The 2021 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report by American sports brand Columbia Sportswear Company highlights the brand’s progress throughout 2021 in the three pillars of its corporate responsibility strategy — empowering people, sustaining places, and responsible practices.
The report highlights work accomplished by its four primary brands — Columbia, SOREL, Mountain Hardwear, and prAna. In 2021, Columbia Sportswear Company finalized one Carbon Leadership Project program and one Clean by Design programwith two cohorts of manufacturing partners at the Tier I and Tier II levels to help the partners reduce their environmental impact.
The company also introduced the Coalition of Asian & Pacific Islander Employee Resource Group, bringing the total number of employee resource groups to seven. Two new water towers in supply chain locations were also built to bring clean water to manufacturing partners and their employees with the Planet Water Foundation, bringing the total number of water towers built to 24. COVID-19 community vaccine clinics in Portland, Oregon were coordinated and an educational campaign encouraging all employees to get vaccinated was launched.
The company has also released a Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Index, which discloses the Company’s ESG efforts in accordance with SASB industry-specific standards.
