Tag: sustainability
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Outerknown and Beyond
Shockwaves rolled through surfy social media Wednesday, July 15th as Kelly Slater launched the first line in his journey to transparency: Outerknown. For those who have been reading KS’ interviews since leaving Quiksilver and paying attention to the Kering Group’s 4 year shift to achieve industry transforming sustainability standards, while also keeping a finger on…
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Women, Surfing, Sustainability
(LINK FIXED) Women are the key to sustainability. We exist at the crossroads between reproduction and production, and as such, feel the effects of every policy shift, not only those that focus on the primacy of (unsustainable) economic growth over people-centered equitable development, but also those shifts that aim to be sustainable. Read More at…
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Bangladesh: Dying for Fashion
ONE YEAR LATER: 4/24/14. Parent company of REEF and VANS, VF Corp, continues to refuse to sign Bangladesh accord. Updated 5/30 : Along with VOLCOM and REEF, I found BILLABONG men’s shorts, Made in Bangladesh Updated 5/26 : Bangladesh factory banned by Wal-Mart is still used by the VF Corp (see note 2 below), the…
