Patagonia is an OG of sustainable fashion, offering high performance clothing with the highest concern for quality, people, and the planet. They offer a great selection of outdoor gear and clothing for everyone, with solid pieces like tees, sweaters, shorts, and jackets suitable for multiple styles and occasions. Wornwear, a closed circle initiative, takes back, repairs, and resells their used clothes, keeping them in use and out of the trash.
Patagonia
Patagonia is an OG of sustainable fashion, offering high performance clothing with the highest concern for quality, people, and the planet. They offer a great selection of outdoor gear and clothing for everyone, with solid pieces like tees, sweaters, shorts, and jackets suitable for multiple styles and occasions. Wornwear, a closed circle initiative, takes back, repairs, and resells their used clothes, keeping them in use and out of the trash.
Transparency
- Patagonia shares a map on their website with the names and locations of the factories, mills, and farms in their supply chain.
- They also share information like the number of workers at each facility.
- Patagonia addresses subcontracting and engages manufacturing facilities to promote human rights and environmental sustainability.
Fair Labor
- 82% of Patagonia’s products are made in Fair Trade Certified factories.
- Patagonia ensures their factories are in compliance with Fair Labor Association policies.
- If a supplier’s wages do not meet the needs of the workers, suppliers must work with Patagonia to create a fair wage.
- 34% of Patagonia’s supplier factories pay living wages.
Sustainably Made
- Patagonia shares their carbon footprint on their website. They are working towards reducing their Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2030, and reducing their Scope 3 emissions by 55%.
- 91% of Patagonia’s fabrics are more sustainable preferred materials.
- Patagonia invests in closed-loop capabilities with their garment recycling program and repair services, as well as their lifetime guarantee.
- Patagonia has created the “Worn Wear” program which allows customers to buy and trade in used clothing from Patagonia, reducing the amount of clothes ending up in the landfill.
- Patagonia helped create 1% for the Planet, and they now donate all of their profits to the planet, giving to non-profits to help fight climate change.
