Patagonia Environmental & Social Initiatives 2014

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IT ALL ADDS UP

QUANTIFYING SOME OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL WORK

6.6 MILLION 61 MILLION 770 $98,185.11 $20 MILLION & CHANGE

10

Dollars we donated this fiscal year to fund environmental work

Dollars and in-kind services we’ve donated since tithing program began in 1985

Number of environmental groups that received a grant this year

Amount given to nonprofits this year through our Employee Charity Match program Dollars we’ve allocated to invest in environmentally and socially responsible companies

Fair Trade Certified™ styles now in the Patagonia line

100

Percentage of Patagonia products we take back for recycling

100

Percentage of Traceable Down (traceable to birds that were never live-plucked, never force-fed) we now use in our down products

1996

Year we switched to the exclusive use of organically grown cotton

136

Number of employees who volunteered this year through our environmental internship program

7,162

Volunteer hours worked this year through the internship program

1,711

Hours this year employees at our Ventura and Reno campuses worked through company’s volunteer program

74 15 MILLION 726,404 100 MILLION

Number of activists and employees who received skills training this year at Patagonia’s bi-annual Tools for Grassroots Activists conference Acres of degraded grassland we hope to restore in the Patagonia region of South America, by buying and supporting the purchase of sustainably grazed merino wool Single-driver car trip miles avoided this year through our Drive-Less program

Dollars 1% for the Planet® has donated to nonprofit environmental groups since it was founded in 2002 by Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and Craig Mathews

© 2014 Patagonia, Inc.


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