Boulder, Colorado, US: Cotopaxi, L.L. Bean, New Balance, Patagonia, REI Co-op, W.L. Gore & Associates, Global Efficiency Intelligence, and Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) proudly introduce the Textile Heating Electrification Tool, an innovative open-source resource designed to help textile mills reduce emissions by transitioning to efficient...
Major fashion brands are using greater amounts of polluting synthetic textiles, a survey of 50 global firms— representing $1 trillion in market value and spanning fast fashion, sports, luxury and supermarket own-brands — reveals greater dependence on synthetic fibres that are driving fast fashion, and use of fossil fuel industry tactics, says a report by the Changing Markets Foundation.
Outdoor brand Patagonia and trim supplier YKK have, at one of their production sites, replaced a commonly used dye chemical with a lower impact version from the stable of the Italian innovation-driven chemical group ERCA SPA.
Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard’s imaginative act of moral courage is uplifting, but it would be naive and even harmful to expect many others to follow his example by voluntarily choosing a purpose other than the pursuit of profits.
The founder of outdoor clothing brand Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, has given away his company in an effort to do more for the planet. The Chouinard family has transferred ownership to two new entities: Patagonia Purpose Trust and the Holdfast Collective. Every dollar not reinvested back into Patagonia will be distributed as dividends to protect the planet.