Sustainability

Care labels and care symbols explained

Imagine trying to read a map that was covered in writing. It would be impossible to see the terr...

April 27, 2022

In the Summer of 2021 Anna Truntschnig & Robert Grasegger set out to traverse the Southern Al...

August 11, 2021

A lot has changed in the last ten years. In 2010 the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volc...

March 03, 2021

In 2010, the down industry was safely ensconced in basecamp, where it had been for about a hundre...

January 19, 2021

Down Codex celebrates its tenth anniversary, it does so in what for us is a typically understated...

November 09, 2020

We go into the mountains to find somewhere wild. A place where honesty speaks louder than bravad...

October 05, 2020

DWR stands for ‘durable water repellence’. But how do they work? Are they durable? And why are th...

September 01, 2020

Mountain Equipment has been awarded the Fair Wear Foundation ‘Leader Status’ for a third year ru...

May 22, 2019

Establishing Basic Medical Care and Health Education in North Gorkha Community Action Nepal [CAN...

May 22, 2019

Mountain Equipment has been awarded the Fair Wear Foundation ‘Leader Status’ for a third year ru...

May 22, 2019

The John Muir Trust has taken on the management of Glenridding Common in the English Lake Distri...

May 13, 2019

Outdoor & Sports Company, (OSC), has won the inaugural Fair Wear Foundation Inspiration Awar...

November 21, 2018