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Patagonia's Radical Transparency: Progress, Pitfalls, and Pushing Forward
Patagonia BioSnap a weekly updated Biography.
Patagonia made major headlines this week with the release of its inaugural Work in Progress Report for fiscal 2025. According to the Ventura County Star, this 130-page document is the company’s most transparent look ever at its finances, labor practices, carbon footprint, and environmental impacts, candidly highlighting progress and painful shortcomings. Patagonia’s longtime messaging that it is "in business to save our home planet" is on full display, with founder Yvon Chouinard, now 87, and CEO Ryan Gellert both contributing frank reflections. Chouinard’s letter warns that none of Patagonia’s actions are truly sustainable yet and that the next fifty years will be even tougher, a sobering note that has shaped headlines across environmental business media. The report details that while Patagonia has managed to reduce its emission intensity by 20 percent since 2017, absolute emissions actually rose two percent last year, reaching 182,646 metric tons of CO2—mostly driven by a shift to more carbon-intensive backpacks and duffels. Business Chief covered how the company attributes more than 90 percent of its emissions to the supply chain and suppliers, not direct operations, and confirmed a significant investment in decarbonizing this section. The report also celebrates achievements: 84 percent of all textures now qualify as preferred materials, with especially high use of recycled polyester and nylon, leading to fewer fossil fuel dependencies. All new products are now made without intentionally added PFAS chemicals—a true milestone after two decades of R&D and a talking point repeated by multiple outlets.
Financial disclosures, another headline, show Patagonia bookended the last reporting year with 1.47 billion dollars in revenue, 61 percent coming from the US, with a commercial presence in 45 countries and distribution through over 5,700 stores. Importantly, since transferring ownership to the Patagonia Purpose Trust and Holdfast Collective in 2022, 180 million dollars has gone straight into environmental causes, according to FashionUnited. Yet the company doesn’t shy away from admitted stumbles: supply chain emissions remain a beast, only 39 percent of partner factories pay a living wage, and efforts to recycle and upcycle post-consumer goods at scale are far behind targets. Social media chatter on Instagram, especially from the Bay Area and Toronto stores, amplified the report’s publication, with posts spotlighting upcoming “repair road shows” and local activism events. Meanwhile, Patagonia’s annual Salmon Run in Ventura drew crowds, reinforcing the brand’s roots in community and conservation engagement. Absent are any big new business deals or executive shakeups, but the dominant narrative this week is Patagonia’s willingness to put mistakes and hard lessons front and center and challenge others to do the same.
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Patagonia made major headlines this week with the release of its inaugural Work in Progress Report for fiscal 2025. According to the Ventura County Star, this 130-page document is the company’s most transparent look ever at its finances, labor practices, carbon footprint, and environmental impacts, candidly highlighting progress and painful shortcomings. Patagonia’s longtime messaging that it is "in business to save our home planet" is on full display, with founder Yvon Chouinard, now 87, and CEO Ryan Gellert both contributing frank reflections. Chouinard’s letter warns that none of Patagonia’s actions are truly sustainable yet and that the next fifty years will be even tougher, a sobering note that has shaped headlines across environmental business media. The report details that while Patagonia has managed to reduce its emission intensity by 20 percent since 2017, absolute emissions actually rose two percent last year, reaching 182,646 metric tons of CO2—mostly driven by a shift to more carbon-intensive backpacks and duffels. Business Chief covered how the company attributes more than 90 percent of its emissions to the supply chain and suppliers, not direct operations, and confirmed a significant investment in decarbonizing this section. The report also celebrates achievements: 84 percent of all textures now qualify as preferred materials, with especially high use of recycled polyester and nylon, leading to fewer fossil fuel dependencies. All new products are now made without intentionally added PFAS chemicals—a true milestone after two decades of R&D and a talking point repeated by multiple outlets.
Financial disclosures, another headline, show Patagonia bookended the last reporting year with 1.47 billion dollars in revenue, 61 percent coming from the US, with a commercial presence in 45 countries and distribution through over 5,700 stores. Importantly, since transferring ownership to the Patagonia Purpose Trust and Holdfast Collective in 2022, 180 million dollars has gone straight into environmental causes, according to FashionUnited. Yet the company doesn’t shy away from admitted stumbles: supply chain emissions remain a beast, only 39 percent of partner factories pay a living wage, and efforts to recycle and upcycle post-consumer goods at scale are far behind targets. Social media chatter on Instagram, especially from the Bay Area and Toronto stores, amplified the report’s publication, with posts spotlighting upcoming “repair road shows” and local activism events. Meanwhile, Patagonia’s annual Salmon Run in Ventura drew crowds, reinforcing the brand’s roots in community and conservation engagement. Absent are any big new business deals or executive shakeups, but the dominant narrative this week is Patagonia’s willingness to put mistakes and hard lessons front and center and challenge others to do the same.
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This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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Patagonia made major headlines this week with the release of its inaugural Work in Progress Report for fiscal 2025. According to the Ventura County Star, this 130-page document is the company’s most transparent look ever at its finances, labor practices, carbon footprint, and environmental impacts, candidly highlighting progress and painful shortcomings. Patagonia’s longtime messaging that it is "in business to save our home planet" is on full display, with founder Yvon Chouinard, now 87, and CEO Ryan Gellert both contributing frank reflections. Chouinard’s letter warns that none of Patagonia’s actions are truly sustainable yet and that the next fifty years will be even tougher, a sobering note that has shaped headlines across environmental business media. The report details that while Patagonia has managed to reduce its emission intensity by 20 percent since 2017, absolute emissions actually rose two percent last year, reaching 182,646 metric tons of CO2—mostly driven by a shift to more carbon-intensive backpacks and duffels. Business Chief covered how the company attributes more than 90 percent of its emissions to the supply chain and suppliers, not direct operations, and confirmed a significant investment in decarbonizing this section. The report also celebrates achievements: 84 percent of all textures now qualify as preferred materials, with especially high use of recycled polyester and nylon, leading to fewer fossil fuel dependencies. All new products are now made without intentionally added PFAS chemicals—a true milestone after two decades of R&D and a talking point repeated by multiple outlets.
Financial disclosures, another headline, show Patagonia bookended the last reporting year with 1.47 billion dollars in revenue, 61 percent coming from the US, with a commercial presence in 45 countries and distribution through over 5,700 stores. Importantly, since transferring ownership to the Patagonia Purpose Trust and Holdfast Collective in 2022, 180 million dollars has gone straight into environmental causes, according to FashionUnited. Yet the company doesn’t shy away from admitted stumbles: supply chain emissions remain a beast, only 39 percent of partner factories pay a living wage, and efforts to recycle and upcycle post-consumer goods at scale are far behind targets. Social media chatter on Instagram, especially from the Bay Area and Toronto stores, amplified the report’s publication, with posts spotlighting upcoming “repair road shows” and local activism events. Meanwhile, Patagonia’s annual Salmon Run in Ventura drew crowds, reinforcing the brand’s roots in community and conservation engagement. Absent are any big new business deals or executive shakeups, but the dominant narrative this week is Patagonia’s willingness to put mistakes and hard lessons front and center and challenge others to do the same.
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
Patagonia made major headlines this week with the release of its inaugural Work in Progress Report for fiscal 2025. According to the Ventura County Star, this 130-page document is the company’s most transparent look ever at its finances, labor practices, carbon footprint, and environmental impacts, candidly highlighting progress and painful shortcomings. Patagonia’s longtime messaging that it is "in business to save our home planet" is on full display, with founder Yvon Chouinard, now 87, and CEO Ryan Gellert both contributing frank reflections. Chouinard’s letter warns that none of Patagonia’s actions are truly sustainable yet and that the next fifty years will be even tougher, a sobering note that has shaped headlines across environmental business media. The report details that while Patagonia has managed to reduce its emission intensity by 20 percent since 2017, absolute emissions actually rose two percent last year, reaching 182,646 metric tons of CO2—mostly driven by a shift to more carbon-intensive backpacks and duffels. Business Chief covered how the company attributes more than 90 percent of its emissions to the supply chain and suppliers, not direct operations, and confirmed a significant investment in decarbonizing this section. The report also celebrates achievements: 84 percent of all textures now qualify as preferred materials, with especially high use of recycled polyester and nylon, leading to fewer fossil fuel dependencies. All new products are now made without intentionally added PFAS chemicals—a true milestone after two decades of R&D and a talking point repeated by multiple outlets.
Financial disclosures, another headline, show Patagonia bookended the last reporting year with 1.47 billion dollars in revenue, 61 percent coming from the US, with a commercial presence in 45 countries and distribution through over 5,700 stores. Importantly, since transferring ownership to the Patagonia Purpose Trust and Holdfast Collective in 2022, 180 million dollars has gone straight into environmental causes, according to FashionUnited. Yet the company doesn’t shy away from admitted stumbles: supply chain emissions remain a beast, only 39 percent of partner factories pay a living wage, and efforts to recycle and upcycle post-consumer goods at scale are far behind targets. Social media chatter on Instagram, especially from the Bay Area and Toronto stores, amplified the report’s publication, with posts spotlighting upcoming “repair road shows” and local activism events. Meanwhile, Patagonia’s annual Salmon Run in Ventura drew crowds, reinforcing the brand’s roots in community and conservation engagement. Absent are any big new business deals or executive shakeups, but the dominant narrative this week is Patagonia’s willingness to put mistakes and hard lessons front and center and challenge others to do the same.
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI