Sustainability

The DOWN CODEX® in Context

Manufacturers have always focussed on the quality and performance of their products: how they loo...

March 03, 2021

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

January 19, 2021

The Down Codex® has been as much a personal mission as a corporate undertaking. Down Codex has no...

November 05, 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

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

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

June 18, 2018

Outdoor clothing brand Mountain Equipment has been awarded ‘Leader Status’ by Fair Wear Foundati...

March 24, 2017