Respect our environment

We seek to minimise the harm of our gear throughout its life without compromise to performance or quality

What we achieved this year

Collaborated with all Tier 1 suppliers to develop environmental plans to reduce our impact

Continued our industry-wide work with the Microfibre Consortium and Single Use Plastic Project

Established a life cycle review project and helped original academic research

Committed to sustainable palm oil

Reduced our carbon intensity by 8% to 23kg

Extended our carbon footprint estimates for our entire value chain

Offset the estimate of our entire Scope 1, Scope 2 and freight emissions to be climate neutral

This year we will

Have minimum 50% renewable energy in our Tier 1 factories.

Estimate our product footprints using Higg Index

Continue to share our work with the outdoor industry through partnerships

15% absolute reduction in our Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions in 2022

10% reduction in our upstream Scope 3 on a per item carbon intensity

Reduce air freight to below 10% by value

Understanding our carbon footprint is incredibly exciting as it guides the action for us to respond to the climate crisis – we look at the whole-life from raw material to use and end of life.

We estimate that two-thirds of the carbon impact of a product is from the raw materials and manufacture process. Just 15% of the impact is in your ownership.

The single biggest thing you can do is use your gear for longer. Extending the life of our kit say from 3 years to 5 years will reduce your carbon footprint by 40%. And then pass it on or recycle when you’re done with it so it doesn’t go to landfill.

We will do our bit to achieve our Science Based targets:

Choose environmentally preferable materials

Select factories based on their ethos and values

Minimise airfreight

Make products that are long lasting and durable

Switch to factories that use renewables in our supply chain

Repair all our products and offer Continuum to find products new homes when you’re done with them