April 20, 2023 10 Sustainable Travel Tips
Suston provides 10 tips to help you be more sustainable on your outdoor adventures....
April 20, 2023 Welcome to Higg School
We may know the cost in Euros, but what is the true cost of the gear we buy? Meet the outdoor industry’s leading toolbox for measuring social and environmental impacts....
December 16, 2022 Sustainability Standards & Certifications
As demand for greater sustainability grows, so too does the importance of certifications in counteracting greenwashing and ambiguous claims. This quick guide helps you navigate through the jungle of certifications to find the ones that really matter....
October 25, 2022 Polybags
“Poly” means “many.” And indeed, polybags are everywhere. It’s often the first thing an e-commerce customer encounters with their new purchase, and it fills retailers’ waste bins on a daily basis. What exactly are polybags, and can they be sustainable?...
May 31, 2022 Aluminum
Incredibly abundant, easily recyclable and with clean production widespread, low-impact aluminum is already available in many industries. Unfortunately, the outdoor industry is not yet one of them....
September 22, 2021 Microplastics and Microfibers
In less than a century, the versatility and affordability of plastic has found applications just about everywhere we look today. Unfortunately, it is also everywhere we would rather not find it....
September 22, 2021 What are flourocarbons (aka PFAS)?
PFAS, PFCs, PFOAs, PFOs and now PTFEs - what exactly do all these acronyms mean, and why have they been getting so much attention?...
September 22, 2021 Down
A natural, recyclable and biodegradable material with incredible thermal and compression values, down is almost too good to be true - were it not for animal welfare issues....
September 22, 2021 Wool
A natural fiber with characteristics synthetics still can’t match, properly sourced wool’s sustainability credentials can make it a true wonder material – if it can reduce its climate impacts....
September 22, 2021 Vegan Leather
Materials with dramatically lower impacts than leather and no animal welfare issues, vegan leathers are in demand. But can they match leather’s durability?...