styles: 100 % Recycled Membrane, 100 % Waterproof
With Texapore Ecosphere Jack Wolfskin launched a 100 % recycled outer fabric, membrane and lining. Even the inner jackets are now made as an eco-version from recyled PET ...
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A Sustainable Craft
“Think global, act local.” For Swedish glove manufacturer LillSport, this means building an environmentally adapted tannery and starting a solar-powered glove factory with their partners in Ethiopia ...
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The Natural Promise
With the Ortovox Wool Promise, the German mountaineering brand is challenging the industry’s standards for an ethically responsible sourcing of Merino wool – while making friends on the other side of the globe ...
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From the Mountains, for the Mountains
Mountaineering specialist Salewa combines wool from the Tyrolean mountain sheep with modern Celliant technology and utilizes a highly functional natural fiber harvested by local mountain farmers. South Tyrolean mountain sheep wool can be found in many winter jackets made by ...
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Ecofair, Multiuse, Unique
The Green Shape Core Collection of VAUDE consists of 90 % biobased, recycled or natural materials. The outdoor brand uses even unconventional substances such as unmarketable cow’s milk, wood and castor oil ...
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