With Performance Days just around the corner, Suston reaches out to acting marketing manager Charles Ross to hear how the show will aim to once again push the sustainability needle with functional fabrics....
The Earth Day theme for 2024 – Planet vs. Plastics – is a call to arms to reduce the production of plastics with 60% by 2040. Earthday.org’s Director of End Plastics Aidan Charron shares why the plastic curve needs to...
Are outdoor brands ready to break up with “forever chemicals” for good? Yes, according to a new study from Globetrotter. Suston meets with Senior Sustainability Manager Fabian Nendza to learn more....
Global non-profit Textile Exchange’s Deforestation-Free Call to Action for Leather initiative is a rallying cry for companies to commit to sourcing their bovine leather from deforestation-free supply chains by 2030 or earlier. But is it “too little, too late” for...
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....
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?”...
