NEMO’s fully recyclable Endless Promise® down sleeping bag collection has won the Green GOOD DESIGN® award for sustainability in product design. NEMO debuted its Endless Promise Collection in 2023 with the Forte™ Endless Promise® synthetic Spoon® shape sleeping bag, and the recent inclusion of their down bags means that now all NEMO backpacking bags have the potential to stay out of the landfill forever.
The Green GOOD DESIGN Sustainability Award provides international recognition to outstanding individuals, companies, and groups — together with their products, services, programs, ideas, and concepts — that have forwarded exceptional thinking and inspired greater progress toward a healthier and more sustainable universe.
“The journey we’ve been on to take full responsibility for the gear we make hasn’t been easy, but it’s prompted many discoveries that have also driven performance and value for our customers,” said NEMO CEO and founder, Cam Brensinger. “We have a long way to go before we’re operating in a way that nets no negative impacts on the planet, but I’m optimistic we can get there.”
NEMO’s ENDLESS PROMISE
Endless Promise represents NEMO’s commitment to reduce resource consumption and keep gear out of the landfill. All Endless Promise products are painstakingly designed to be repairable, resellable, and most importantly, 100% recyclable. In addition to the intensive design work required, NEMO has also put in place key partnerships and infrastructure to make the take-back and recycling process easy for the customer. When a product has reached its end, it can be sent back to NEMO (using a free shipping label) and the company will handle the rest.
NEMO’s U.S. recycling partners include Unifi, Ambercycle, and ALLIED Feather + Down. After removing, cleaning, and reviving the down from Endless Promise bags, ALLIED will incorporate the insulation into its RENU:TRACE offering, the world’s first fully traceable recycled down. NEMO is also continuing to expand its repair and recycling services throughout its distribution areas and is currently partnering with United Repair Centre, CuRe Technology, and ALLIED in Europe.
This is the sixth award that NEMO’s Endless Promise collection has earned:
- ISPO Award – Resolve™ Endless Promise® Technical Daypack
- Fast Company’s Innovation by Design 2023 Honoree – Forte™ Endless Promise® Sleeping Bag
- Men’s Journal Travel Awards, Best Travel Backpack – Vantage™ Endless Promise® Daypack
- Popular Science Best of What’s New 2023 – entire Endless Promise® Collection
- Gear Junkie Best Budget Suitcase – Vantage™ 30L Endless Promise® Daypack
As of 2024, NEMO’s Endless Promise Collection includes its entire line of synthetic and down insulated backpacking sleeping bags, as well as the recently launched Vantage and Resolve backpacks, Prioritizing innovative, low-impact materials and repairable, fully recyclable designs, the Endless Promise collection will continue to expand in 2025. For more details, please visit https://www.nemoequipment.com/pages/endless-promise.
About the GOOD DESIGN® Award
Founded in Chicago in 1950 by the former MoMA curator Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., together with such pioneers in modern design as Charles and Ray Eames, Russel Wright, George Nelson, and Eero Saarinen, GOOD DESIGN® honors the yearly achievements of the best industrial and graphic designers and world manufacturers for their pursuit of extraordinary design excellence.
About NEMO
NEMO is a New Hampshire-based outdoor gear company known for creating award-winning products that are built to last, comfortable, and fun to use. The brand has been named Outdoor Brand of the Year by The Daily by Outdoor Retailer, and one of Outside Magazine’s and Business New Hampshire’s Best Places to Work. NEMO has also been recognized as a small business leader for the environment by New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility. NEMO’s reputation for design innovation across its product lines—tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, camp accessories, and furniture—is an outgrowth of its design philosophy to never bring anything to market that doesn’t offer a meaningfully better experience. NEMO’s team of designers and engineers are motivated by a passion for outdoor adventure and sustainability.
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