January 25, 2022 European Wool for the Win!
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...
November 27, 2021 Recycling Ropes, Reducing CO2
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....
September 20, 2021 A Second Life for a Second Skin
Sympatex is one of the worldwide leading producers of sustainable functional textiles. To reach its next ambitious goal – becoming 100 percent circular by 2030 – the company is pushing for collaboration within the textile industry....
September 20, 2021 Keen Launches Upcycling Certification Program
The first upcycling certification program to reduce industrial waste, the Harvest Certification creates a platform for transparency to make it easier for consumers to both identify and make environmental choices....
August 24, 2021 Committed to Sustainability
Ternua transforms abandoned fishing nets, plastic sea garbage, walnut shells and wool waste from sheep native to the Basque Country into technical and sustainable outdoor clothing. ...
October 27, 2020 The Blue Way Pays – in more ways than one
Not just a label, Bluesign is about finding solutions to both today’s and tomorrow’s social and environmental challenges, avoiding risks and creating critical mass to enact positive change across the supply chain....
October 19, 2020 3 Hours Exercise a Week – On the Clock
Studies prove that exercising on the clock increases productivity. What happens if you increase the dose to three hours of mandatory physical wellness time? Swedish company Icebug wants to find out....
October 13, 2020 A Water-Efficient Innovation
Nature continues to provoke and inspire ECCO’s researchers who have developed DriTan™, an innovative technology that drastically reduces the amount of water needed to tan leathers....