November 27, 2025 Durability: a new benchmark
Durability is fast becoming outdoor’s new design benchmark. A GORE-TEX white paper calls for common definitions and transparent testing....
July 3, 2023 EU Green Deal Risks INCREASING Textile Consumption
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....
June 8, 2023 Are We Going in Circles? Part 3: Longevity
What is the difference between ingredient brands and other materials? Can ingredient brands be an asset for outdoor brands in their sustainability efforts? And can such partnerships carry risks? Suston turns to the experts to answer these questions....
October 24, 2022 Isbjörn: “Durability is our silver bullet”
Isbjörn of Sweden is committed to making long-lasting outdoor clothing for adventurous kids and teenagers, choosing the highest performing and responsible materials and manufacturing processes each season....
February 3, 2022 Get outside to design sustainable outdoor gear
Suston's Editor-in-chief Gabriel Arthur reflects on what it takes to design a sustainable product: a degree, or personal, dirty, knee-deep experience in the outdoors?...
February 7, 2020 Longevity in Action
Long-lasting products aside, getting consumers to actually keep their product in use requires support. Perhaps none go the extra mile as does Patagonia’s Worn Wear program....
February 7, 2020 Return to Durability
Doubling the lifespan of a product reduces its impact by 50% – a sustainability silver bullet if there ever was one. The conversation around outdoor's durable roots and future has just restarted....
February 5, 2020 Unfashionable by Design
Many outdoor companies know how to create durable clothes and equipment. But how sustainable are these products if they feel outdated a year later and end up in the closet? Not so much, if you ask Christiane Dolva Törnberg, Head...
February 5, 2020 Durable Performance Counts
A key pillar of Gore’s sustainability strategy is the longevity of its GORE-TEX products. Through proper wash and care, consumers can take their share of responsibility in prolonging the useful life of their outdoor gear....
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