CATALYST FOR GROWTH

By providing measurement tools, playbooks, and case studies, OIA is helping our members lead the charge for a sustainable future, across our industry and around the world. Together we are a force for sustainable growth.

Climate Action Corps

Climate Action Corps (CAC) is an OIA-led program that helps outdoor businesses reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and go beyond net-zero to become a climatepositive industry by 2030.

CAC participants are business leaders, climate experts, outdoor enthusiasts, and OIA members who represent $25B in annual sales revenue, over 85 companies, and more than 200 individuals.

Member Benefits

Info and Insights

• CAC webinars on relevant and timely topics delivered through your exclusive Member Portal

• Getting Started Guidebook and Appendix for measuring supply chain emissions

• Opportunity to be featured in our CAC Annual Report case studies on member company commitments to planning, measuring, and reducing GHG emissions

REDUCE our greenhouse gas emissions in line with a science-based target

REMOVE even more GHG from the atmosphere than we emit

ADVOCATE for systemic change

Solutions and Strategies

Get 24/7 access to toolkits and roadmaps to help members:

• Measure & Plan: Build a company-specific plan and measure your Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.

• Reduce & Remove: Take immediate action to drive down emissions in line with 2030 science-based targets. Remove >100% remaining emissions by investing in direct projects or offsets, which will ideally be nature-based.

• Advocate & Engage: Participate in climate advocacy actions annually and empower consumer climate action.

Consultation and Collaboration

• Share climate expertise, create connections, and learn about best practices with other companies on our member-only community engagement platform (Mobilize).

• Support+ members can participate in our Sustainability Advisory Council and Co-Labs

• The pre-competitive spirit of the Co-Labs helps ensure better products, best practices, and innovation for all. Plus, it’s resulted in the development of tools and guidance documents that are used far beyond our own supply chains, establishing the outdoor industry as a leader in responsible business.

• Leadership members can access all the above in addition to 1:1 office hours with experts and OIA consultants.

Clean Chemistry And Materials Coalition

New! OIA’s Clean Chemistry and Materials Coalition is a program, consulting service and working group that helps members balance financial and product management risks with new and existing sustainability laws.

CCMC provides members with a scalable action plan for eliminating and replacing harmful chemicals and materials, delivering supply chain transparency, recycling and emission disclosures and more. Designed to support retailers, brands, manufacturers, and distributors in a way that’s unique to their product category and life stage, our goals are to support members as they innovate on sustainability and build consumer trust in their favorite brands.

Member Benefits

Applied Insights

Members get OIA support with understanding:

• Market and product restrictions by state

• Complicated compliance timelines so that all members can comply with legislation with minimal impact and reduced risk

• Business model impacts

• Research (including consumer awareness regarding PFAS)

Helpful Info

Members are invited to:

• Annual and quarterly webinars

• In-person events at industry trade shows twice a year

Solutions and Strategies

• Best practices and toolkits for PFAS phase-outs in soft and hard goods, including PFAS found in enamels, metals, hard coating and more.

• Targeted plans for brands, retailers, manufacturers, and suppliers to address key topics, like:

- Inventory management and disposal

- Product End-of-Life

- Shared manufacturing facilities

- Ongoing supply chain management and testing

- Consumer messaging and marketing best practices

Advocacy and Lobbying

• Science-informed public comment and advocacy on potential legislation, rulemakings, and public hearings

• Legislative tracking tool that gives OIA members real-time information on chemicals and sustainability legislation in all states

Consultation and Collaboration

• Toolkits for testing thresholds and alternative materials and roadmaps on how to identify and phase out harmful chemicals, plus access to our in-house technical expert for consultation on custom approaches

• Monthly OIA-led working group on driving existing and future strategies for chemical action

• Access to members-only community engagement platform for sharing technical and legislative expertise, learnings, and best practices.