BURTON TO JOIN GLOBAL CLIMATE STRIKE
ASB MAGAZINE: Burton announced that the company is joining millions of students and workers around the world in support of the Global Climate Strike on September 20. All Burton offices and owned…
ITS CRUNCH TIME IN THE FIGHT FOR THE BIGHT
ASB MAGAZINE: Patagonia have provided a timely update on it’s Big Oil Don’t surf campaign. Today, Monday, 26th of August, delegates of the Great Australian Bight Alliance met with Equinor Public Relations…
GREEN IS THE BOTTOM LINE, NOT THE TOP-DRESSING
The surf industry may have quietly crossed a historic line on sustainability, from mere appearances to proven profit generator. Let’s start with an acronym you mightn’t have heard. ‘LOHAS’…
WA TO SOON GET WORLD’S FIRST INFLATABLE SURF REEF
ASB MAGAZINE: The world’s first inflatable surf reef, the Airwave, is about to undergo trials in Western Australia. The Airwave is a 20-metre round, 2-metre high dome which sits on the bottom of the ocean…
GLOBE PARTNERS WITH THE NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION
ASB MAGAZINE: Through partners like the National Forest Foundation, Globe International plants more than triple the amount of trees harvested for our skateboard production. As one the world’s largest manufacturers…
IKEA & WSL TO COLLAB ON ‘SURF-CENTRIC’ RANGE
ASB MAGAZINE: In a new collaboration with World Surf League (WSL), IKEA is diving into life around the water, connecting sustainability with an active life and mobile living. With around…
WSL PURE LAUNCHES #STOPTRASHINGWAVES CAMPAIGN
ASB MAGAZINE: The World Surf League (WSL) have stepped up their campaign to protect our oceans announcing a series of sustainability commitments. Through launching their #stoptrashingwaves campaign the WSL aims…
FIGHT FOR THE BIGHT DISRUPTS EQUINOR AGM IN NORWAY
ASB MAGAZINE: Last week, Patagonia surf ambassador Heath Joske and a small Australian delegation led by Peter Owen from the Wilderness Society and aboriginal elder and singer Bunna Lawrie took the…
PATAGONIA DIRECTOR OF PHILOSOPHY VINCENT STANLEY ON BUSINESS WITH A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE
Vincent Stanley, co-authored The Responsible Company (with Yvon Chouinard) and has been with Patagonia since its beginning in 1973, holding key executive roles as head of sales or marketing. He’s…
PADDLE OUT FIGHT FOR THE BIGHT – BURLEIGH HEADS
ASB MAGAZINE: Patagonia and Surfrider Foundation are hosting a protest paddle-out against Norwegian company Equinor who have formally released their draft environmental plan for deepwater oil drilling in the Great Australian…
VFC AGAIN RANKS IN WORLDS MOST ETHICAL COMPANIES BY ETHISPHERE INSTITUTE
ASB MAGAZINE: VF Corporation, (VFC) has been recognized as one of the 2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards…
A TIME BOMB IS TICKING IN THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT.
ASB MAGAZINE: Norwegian oil giant Equinor will forge ahead with its plans to exploit the pristine marine marvel that is the Great Australian Bight, this week announcing Equinor had lodged its…