June 5, 2017 “We’ve been green before green was cool”
For nearly ten years, Tessa Wulff Lothian has worked as store manager for Naturkompaniet in Stockholm, where she has witnessed a quantum leap in customer awareness of product sustainability....
June 5, 2017 Responsible Sourcing is an Investment
If audits and codes of conduct don’t do the job – is there a better approach to suppliers? Yes, says Dr. Anna Harvey, an expert on responsible sourcing....
June 5, 2017 “Let’s include the suppliers in the discussion”
There is an elephant in the room – and addressing it could really benefit all of us in the industry. The elephant could be called “the absence of level-eyed partnership and collaboration between brands and suppliers”. Like in most industries, we...
June 5, 2017 Award-winning, Bio-based Jacket
In February, the Swedish company Tierra won the sustainability award ISPO Award Eco Achievement Apparel for its Deterra jacket, which is manufactured from 100 percent bio-based materials....
June 5, 2017 Transparent Tour
How can a brand communicate their sustainability performance in a transparent and easy to understand way? One way to get to know more about these complex questions is to visit the Greenroom Voice-exhibition at the OutDoor-fair....
June 5, 2017 Saving the Ice
To preserve the scientific heritage of glaciers for generations to come, UNESCO launched the Ice Memory project in March. The goal is to constitute the world’s first library of archived glacier ice, deep down in the Antarctic ice cover....
February 23, 2017 Bluesign Releases Supply Chain Detox Tool: Bluefinder 2.0
Chemical management within the outdoor industry has become a little bit easier with the relaunch of Bluesign’s patented platform, Bluefinder....
February 23, 2017 Conscious Customers on the Rise at Partioaitta
Mari Hautamäki, Store Manager at Finland's largest outdoor retailer chain Partioaitta, shares how customer's are now asking questions she had never heard before....
February 23, 2017 More Recycling at Primaloft
Primaloft launches its Primaloft Gold Insulation Active with 45 percent post-consumer recycled content....