Corporate Social Responsibility

The outdoor brand The North Face pursues a noble approach: sustainability counts for Americans not only in their own products, but also in the minds of the consumers. The company has a number of ideas for this.

4D pressure that protects against fall injuries; jackets that communicate with buyers: ISPO.com presents these four trendsetting textile technologies.

Sustainable online shopping - is that even possible? The Finnish brand RePack is trying to make parcel traffic more sustainable at least now. With an innovative system that more and more large companies are joining.

Consumer wishes have changed in recent years – and the sports industry has adapted to them. The participants of ISPO Textrends Spring/Summer 2020/21 showed that sustainability is essential. Developments are becoming more and more creative.

In Brazil, devastating fires are raging in the rainforest area on the Amazon River. A large clothing group draws consequences and renounces goods from Brazil.

Plastic waste is one of the big problems of this time. Consumer demand for recycled fashion is on the rise, and more and more sports and fashion companies work with it - in different ways.

Anta Sports Products has officially become a member of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI). China's largest sporting goods company is now focusing on sustainability as one of its current efforts.

The outdoor company Scott Sports has a new headquarters in Givisiez. Thanks to innovative systems and infrastructure, the manufacturer is already positioning itself for the distant future.

The new EOG Managing Director Arne Strate calls on his industry to rethink sustainability and CSR in order to grow rather than shrink. For him, the focus is on the customers - who determine where the industry is heading.

At ISPO Munich 2019 John Jansen handed over the baton as President of the European Outdoor Group (EOG) to Mark Held. In the interview, they talk about the future of outdoor – and why some brands have to change.