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Sustainability

Care labels and care symbols explained

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...
Bike2climb: 3 countries, 3 rock types, and a lot of road.

Bike2climb: 3 countries, 3 rock types, and a lot of road.

In the Summer of 2021 Anna Truntschnig & Robert Grasegger set out to traverse the Southern Al...
The outsider’s perspective: Inside the RDS working group

The outsider’s perspective: Inside the RDS working group

The Responsible Down Standard (RDS) is run by Textile Exchange, a global non-profit organisation...
The DOWN CODEX® in Context

The DOWN CODEX® in Context

A lot has changed in the last ten years. In 2010 the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volc...
10 Years of DOWN CODEX®: Risk Management in the Supply Chain. Pt2.

10 Years of DOWN CODEX®: Risk Management in the Supply Chain. Pt2.

In 2010, the down industry was safely ensconced in basecamp, where it had been for about a hundre...
10 years of DOWN CODEX®: Risk Management in the Supply Chain. Pt1.

10 years of DOWN CODEX®: Risk Management in the Supply Chain. Pt1.

Down Codex celebrates its tenth anniversary, it does so in what for us is a typically understated...
Why solution dyeing is ‘dope’

Why solution dyeing is ‘dope’

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

DWRs | A Changing Landscape

DWR stands for ‘durable water repellence’. But how do they work? Are they durable? And why are th...
Mountain Equipment Retains Fair Wear Foundation ‘Leader Status’ Third Year Running

Mountain Equipment Retains Fair Wear Foundation ‘Leader Status’ Third Year Running

Mountain Equipment has been awarded the Fair Wear Foundation ‘Leader Status’ for a third year ru...
Change on the Ground – Bihi Health Post – North Gorkha | Community Action Nepal

Change on the Ground – Bihi Health Post – North Gorkha | Community Action Nepal

Establishing Basic Medical Care and Health Education in North Gorkha Community Action Nepal [CAN...
Mountain Equipment Retains Fair Wear Foundation ‘Leader Status’ Third Year Running

Mountain Equipment Retains Fair Wear Foundation ‘Leader Status’ Third Year Running

Mountain Equipment has been awarded the Fair Wear Foundation ‘Leader Status’ for a third year ru...
Protecting Glenridding Common | John Muir Trust

Protecting Glenridding Common | John Muir Trust

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