As an outdoor company, we make every effort to respect and preserve natural resources.
Our goal is to limit our impact on the communities we touch while sustaining the land we love.
Our goal is to limit our impact on the communities we touch while sustaining the land we love.
Conservation International
Columbia is on a mission to unlock the outdoors for everyone. Part of this mission is supporting organizations like Conservation International that ensure the outdoors will be around for years to come.
Conservation
Columbia is dedicated to helping preserve your favorite places for outdoor adventure. We partner with a variety of conservation-focused nonprofit organizations that help us meet our shared goal of conserving the outdoors.
Current partnerships include:
Current partnerships include:
Environmental Impact Management
Higg Index in the Supply Chain
Columbia employs a team that is dedicated to assessing environmental impacts from manufacturing. Our objective is to measure, track and improve the energy, waste, water and chemical impacts associated with manufacturing our products. We use the Higg Index Facility Environmental Module to assess supplier performance and identify overall strengths and weaknesses in our supply chain. We have been using the Higg Index framework with our finished goods facilities since 2013 and have been seeing consistently positive improvements, such as increased energy measurement and target-setting at a supplier level. See our most recent Corporate Responsibility Report for further details on our progress.
Columbia employs a team that is dedicated to assessing environmental impacts from manufacturing. Our objective is to measure, track and improve the energy, waste, water and chemical impacts associated with manufacturing our products. We use the Higg Index Facility Environmental Module to assess supplier performance and identify overall strengths and weaknesses in our supply chain. We have been using the Higg Index framework with our finished goods facilities since 2013 and have been seeing consistently positive improvements, such as increased energy measurement and target-setting at a supplier level. See our most recent Corporate Responsibility Report for further details on our progress.
Corporate Facilities & Logistics
We are committed to transporting our products using efficient, responsible shipping and packaging practices, and to measuring and managing impacts associated with the operations of our global real estate portfolio. Efficient resource management in logistics and operations starts with standard operating procedures and guidelines that set the stage for consistent practices. Some of our current guidelines include:
- Packaging material guidelines
- Packing dimension guidelines
- Container loading and optimization standards
- Green building standards
- Lighting control management systems
- Automated temperature control management systems