Tag: IfC

VF Corporation Distributed First Round of Financing for Bangladeshi Factories Safety, Plus the Movements Changing Fashion Sustainability

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VF, owners of Vans, The North Face, Timberland, and Wrangler, among others, are working with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group to provide loans to 3 Bangladeshi garment factories under a new program for funding fire and building safety improvements. This is obviously a step in the right direction with transparency being a […]

Street League Skateboarding Enters Strategic Partnership with International Skateboarding Federation, Works on Olympics and Youth Games in Nanjing

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Skateboarding is getting more streamlined and moving closer to reality of an official Olympic sport (not just the Youth Games) after today’s announcement by Street League Skateboarding. On August 12, 2014, Street League Skateboarding (SLS) and the International Skateboarding Federation (ISF) announced a strategic partnership as the SLS endorses ISF recognition by the International Olympic […]