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Patagonia   

Environmental Action

 

Our definition of quality includes a mandate for building products and working with processes that cause the least harm to the environment. We evaluate raw materials, invest in innovative technologies, rigorously police our waste and use a portion of our profits to support groups working to make a real difference. We acknowledge that the wild world we love best is disappearing. That is why those of us who work here share a strong commitment to protecting undomesticated lands and waters. We believe in using business to inspire solutions to the environmental crisis.

 

qLifecycle analysis for 4 major fibres:

qGarment consumption bigger issue than garment production!

  • qPioneered recycled polyester

  • qPioneered organic cotton

  • qEliminated metals in dyes

  • qDeveloped compostable fabric with Dow

Cut so much energy use so much that they could afford to power all their facilities with renewable energy for no cost increase

Company changed without changing the people

 
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