We seek to minimise the inherent harm of gear throughout its life without compromise to performance, durability or quality.

We design gear that treads lighter, lasts longer, and doesn’t leave damage behind. “Cause no unnecesary harm” as Patagonia used to say.

It’s in the questions we ask: What’s it made from? Who made it? What happens at the end of its life?

Adventure recharges and restores it doesn't deplete. And performance shouldn’t come at nature’s expense.

How we treat the world we move through says everything about who we are.

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Cut From A Different Cloth

Our gear is designed to be used, abused, repaired and reused — not stuffed in wardrobes or swapped out every season. From waterproofs to wetsuits, we prioritise lower-impact materials, long-term durability, and radical simplicity.

If we can’t justify it functionally, we won’t add it. If it breaks too soon, we go back to the drawing board. Because making less stuff — and making it better — is one of the most powerful things we can do.

Good design shouldn’t shout. It should show up, time and time again.

Respect our environment

Airfreight by Volume

Our airfreight is too high right now and we're working hard to reduce it.

We avoid air shipping wherever possible. But the global shipping industry is still carbon-intensive, and unavoidable for some of our materials.

This isn’t a disclaimer. It’s a declaration. We believe progress comes from naming the gaps — not greenwashing over them.

If we’re not honest, we can’t improve. And if we stop improving, we stop deserving your trust.

That’s why we’re still fixing things. Especially the hard ones.
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GRI Standard Material Topics

Respect Our EnvironmentOur Core Commitments

• Reduce GHG emissions – the decarbonization of Alpkit

• Choose lower impact materials and production processes – recycled, organic, renewable or regenerative

• Eliminate the use of toxic chemicals

•Reduce travel and commuting

•Build positive workplace lifestyles: green our working lives
 
   

What we achieved this year

   

- Delivered our Science Based Target for Scope 1 and Scope 2 targets 8 years ahead of plan by reducing our use of gas and move to certified renewable electricity

   

- Reduced our carbon intensity by 36% to 17.7kg per order from 2019 base

   

- Reduced our air freight to 13% of shipments by weight from 31% in 2021 with room for improvement

   

- Collaborated with all tier one suppliers to develop environmental plans to reduce our impact

   

- Extended our carbon footprint estimates for our entire value chain

   

- Offset the estimate of our entire Scope 1, Scope 2 and upstream Scope 3 emissions

 
 
   

This year we will

   

- Reduce our carbon footprint (measured by carbon intensity per order) by over 15%

   

- Continue to move our owned vehicles to electric in line with our vehicle replacement cycle

   

- Reduce air freight to below 10% by weight

   

- Continue to share our work with the outdoor industry through partnerships

   

- Develop REACH program to manage toxic chemicals in our supply chain

   

- Develop internal audit of quality, environmental responsibility and social responsibility with our main suppliers

   

- Investigate regenerative cotton sourcing for our organic cotton products

   

- Achieve 100% deforestation assurance under the EU Deforestation Regulation, with traceability for cotton, cellulosic fibres and packaging pulp

 

Respect Our Environment – Product Materials

Metric 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
% Clothing with a PFC-Free DWR 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
% Organic or BCI cotton in clothing 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
% Recyclable content in packaging 99% 99% 99% 98% 92%
% Clothing made with recycled content 41% 41% 40% 37% <12%

Respect Our Environment – Shipping Impact

Metric 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
% Inbound shipments by air 13% 13% 13% 31% 10%
% Outbound shipments by air 2% 1% 2% 3% 6%