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
2
80
0
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
6
Clothing repairs performed at our Reno repairs facility, the biggest in the U.S.
300,000 100
1
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