Well known for their packs, Cotopaxi makes timeless, essential, and funky outdoor active wear. They are B Corp certified and allocate 1% of annual revenues to the Cotopaxi Foundation advancing their mission of supporting global poverty alleviation.
Cotopaxi
Well known for their packs, Cotopaxi makes timeless, essential, and funky outdoor active wear. They are B Corp certified and allocate 1% of annual revenues to the Cotopaxi Foundation advancing their mission of supporting global poverty alleviation.
Transparency
- Cotopaxi publicly discloses its supplier list including the number of makers and factory addresses.
- Cotopaxi requires all of its suppliers to map, track, and monitor all locations and provide transparency information.
- Cotopaxi’s Code of Conduct explicitly prohibits unauthorized subcontracting.
Fair Labor
- Cotopaxi partners abide by a strict Code of Conduct based on the International Labor Organization core conventions and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- If a partner’s wage does not meet worker needs, Cotopaxi will negotiate a wage that does.
- Cotopaxi assesses all of its suppliers annually and discusses their more significant risks in their impact report available on the Cotopaxi website.
- Some of Cotopaxi’s products are produced in factories that have worker well-being programs as well as well-being programs at the community level.
Sustainably Made
- Cotopaxi measures and offsets its carbon emissions. The brand’s latest impact report shared their 2022 GHG emissions figures and the offset progress as well.
- Cotopaxi has committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2040.
- Cotopaxi discloses its water usage, itemized by each supplier, and requires its suppliers to reduce water consumption in manufacturing.
- Cotopaxi has an MRSL list and strives to avoid and eliminate, wherever possible, the use of hazardous chemicals.
- 98% of Cotopaxi products are made using environmentally sustainable raw materials.
- The brand has a repair and recycle program, and has implemented a resale program as well.
- The brand has eliminated single use plastics from its packaging.
