Forests

August 30, 2022 Do you know where your packaging comes from?

Posted at 09:03h in Business, Op-ed, Planet, Suppliers by Nicole Rycroft

Forests are 30% of the solution to climate crisis and are home to the bulk of land-based biodiversity. How sure are you that cardboard box was responsibly sourced?...

June 1, 2022 Ecopaper Database Released

Posted at 09:12h in Business, Conservation, Planet by SUSTON

The world’s largest compilation of recycled and NextGen paper and packaging options available to brands and companies — the EcoPaper Database — has just been updated and expanded....

February 3, 2022 Amazonian Leather

Posted at 10:40h in Business, Materials, Planet, Suppliers by Jonathan Eidse

Two recent reports have made a compelling case that Outdoor brands are complicit in the number one cause of Amazon deforestation. Textile Exchange responds that it's past time to clean up leather supply chains....

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 4, 2021 Mountain bike company plants 2 million trees

Posted at 08:00h in Brands, Business, Climate, Planet by SUSTON

Mountain biking brand Endura has exceeded its own targets and now sets its sights on becoming net carbon negative already by 2024....

September 21, 2021 Cellulosics

Posted at 21:26h in Materials Schools by SUSTON

Viscose, Rayon, Lyocell - there’s many names for these semisynthetic plant-based fibers, and many more methods to manufacture them. This makes impact generalizations difficult....

June 14, 2018 Hello? It’s 2018!

Posted at 08:00h in Brands, Conservation by Jonathan Eidse

With only around 21% of the world’s virgin forests still standing, Canopy aims to conserve the remaining ancient forests by developing sustainable solutions....