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February 1, 2022 Sustainability Wins From Latest Round of Outdoor Awards

Posted at 20:41h in Brands, Business, Gear by SUSTON

From hemp headlamps to biodegradable down jackets - check out the latest award-winning products with a focus on sustainability!...

January 25, 2022 European Wool for the Win!

Posted at 14:45h in Animal Welfare, Brands, Gear, Materials, Partners by Lavalan

Natural, renewable and highly functional: wool is nature-based high tech, and is the perfect insulation material, as demonstrated by lavalan's washable wool wadding. The Bavarian family business uses exclusively traceable, European virgin wool, delivering a contemporary and sustainable alternative to...

January 24, 2022 Gore Goes Recycled

Posted at 09:15h in Business, Circularity, Materials, Suppliers by SUSTON

Gore Fabrics Division announces Global Recycled Standard (GRS) Certification....

December 22, 2021 Tecnica’s Ski Boots Recycling Project

Posted at 17:43h in Brands, Business, Circularity, Gear by Jonathan Eidse

Within sustainability circles in the outdoor community, hardgoods producers have by and large been seen as stragglers. Can a recycling program by ski boot producer Tecnica turn over a new leaf for the sector?...

December 15, 2021 Swedish Pine Trees, Reinvented

Posted at 10:00h in Brands, Gear, Materials, Partners by Fjällräven

As part of its efforts to phase out fossil materials, Fjällräven uses a wood-based fabric for the new Tree-Kånken collection....

November 27, 2021 Legacy Chemicals – Can we recycle our toxic textiles?

Posted at 20:54h in Circularity, Climate, Gear, Planet, Pollution by Jonathan Eidse

Just as recycled materials are surging in outdoor apparel, a recent report finds that hazardous “legacy chemicals” risk being carried over from the original textile. Can we realize the reduced impacts of a circular economy without sacrificing our health along...

November 27, 2021 Recycling Ropes, Reducing CO2

Posted at 15:26h in Brands, Circularity, Gear, Materials, Partners by Mammut

Mammut and Protect Our Winters Switzerland are helping to make mountain sports even more sustainable. With the project “Close the Loop” they give climbing ropes a new life....

November 18, 2021 This Rope Company is Carbon Neutral Certified

Posted at 12:00h in Brands, Business, Climate, Gear, Planet by SUSTON

Sterling Rope Company joins Suston Magazine/NORR Agency and over 300 other brands to chart a zero-carbon future using Carbon Neutral....

November 5, 2021 New Textile Prize Goes to “Rental-Only” Designer

Posted at 15:55h in Brands, Business, Gear, Pollution by Jonathan Eidse

Next Textile introduces an international award with the ambition to become the textile industry’s equivalent of the Polar Music Prize – the Fabric of Life Award....

November 2, 2021 Industry Sees Biodiversity as a High-Priority Risk: Report

Posted at 08:00h in Brands, Business, Gear, Pollution by SUSTON

Textile Exchange’s inaugural Biodiversity Insights Report aims to mobilize the industry towards becoming nature positive by 2030....