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Haglofs takes alternate stance on Greenpeace report

08/02/2016

While most companies in the outdoor companies have rallied against Greenpeace after its singling out of the sector in the Greenpeace debate, Swedish brand Haglöfs has thanked it for its findings. It has withdrawn its Grym hiking boot after Greenpeace found fluorocarbon PFOA in the boot. Fluorocarbons is a group of chemicals that are used to make ...

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