Swiss outdoor outfitter Mammut announces its reinvigorated repair services that will integrate repairability into its design process, add new service partners and proactively communicate to customers to choose repair over new purchases....
In its latest Planet Report 2023, Ortovox spells out its environment and climate efforts and, among other things, signals a turn away from recycled polyester sourced from PET bottles....
From meticulous calculations of Scopes 1-3 carbon emissions to efforts to eliminate “greenwashing” from its stores, 2022 has been a busy one for Yonderland’s sustainability efforts....
As the European Union closes in on passing the new Ecodesign Regulation into law, on May 22 its member states agreed to ban the destruction of unsold clothing....
The EU’s impending apparel legislation is ambitious, but Tone Skårdal Tobiasson, author and journalist, doubts it will do anything to reduce overproduction – on the contrary, it might amplify it. Her solution? Targeted Producer Responsibility....
Suston's Editor-in-Chief reports about trending sustainability topics at OutDoor by ISPO in Munich - and picks three product highlights....
Longevity, care, repair, and recycling. Each year we return to the same subjects, but are we getting any closer to closing the loop? Suston reaches out to experts to find out the current state of circularity in the outdoor industry....
After making products durable enough for their intended use and encouraging proper care, the next step in extending the product’s useful life is repair. But business and consumers alike continue to ask, “what’s in it for me?”...
What is the difference between ingredient brands and other materials? Can ingredient brands be an asset for outdoor brands in their sustainability efforts? And can such partnerships carry risks? Suston turns to the experts to answer these questions....
