European Outdoor Week 2026 - Riva del Garda, Italy
Mai 14-19
We’re excited to announce that the Sustainability Hub will continue at Outdoor!
Since 2010, this dedicated space has championed visibility, collaboration, and progress in sustainability. What began as a small hub has grown into a magnet for innovation — from renewable materials and circular business models to pioneering service providers shaping the industry’s transformation.
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
This May, the Sustainability Hub moves to a new home:
Hall D-A01 at the Outdoor & Running Business Days, Riva del Garda, 17–19 May 2026 — we are part of the first ever European Outdoor Week.
Smaller format. Stronger focus.
This year, we are introducing something new: a series of interactive Round Table Workshops, each dedicated to one of the defining challenges of our time — fair working conditions, climate action, biodiversity, inclusivity, sustainability standards, and the way we communicate all of it.
May 17
Sustainability Hub Day 1 – Biodiversity and Empowering Consumer Directive
May 18
Sustainability Hub Day 2 – The Societal Transition
May 19
Sustainability Hub Day 3 – Climate and Nature
The format is simple and intentional. Small groups, open questions, real exchange. A place where collective intelligence gets to do what it does best — generate ideas, surface tensions, and find the paths forward that no single voice could map alone. A place to ask the questions that usually get squeezed out, to connect with others wrestling with the same challenges, and to work together on moving the needle.
Because the shift towards a healthier, more desirable future for the outdoor industry won't come from a single stage or a single voice. It comes from the room. And this time, we're building the room differently.
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Join Green Shape Association and bring your questions about the Empowering Consumers Directive.
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Join myclimate to explore actionable ways to end fossil fuel dependency.
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Join GreenroomVoice to explore how to support Nature, so Nature can continue to support our businesses, and keep the planet in balance. A deep dive into the frameworks, tools, and data that make the bigger picture visible. Once you see it clearly, taking action becomes the obvious next step.
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Join OUTO — Opening Up The Outdoors — for an open conversation on what genuine inclusion looks like in practice. Together we'll explore what it takes to make the outdoor industry, its products, its teams, and the spaces it creates truly welcoming for everyone — and what each of us can do to move that forward.
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Join Green Shape Association and bring your questions about the Empowering Consumers Directive.
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Join Sustainable Outdoor News to discuss the new EU rules are raising the bar for sustainability claims. For outdoor brands, travel destinations and others, this means stricter requirements – and an opportunity to build trust and engagement. In this 45-minute introduction, NORR Agency explains what the Empowering Consumers directive means for your company, and how to create communication that informs, engages, and stands up to scrutiny.
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Join EOCA — the European Outdoor Conservation Association — for a conversation about what it really means to give back to nature. Together we'll explore how the outdoor industry can move beyond good intentions and into meaningful action: funding conservation, restoring biodiversity, and taking collective responsibility for the wild places that make our industry possible.
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Join Fair Wear for a conversation about what fair working conditions really mean — and what it takes to get there. As human rights due diligence becomes a legal requirement across the EU, this is no longer just a brand question. Retailers are part of the supply chain story too: the products on your shelves carry a labour footprint, and your customers are increasingly asking about it. Together we'll explore what due diligence looks like in practice, what the new legislation means for your business, and how working collectively moves the needle faster than going it alone.
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Join myclimate to explore actionable ways to end fossil fuel dependency.
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TBA
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TBA
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Join GreenroomVoice to explore how to support Nature, so Nature can continue to support our businesses, and keep the planet in balance. A deep dive into the frameworks, tools, and data that make the bigger picture visible. Once you see it clearly, taking action becomes the obvious next step.
Who will be there?
OUTDOOR 2026
Join Us
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Exhibitors & Guided Tours daily at 11.00 am
Speakers from the areas of Circular Design & Responsible Materials, Biodiversity & Nature Positive Action, Climate Solutions, Social & Supply Chain Impact will join our guided tours daily, offering changing perspectives and insights
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Meet the Change-Makers
11 exhibitors are part of Sustainability Hub 2026. Join one of our guided tours, held at 11.00 am daily, to the exhibitors and hear their stories directly.
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Workshops
45–60 minute sessions designed to exchange ideas, connect with others, and move forward on the most pressing sustainability topics facing our industry.
