May 24, 2023 Sustainability Program at OutDoor by ISPO
OutDoor by ISPO is just around the corner. Suston has picked out the the best sustainability-related expert panels, discussions, and workshops that you won’t want to miss!
Sunday, June 4
11:00 – 12:00
Sustainability Hub Guided Tour
Location: Sustainability Hub, Atrium 3
11:40 – 12:10
From sustainability to regeneration: how to integrate new skills and cultures into the outdoor industry?
With: Michael Grimm & Prof. Dr. Tobias Luthe, ZTH Zürich
Location: Sustainability Hub, Atrium 3
13:40 – 14:10
Packaging impacts on sustainability for outdoor brands
With: Adam Sarama, Billerud
Location: Speaker’s Corner, Atrium 3
Synopsis: As sustainability becomes increasingly important to consumers, it’s essential for outdoor brands to live their values. We’ll discuss strategies to improve sustainability performance through packaging.
14:20 – 14:50
Chemical Recycling
Location: Speaker’s Corner, Atrium 3
15:00 – 15:30
What to expect from the EU strategy for more sustainable products
Location: Speaker’s Corner, Atrium 3
Synopsis: Join us for a birds view of upcoming and existing legislation under the EU Green Deal relevant for the Outdoor industry. Pascale Moreau from Ohana Public Affairs will provide us with a birds view of what is important right now for the Outdoor Industry and how to prepare proactively in order to align with the overarching vision of the EU Green Deal. “Green Button” is the German Initiative for more sustainable and socially sound textiles and a great example on how countries align with the EU Textile Strategy.
15:40 – 16:10
How to design for a cicular future according to the upcoming “Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation”
Location: Speaker’s Corner, Atrium 3
Synopsis: Join us for an introduction on the Proposal for Eco Design for Sustainable Products Regulation (EU Green Deal). We will give an overview of the upcoming Ecodesign for sustainable Products Regulation, the time line and the most important key take aways as well as who to talk to in order to stay updated and understand the impact. Presented by Outdoor Industry Compass.
16:00 – 16:55
Innovation Lab – Session 3 Climate Solutions [workshop]
With: Merijn DolsManaging Partner, NOW Partners
Location: A31.107
Synopsis: Join us to get a taste of the ISPO & NOW Partners’ inno labs and experience the power of navigating the future and innovation in community. In the oncoming industry transformation, many aspects of our business are changing ever more rapidly. ISPO & NOW Partners see unprecedented business opportunities within this. Growing your business and having positive impact on people and planet can become mutually reinforcing. We call this Regenerative Value Creation. However, experience shows that it is most successful when done in community.
Monday, June 5
7:30 – 9:00
European Outdoor Group Industry Breakfast
Location: Atrium 3
9:35 – 9:50
Outdoor Industry Approach to Circular Business Models
With: Jane Turnbull – Sustainability Project Manager, European Outdoor Group
Location: Speaker’s Corner, Atrium 3
Synopsis: In 2023, in an effort to understand the industry position on circularity, the European Outdoor Group developed a survey for its membership. Addressing circularity topics such as aftercare and repair, takeback schemes, recommerce, recycling and rentals, the survey has provided valuable insights across the industry. The presentation will share the highlights of this work.
9:55 – 10:10
Consumer Behaviour Insights: Wash and Care of Outdoor Jackets
With: Nina Neundorfer, Sport Economics BSc, University of Bayreuth
Location: Speaker’s Corner, Atrium 3
Synopsis: Consumer behaviour regarding the use phase of outdoor jackets is little understood and there are huge gaps in available data. However, understanding consumers expectations and practices is a critical part of evaluating the full life cycle impacts of garments and can support the industry in the development of better garments as well as highlight opportunities for better consumer communication and education. This presentation will present the results of a consumer study and provide insight into these behaviours across various demographics.
10:00 – 10:55
Innovation Lab – Session 4 Circular Economy
Location: A31.107
Synopsis: Join us to get a taste of the ISPO & NOW Partners’ inno labs and experience the power of navigating the future and innovation in community. In the oncoming industry transformation, many aspects of our business are changing ever more rapidly. ISPO & NOW Partners see unprecedented business opportunities within this. Growing your business and having positive impact on people and planet can become mutually reinforcing. We call this Regenerative Value Creation. However, experience shows that it is most successful when done in community. To support you in making the most of this opportunity ISPO & NOW Partners are launching yearlong co-creative inno labs.
10:15 – 10:45
The Realities of Scaling Supply Chain Decarbonisation
With: Katy Stevens, CSR and Sustainability, European Outdoor Group
Location: Speaker’s Corner, Atrium 3
Synopsis: The journey to carbon neutrality is long and difficult with unexpected surprises along the way. This session will present a case study of the European Outdoor Group’s Carbon Reduction Project, a joint effort between several brands who actively engaged in collaboratively addressing carbon reduction and energy efficiency within their shared supply chains. The presentation will reflect upon the process and outcomes of the project and share the learnings and experiences they discovered along the way.
10:50 – 11:05
Supplier Collaboration: Implementing a Solar Rooftop Project
With: David Eklund, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Icebug
Location: Speaker’s Corner, Atrium 3
Synopsis: Icebug has been on a journey to reduce its carbon emissions for a number of years with clear ambitious targets to halve the company’s CO2 footprint by 2030. Their journey includes taking as many other brands and suppliers along on this mission as possible – freely sharing their knowledge with others, and collaborating to make change. This presentation will discuss how Icebug have been working on the ground with one of their suppliers to bring low carbon technology solutions in the form of solar panels to a factory in Vietnam and demonstrate the opportunities available for other brands to support their suppliers on reducing their emissions and making an impact on Scope 3 emissions.
11:00 – 12:00
Sustainability Hub Guided Tour
Location: Sustainability Hub, Atrium 3
11:45 – 12:20
Getting Europe Active Outdoors: Diversity in the spotlight
With: Margo De Lange, Its Great Out There Coalition
Location: Atrium 3
Synopsis: The It’s Great Out There Coalition is a not-for-profit collaboration on a European level launched by the outdoor industry in 2017 to increase public awareness of the benefits and positive impact of outdoor activities for individuals and for society. The Coalition is embedded in the outdoor industry and works closely with its industry partners: the European Outdoor Group and the European Outdoor Conservation Association. Together, we have a vision for a sustainably profitable industry that gives back more to society and nature than it takes. In September 2022, OUTO was incorporated into the It’s Great Out There Coalition, allowing OUTO to scale up its work beyond the UK, and benefit from an established governance structure and the clear synergies between the two organizations. OUTO co-founder Keme Nzerem was also been appointed vice president of the coalition, further integrating the work of #itsgreatoutthere and Opening Up the Outdoors.
12:00 – 13:00
Sustainability Data Exchange Project: Prototype Presentation
With: Katy Stevens, EOG; Maïté Angleys, BSI
Location: A31.106
Synposis: Since early 2023, the European Outdoor Group (EOG) and the Bundesverband der Deutschen Sportartikel-Industrie (BSI) have been running a Sustainability Data Exchange Project. This project addresses the problematic situation around the exchange of sustainability data at product level between brand and retail. Currently, in most cases, extensive Excel spreadsheets and questionnaires must be filled out for each product and for each trading partner. Overall, this process is very time-consuming for all parties involved due to duplicated work steps. This session will present the outcomes of the project so far including a sneak peek at the first prototype.
12:40 – 13:10
Outdoor Retailer Climate Commitment
Location: Speaker’s Corner, Atrium 3
Synopsis: In this roundtable Hans Overduin, Melanie Grünwald und Martin Stolzenberger will talk about the Outdoor Retailer Climate Commitment. What is it and who is part of it. You get a insight of the progress report of Bergzeit and Yonderland. Focus of 2023 is to send out a questionnaire to the brands and set up a carbon footprint and climate action database for all brands. We want and need to know what the brands are doing to bring their product footprints down.
13:00 – 15:00
Repair Workshop
Location: A31.106
Synopsis: Repair services are a critical part of the future of circularity, prolonging the lifetime of products and reducing the impact of new production. Historically a core element of the outdoor sector ethos, consumers have always valued the ability to repair and extend the lifetime of their products. However, as circularity takes front and centre stage and becomes a critical part of legislative compliance, the time to discuss what is needed for the future of repair is now. This workshop will bring together key stakeholders to discuss where the industry currently is on the topic and explore the challenges, barriers and opportunities to making this a viable business prospect. (EOG Members)
14:00 – 14:30
Complexities of Communication – Sustainability Reporting and Material Facts
Location: Speaker’s Corner, Atrium 3
Synopsis: Debbie Read, Head of Corporate Communications and CSR at Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd., and Tim Fish, Equip’s Product Director, will share highlights of their newly released 2023 Sustainability Report, which tracks progress, milestones and challenges in their 2022/2023 operating year. Plus they will update us on the launch of Material Facts, Equip’s approach to increasing accuracy and transparency of sustainability data. What have they learnt, what are the challenges and what next?
14:00 – 14:55
Innovation Lab – Session 5 Benefit Corperations & B Corp
Location: A31.107
15:00 – 16:00
Tools for Traceability – Sector Analysis: Transparency
With: Joel Svedlund, Peak 63
Location: A31.106
Synopsis: Transparency and traceability have in recent years gained importance and are now pivotal success factors for future business. Significant developments in policy alone, will demand a high level of traceability across the full value chain going forward. Along with increased requirements, has come a phenomenal range of tools now on offer from this burgeoning new sector. However, what each of these tools bring to a company and how they integrate with existing systems varies enormously. As such, understanding them and what they will delivers has never been more important. To help the industry find the tool that meet their precise needs of their brands and suppliers, Peak 63 and Textile & Fashion 2030 have been mapping this market. Joel Svedlund, Peak 63, will present an overview of various traceability tools for textile value chains, followed by key questions to find a traceability solution that matches your needs and examples of implementation by industry players.
16:00 – 18:00
Sustainability Sundowner
Location: Sustainability Hub, Atrium 3
Synopsis: All the best sustainability projects are the result of collaboration, so come and join us to network with your peers and industry stakeholders at the Sustainability Sundowner, brought to you by BSI, EOG, Greenroom Voice, OIA, OSV, and SOG.
Tuesday, June 6
11:00 – 12:00
Sustainability Hub Guided Tour
Location: Sustainability Hub, Atrium 3
13:20 – 14:30
Climate Pitch
Location: Speaker’s Corner, Atrium 3
Synposis: The Climate Pitch is a science-based, yet interactive and fun conference to understand the main climate change issues as well as to discover the individual and collective means of action. It has been designed to enable as many people as possible to respond positively to climate change by motivating to engage on a personal, professional, and collective level. The conference mobilizes the audience through an interactive quiz and visual infographics: join us and discover how you and your company could make a difference!\n Bénédicte and Marie, the Climate “Pitchers” for the OutDoor by ISPO are not only sustainability professionals supporting business to achieve positive changes that matter, but also active volunteers for the Climate Fresk, a global movement of climate education.
Photo: OutDoor by ISPO
