September 6, 2023 Most people won’t climb K2, why do we keep overengineering gear as if they will?
Most people won't climb K2. What are the environmental and inclusivity implications of over-engineering gear as if they will?...
July 3, 2023 EU Green Deal Risks INCREASING Textile Consumption
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....
June 8, 2023 Are We Going in Circles? Part 1: State of Circularity
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....
June 8, 2023 Are We Going in Circles? Part 5: Recycling
There’s clearly no circularity without recycling. Suston reaches out to sustainability consultant Joel Svedlund to hear the latest in the outdoor industry’s efforts to close the loop....
May 31, 2023 New vision for European Outdoor Summit
The Outdoor scene's premier gathering place in Europe for networking and inspiration is going from a one-off annual event to become a year-round platform - and taking sustainability to the top of the agenda....
May 24, 2023 Performance Wear Fair Welcomes Footwear
Long the hub of cutting edge innovation and sustainability for performance textiles, Performance Days announces it will now invite the footwear market to this year's fair....
May 23, 2023 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion’s Gold Standard?
US-based non-profit Camber Outdoors, the outdoor industry's specialists on promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, releases its third report....
May 23, 2023 We Need to Merge People & Planet
Social & Environmental Sustainability have been divided into two distinct silos. Is this logical? Katy Stevens from EOG weighs in on whether its past time the two halves to sustainability be brought together....
May 2, 2023 OIA’s Sustainability Programme for Outdoor Retailer
Change agents, educators, researchers, advocates, and business experts to catalyze emerging leaders and innovators in the outdoor industry....
February 1, 2023 Meet OceanCycle: Business Solution to Ocean-Bound Plastic
Companies using OceanCycle certified material are responsible for recycling more than 1 billion plastic bottles, diverting ocean-bound plastic waste. Suston meets with co-founder Ryan Schoenike to learn more....