European Outdoor Group ISPO –Programme 2022

Below is the current programme for EOG events at ISPO 2022 - some details are still TBC and more events will be added as we get closer to the event.

If you require any further information on any of these events please contact us on info@europeanoutdoorgroup.com or via your contact at EOG.

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Sunday 27th November

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EOG Extraordinary General Meeting: Join us for an update on EOG activities.

Registration for EOG members only.

15:00-15:30- registration and welcome

15:30- 17:30 [invites have been sent to EOG members]

Room: International Congress Centre (ICM) | Messe Munich (West Entrance) | Room 5

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Monday 28th November

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Measuring the outdoor retail market

10:00 - 11:00 [Public Event]  | Room: Hall B2: Retail Stage

Measuring  the Outdoor Retail Market - Learn more about a new point of sale service  tracking product and channel dynamics

Pauline Shepherd - Head of Research and Insights at European Outdoor Group

Richard Payne - Director Sporting Insights

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Growing Social & Labor Convergence Program (SLCP) beyond apparel:  introducing the benefits and opportunities of comparable, credible social & labor data for the hard goods sector

11:00 – 12:00 [Public event] | Room: B32 - First floor of Hall B3

Since launching in 2019, use of SLCP within the apparel & footwear sector has scaled rapidly - reducing audit duplication, unlocking resources for improvements, and providing high quality social and labor supply chain data to brands and retailers. Join this session to hear how SLCP is now embarking upon expansion beyond textiles, and discover how the hard goods sector can benefit from the learnings of SLCP implementation to-date. Hear examples of SLCP adoption across different sectors and the various benefits of comparable and actionable SLCP verified data.

Giulia Lemmolo–Assessment & Quality Lead, Social Labour Convergence Project

Giulia has over eight years of experience in assisting retailers and fashion brands with implementing strategies and tools to improve working conditions in supply chains. Giulia has worked with suppliers to manage capacity building programs and assessment schemes worldwide. At SLCP, Giulia manages projects to maintain the ConvergedAssessment Framework and Verification Oversight

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Measuring the outdoor retail market

11:00 - 12:00 [Public Event]  | Room: B41

Measuring  the Outdoor Retail Market - an open meeting to ask questions and see examples  of the reporting portal

Pauline Shepherd - Head of Research and Insights at European Outdoor Group

Richard Payne - Director Sporting Insights

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The Fair Working Hours Guide to help reduce excessive overtime

12:00 – 13:00 [Public event] | Room: B32 - First floor of Hall B3

Excessive overtime remains an extremely prevalent issue for worker in all supply chains and has been exacerbated further by the uncertainty of the pandemic. The Fair Working Hours Guide published by Fair Wear, identifies the root causes of excessive overtime and highlights how purchasing practices can be adapted to respect decent working hours throughout the supply chain. Join Fair Wear to understand these issues with clarity and learn how to address them and implement positive change for workers.

Niki Jansen – Performance Check Coordinator, Fair Wear Foundation

Niki joined the FairWear team in 2015. After coordinating Fair Wear’s work in China, Niki has been co-ordinating the brand performance check, ensuring its quality and consistency and contributing to its further development. She has developed the Fair WorkingHours Guide to help brands deal with excessive overtime. Niki is also responsible for verification activities involving several brands. 

Making circular business models mainstream – the growth of the second-hand market

13:00 – 14:00 [Public event] | Room: B32

The second-hand market is growing in popularity in the outdoor industry, and brands continue to join into partnering with resale platforms to find their solutions for circularity.This talk will explore why this is and what is eBay seeing from consumers. Key questions around circular business models, including profitability and new opportunities will also scrutinised. eBay will also share how it is reacting through collaborations and partnerships that are key to a circular economy and how this will assist eBay in their journey to accelerate circularity across the outdoor industry.

Lucy Peacock – Head of Pre-loved Proposition, eBay

Lucy Peacock is the category lead for Pre-loved Fashion at eBay UK, leading the way in developing and growing Fashion’s circular economy. By collaborating across the industry, Lucy works to make circular business models easy and economically viable.  Lucy joined eBay in October 2021, having previously worked for several fashion retailers, such as Debenhams, NewLook and as Head of Merchandising at Tesco for F&F. She studiedBusiness Sustainability Management at Cambridge University, becoming a CISLAccelerator and Sustainability Mentor, to assist sustainability focussed start-ups and SMEs. Lucy also supported the launch of WRAP Textiles2030, a 10-year initiative to help advise fashion brands, recyclers, manufacturers and academics to deliver sustainable change within the fashion industry.

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Outdoor Retail Benchmark Report Meeting

13:00 - 14:00 [Closed Door]  | Room: B41

Pauline Shepherd - Head of Research and Insights at European Outdoor Group

Peter Ottervanger- Head of Retail & Membership at European Outdoor Group

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A Collaborative Approach to scaling supply chain decarbonisation

13.30 – 14:00 [Public event] | Room: Hall B2: CSR stage

Ten brands, who are actively engaged in collaboratively addressing carbon reduction and energy efficiency within their shared supply chains reflect upon the challenges, opportunities and impact of taking this approach. Case study highlighting the achievable and ambitious reduction targets of one shared facility.

Verity-Gay Hardy - CSR & Sustainability Project Manager, EOG

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How to maximize your sustainability data with the Higg platform

14.00 – 15:00 [Public event] | Room: B32

Join this deep dive session into Higg’s Analytics and Adoption Tools, where we’ll introduce the latest features and updates to help businesses make the most of their sustainability data. This session is ideal for current Higg users to learn how to get more out of Higg’s management tools and maximise primary data when using the platform.

Izzy Joly, CustomerSuccess Manager (Europe), Higg Co

In her current role at Higg, Izzy manages a portfolio of key customer relationships across the Europe region, comprising a number of different innovative and well known brands and retailers in the apparel and consumer goods industry. Her purpose and passion is to empower customers to get the most value out of the Higg platform and services, as they unlock the potential opportunities for sustainability data to drive positive impacts.

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Sustainability Policy and Compliance Working Group

14.00 – 15:00 [Closed Meeting] | Room: B41

European Outdoor Group

Registration required, please contact katy.stevens@europeanoutdoorgroup.com

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Can the Microfibre challenge sit within a circularity strategy?

15.00 – 16:00 [Public event] | Room: B32

As organisations work to embed the ‘Microfibre’ topic within already busy and complex sustainability strategies, TMC is often asked‘How does Fibre Fragmentation sit within the Circularity Agenda?’. Mindful of the interconnectivity between so much of the larger sustainability agenda, this session is intended for anyone looking to better understand the connectivity between these two key sustainability areas.

Addressing the needs of both those starting out on the ‘Microfibre’ journey, and those in more of the active phase the session will look to: Set the ground roots topic understanding, identify how the Microfibre topic sits within circularity, demystify some of the assumptions, identify ways you can embed this topic within your strategies

Sophie Mather, The Microfire Consortium

As a reputable thought leader on Sustainable Innovation, Sophie Mather, Founding Director of The Microfibre Consortium brings a depth of first-hand experience and innovative thinking to the industry challenge of fibre fragmentation release. The Microfibre Consortium is leading the textile industry in reducing microfibre release to protect our environment and achieve a vision of zero impact from fibre fragmentation from textiles to the natural environment. TMC looks to connect and translate deep academic research, with the reality of commercial supply chain production to offer solutions to its brand, retail and supplier members and ultimately for the greater good of our ecosystems.

Sustainability Data Exchange Project Meeting

15.00 – 16:00 [Closed door] | Room: B41

European Outdoor Group

Registration required, please contact katy.stevens@europeanoutdoorgroup.com

Carbon Reduction Project Meeting

16.00 – 18:00 [Closed door] | Room: B41

European Outdoor Group

Registration required, please contact verity.hardy@europeanoutdoorgroup.com

Tuesday 29th November

A chance to do things better: A new approach to sustainability communications.

09:00 - 10:00 [Public Event]  | Room: B32

As an industry we have reached an unprecedented level of confusion and complication when it comes to sustainability communications. In this session, join leading outdoor brand, Rab, in exploring a more honest way of making sustainability claims for products. The results of a long journey to make sustainability as clear and transparent as possible for consumers and retailers. The European Outdoor Group will also present their Sustainability Data Exchange Project, which was conceived to address the need for alignment on product sustainability attribute communication between brands and retailers and aims to explore and find approaches to the address the multiple and diverse sustainability standards/ guidelines requests. With project deliverables including guidance for retailers on developing such measures, a harmonised data exchange methodology, and development of a digital sustainability data exchange platform.

Debbie Read - Head of Corporate Communications and CSR at Equip Outdoor Technologies

Debbie Read joined Equip Outdoor Technologies in 2019 and has been developing and leading the RabDNA CSR agenda since then. In the last three years, Equip has been certified as a Climate Neutral Company, is on an ambitious journey to achieve Net Zero and in 2022 was awarded Fair Wear Leader status after only two years of membership. Debbie is passionate about removing the complexity and constraints around the sustainability agenda by encouraging individuals to take action, collaborate and lead by example in this important subject.

Katy Stevens- Head of CSR and Sustainability at European Outdoor Group

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Measuring the outdoor retail market

09:00 - 10:00 [Public Event]  | Room: Hall B2: Retail Stage

Measuring  the Outdoor Retail Market - Learn more about a new point of sale service  tracking product and channel dynamics

Pauline Shepherd - Head of Research and Insights at European Outdoor Group

Richard Payne - Director Sporting Insights

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Single Use Plastic Project Meeting

10.00 – 11:00 [Closed door] | Room: B41

European Outdoor Group

Registration required. Please contact verity.hardy@europeanoutdoorgroup.com

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No Rules Marketing - Brilliant Brand Strategy. The presentation will  focus on answering key questions for brands such as  - What does your brand stand for? What are you trying to achieve? Who are your audience?

10.00 – 11:00 [Public event] | Room: B32

Pauline Shepherd - Head of Market Research and Insights, European Outdoor Group

Daniel Macaulay - Founder/CEO Brandwave

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Mimicking Nature with PHA: The natural biopolymer family& alternative to plastics

11.00 – 12:00 [Public event] | Room: B32

What if nature would provide performance materials that can be used to replace plastics? PHA’s are a class of naturally occurring biomaterials, similar to cellulose, but more versatile, similar to plastics. PHA’s are in high demand because they are made with renewable feedstocks, and can be recycled, composted and ultimately biodegraded in soil and marine environments. Rick, co-founder of GO!PHA, will elaborate on the past, present and future of this exciting material family.

Rick Passenier - Co-Founder& Executive Board Member, GoPHA!

Rick is a bio based and circular economy entrepreneur and consultant with a background in Industrial Product Design. Rick has worked with governments, corporations, non-governmental organisations and start-ups across the world in the transition to sustainable and circular business operations and propositions. As a consultant, Rick has worked over 10years in the chemicals, plastics and manufacturing industry and he currently uses that experience to drive bio-based and circular solutions in this area. In 2019, he co-founded the non-profit Global Organisation for PHA(GO!PHA) to promote use and proliferation of PHA.  Rick has a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Industrial Product Design from Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. 

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Plant Based Leather Alternatives: Some Food for Thought.

12.00 – 13:00 [Public event] | Room: B32

In recent years there has been several plant based leather type fabrics developed. One of the main drivers for this was to remove the large amounts of polyurethane used to make traditional vegan leather products. In this presentation we will look at the issues around plastic vegan leathers, the technology behind some of the plant based replacements, and the pros and cons of using these more “sustainable” options.

Dr Mark Taylor, Research Officer, University of Leeds

Mark helps to run the Sustainable Fashion degree at the University of Leeds. He teaches about the lifecycle of fibres, sportswear and tools for sustainable design.

Mark's other interests include the comfort and protection of clothing systems for extreme and hostile environments and the role of textiles in protection in falls from height or from falling objects. Since2016 he has been actively researching the problem of fibre release from textiles during laundry. He is a member of the Microfibre Consortiums (TMC)Technical Committee and an advisor to the committee writing the new European standard for determining microfibre release in laundry.

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Online Customer Behaviour - online shopping behaviour & trends in how consumers are using their personal data

12.00 – 13:00 [Public event] | Room: B41

John Arts - Co-founder, Ritadata

PFAS updates

13.00 – 14:00 [Public event] | Room: B32

Substitution of per- and poly-fluorinated chemistry (PFAS) in functional textiles is a well-known challenge in outdoor sports apparel. Since PFAS are widely used industry chemicals, both in textiles and other products, there are also other possible contamination sources besides the functional chemistry. The PFAS substitution guide for textile supply chains has been developed in the POPFREE project as support for textile industry, to improve communication about these chemicals and raise the possibility for well-informed substitution work.

Lisa Skedung – ResearchProject Manager, RISE

Lisa Skedung has a PhD in Surface Chemistry and has worked as a researcher and project manager at Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE)since 2013. She is managing the POPFREE project aiming at promoting the use of products without PFAS by developing PFAS-free alternatives and creating increased awareness and demand from both producers and consumers through communication. Lisa has co-edited the PFAS Substitution Guide for TextileSupply Chains. 

Joel Svedlund - SustainableDevelopment Professional,Peak63 – Outdoor Lab

Joel is a sustainable development professional with focus on sustainability management, sustainable design and green innovation. He has over 20 years experience of design, development and the evolution of sustainability practices within outdoor industry, in roles as product developer, sustainability manager, sustainability advisor and lecturer.Today he leads the consultancy Peak 63 which supports European outdoor industry players on the journey towards sustainability. Joel is a co-editor of the PFASSubstitution Guide for Textile Supply Chains.

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Consumer Shopping Trends - Understand Consumer preference with AI

13.00 – 14:00 [Public event] | Room: B41

A focus on the  importance of different product features   such as performance and sustainability in outdoor kit.

Korbinian Spann - Insaas

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Sustainability Strategy Course: Introduction

14:00 – 15.00:[Public event] |  Room: B32

The Sustainability Strategy Course (SSC) is an online, self-study programme designed to enable SME’s to integrate sustainability into their business strategy. This session will introduce the five modules which include: Sustainability Foundation (covering creating baselines, value chain mapping,SWOT etc), Vision and Commitment, Strategy Formulation, Framework and management, and Activity Planning, and provide information on accessing the course, as well as expected time commitments and outcomes.

Joel Svedlund – Sustainable Development Professional, Peak63

Joel is a sustainable development professional with focus on sustainability management, sustainable design and green innovation. He has over 20 years experience of design, development and the evolution of sustainability practices within outdoor industry, in roles as product developer, sustainability manager, sustainability advisor and lecturer. Today he leads the consultancy Peak 63 which supports European outdoor industry players on the journey towards sustainability.

Accelerating Circularity Steering Committee Meeting

14.00 – 16:00 [Closed door] | Room: B41

Accelerating Circularity Project Europe

Registration and RSVP required. Please contact jane.turnbull@europeanoutdoorgroup.com

Retail Sustainability Round Table

15.00 – 16:00 [Public event] | Room: B32

European Outdoor Group

Join us for this first meeting of the European Outdoor Group Retail Roundtable, a dedicated time and space for our retail members and the wider retail network to educate on specific topics, discover your challenges and find ways that we can collaboratively address them.

Hard Goods Round Table

16.00 – 18:00 [Public event] | Room: B32

European Outdoor Group & Peak 63

Join the Hard Goods Round Table to discuss the results of the hard goods project clustering activities and potential future work outputs including details on the upcoming Electronics Round Table.  The Round Table will also take an in depth look at carbon emissions from the perspective of hard goods. Hear from the EOGSupply Chain Decarbonisation Project and their second rounds of cohorts which includes hard goods brands who are actively engaged in collaboratively addressing carbon reduction and energy efficiency within their shared supply chains

Fair Wear Foundation Members meeting

16.00 – 18:00 [Closed Door] | Room: B41

Fair Wear Foundation Members

FWF Members only, registration required.

Please contact anika.mauz@vaude.com or katy.stevens@europeanoutdoorgroup.com

Wednesday 30th November

Industry Breakfast

7.30 – 9:00 [Public event] | Room: Hall B2, Retail Stage

European Outdoor Group

Join the European Outdoor Group for our Industry Breakfast. An opportunity to network and to hear about ways for the industry to successfully operate in the future. We will show case studies of how this can be achieved successfully, while enhancing your business.

Peter Ottervanger | European Outdoor Group | Membership at the EOG

Julian Lings | VF Corps | It's Great Out There & Opening Up The Outdoors

Sarah Case and Mirjam Kroenert | TexAid and Schöffel

Katy Stevens | European Outdoor Group | Sustainability Strategy Course

Luca Mosa & Stefan Frehland | LCA - Life Cycle Assessment, Action, Accountability : From measurement to management: how the correct use of the Life Cycle framework can support sustainable business transformation

Catherine Savidge & Tanya Bascombe | European Outdoor Conservation Association

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