Patagonia Europe Environmental & Social Initiatives 2016

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By the Numbers

Quantifying Some of Our Environmental & Social Work in Fiscal Year 2016 (May 1, 2015-April 30, 2016)

7.1 MILLION

14,000

Dollars donated to fund environmental work

Volunteer hours worked through our environmental internship program

78 MILLION Dollars and in-kind services we’ve donated since we started our tithing program in 1985

1,600

824

Number of employees who have taken part in our environmental internship program since its inception in 1994

Number of environmental groups that received a grant this year

1,158

157,000 Dollars given to nonprofits through our Employee Charity Match program

38 MILLION

192 Fair Trade Certified™ styles in the Patagonia line as of fall 2016

430,000 Dollars in Fair Trade premiums paid to apparel workers since we introduced Fair Trade products in 2014

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80

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Number of activists trained this year at our Tools for Grassroots Activists conference

798,900 Single-driver car trip miles avoided through our Drive-Less program

44,000 10,000

Dollar amount of new and used clothing given through our clothing donation program

100+ MILLION

Percentage of Patagonia products we take back for recycling

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

20

95

Year anniversary of using only organically grown cotton in our cotton clothing

Percentage (by weight) of waste-stream materials recycled at our Reno Service Center

environmental + social initiatives

Number of Tools for Grassroots Activists books printed

Cover: Flamingos, which live up to 50 years in the wild, find safe harbor and ample food in the shallow lakes of Patagonia Park. Patagonia, Chile. Linde Waidhofer

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Clothing repairs performed at our Reno repairs facility, the biggest in the U.S.

300,000 100

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environmental + social initiatives

Dollars allocated to invest in environmentally and socially responsible companies through our venture capital fund, Tin Shed Ventures

Hours employees at our Ventura and Reno campuses worked through Patagonia’s volunteer program


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