Following a tense battle between the projects on the shortlist, it came down to the final member vote to decide which projects were going to be supported by the EOG Association for Conservation in 2010!
At the Annual General Meeting of the European Outdoor Group (EOG) held on Monday 8th February, the members voted in a new President and agreed to a new structure to the EOG Board.
In an attempt to give some clarity to the different regulations, standards and labels associated with sustainability within the outdoor sector, the Standards and Regulations Committee (part of the Sustainability Working Group), will aim to compile the definitive industry resource in the form of an open database. It will provide a one stop point of reference for the outdoor sector to understand what is mandatory and what is voluntary within the industry.
The extremely popular EOG Association for Conservation ‘Something for Conservation’ Fundraiser is happening again - OutDoor 2009, will be the next venue.
The workings of the European Commission are sometimes strange and mysterious and our industry has struggled to understand why when ice screws, ropes, harnesses and karabiners are all considered as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), ice tools are not. Virtually all winter mountaineers would consider their ice tools as the single most important bit of safety equipment, and moreover, one upon which their lives will probably depend, so the failure of the Commission to recognise this has been difficult to understand...
The European Outdoor Group as part of its commitment to ensuring that all aspects of the future of the OutDoor show are considered is undertaking a survey of approximately 200 key European retailers.