October 5, 2020 Our Common Ground
European Outdoor Group general secretary Arne Strait explains that for the industry to move towards a sustainable future, it must first identify its common ground....
November 5, 2019 Back to Basics: Materials Matter
European Outdoor Group's Head of CSR and Sustainability Katy Stevens implores outdoor businesses to remember the importance of materials decisions in their sustainability strategy. ...
January 30, 2019 Our Three Pre-competitive Pillars
"We know that without nature, there would simply be no outdoor industry...
January 29, 2019 Two Sides Together
Can retailers and brands put competition aside and instead focus on finding sustainable solutions? The results of the pan-European “#RMB Single Use Plastics” project’s first year seem to prove they can....
January 25, 2019 Heading to the Fairs? These are the “must-see” Sustainability events
With back-to-back fairs, the next seven days are bound to be busy for outdoor folks. EOG's Jane Turnbull and OIA's Nikki Hodgson share which sustainability events you need to look out for....
June 7, 2018 The Hard Deadline: 2 Degrees
A 2 degrees temperature increase is the limit of civilization's ability to cope. We’re now very firmly set on a 3+ degrees trajectory. The Outdoor Industry must respond....
January 17, 2018 Transparency, a Growing Key Concern
As the financial world begins shifting into the new of transparency, it needs new toolsets for evaluating investments and measuring companies around the world. So does the outdoor industry....
June 5, 2017 Let Europe Get Outdoors
To help people around Europe make the move to a more active, outdoor life, the European Outdoor Group (EOG) has launched the campaign “It’s Great Out There.”...
June 5, 2017 “Let\u2019s 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...
March 15, 2017 Save Our Seas
From the floating masses of plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean to the microfibers covering sediment along our shorelines – the awareness is growing that marine pollution must cease. Suston lists five inspiring solutions....