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brand's passion for creating innovative and advanced products, including Pebax Rnew and Grilamid Bio. At Scarpa's global headquarters in Italy, the brand is focused on bringing sustainable updates to its manufacturing process. This includes a 100% solar power powered HQ building and being a 0 Km ski-boot company — meaning the entire manufacturing process takes place at the company's headquarters in Asolo, Italy. Pebax Rnew is a totally organic, recyclable material first used by Scarpa in its ski mountaineering boots. The polymer is derived from castor oil, a vegetable oil extracted from a non-GMO and non-edible crop, therefore not competing with food production. Overall, the renewable material saves 32% of C02 compared to conventional materials. The Maestrale and Women's Gea have been utilizing Pebax Rnew in their construction since 2019, while the Maestrale RS and women's Gea RS began using it alongside planet-friendly Grilamid Bio in 2021. Grilamid Bio is also derived from the castor bean plant, and makes up the bi-injection carbon-infused shell of the Maestrale RS and Gea RS. Tent Textile Revolution: Nemo New Hampshire-based gear company Nemo is gaining raves for its Osmo fabric, debuting in 2022 in two of the brand's best-selling tents. Osmo is a proprietary composite weave made from 100% recycled fabric without the use of harmful flame-retardant chemicals or fluorinated water repellents (PFAS). The fabric innovation was honored with a 'Best of What's New Award' from Popular Science magazine. Using a combination of 100% recycled yarns, the nylon fibers provide exceptional strength, while the polyester fibers resist stretching when wet. In addition to optimizing strength and water resistance, Osmo achieves water repellency with a PFC chemical-free finish, and meets flammability requirements without fire retardant chemical additives. "Climate change, chemical impacts, and resource depletion need urgent action," said Gabriel Rosenbrien, Nemo's Product Development Manager. "The goal for Osmo was to develop a tent fabric that reduces environmental impact and maximizes performance, without compromise. Osmo fabrics represent a significant step forward in tent fabric sustainability and will help drive future developments." Osmo is available in Nemo's best-selling backpacking tent, Dagger Osmo 2P/3P for Spring 2022, as well as its top-selling ultralight shelter, Hornet Elite Osmo 1P/2P. The brand intends to integrate the fabric into additional tents in 2023 and beyond. Responsible Packaging Movement: prAna + More As of December, 2021, more than 100 brands have joined the "Responsible Packaging Movement," a program developed by CA-based apparel brand prAna to both inspire and create industry-wide change around responsible packaging. "RPM" was launched last year by prAna with brands such as Mara Hoffman, Outerknown, Toad and Co., and non-profit partners 5 Gyres and Canopy signing on. The recent additions of more brand partners, such as Sephora, SOREL, Trek, HOKA and Burton demonstrate the connection the program is having beyond the apparel industry as brands from beauty, tech, bike and outdoor hardgoods sign on. "RPM provides a blueprint for how brands can amplify their actions to reduce climate change by creating partnerships and openly sharing best practices in a non-competitive collaborative environment," said prAna's VP of product Brian Thompson. Since 2010, prAna's grassroots approach to reduce plastic and excess waste in its packaging has helped the brand understand the challenges of overhauling the consumer supply chain to entirely remove plastic from its consumer product packaging, a goal that prAna accomplished starting with its Fall 2021 collection. Through RPM, the brand is openly sharing its learnings and resources with brands that join the movement. Brands interested in joining the movement can sign up at any time at prana.com/reshape- packaging. Consumers are encouraged to share ways they are eliminating plastic and virgin-sourced forest fibers from their daily lives on social media using #ReshapePackaging to build awareness. l PrAna focuses on responsible packaging. Nemo's Dagger tent uses 100% recycled fabric. Scarpa is serious about its "Green Manifesto." 18 • Outdoor Insight • Winter 2022 outdoorinsightmag.com SUSTAINABILITY STORIES