Cotopaxi

Cotopaxi reports a high proportion of its garments are made with lowest impact fibers, including deadstock nylon and deadstock polyester. It plans to further use 100% recycled, repurposed, or responsible fibers by 2025, and it has reported on progress towards these goals within the last year.

Cotopaxi has started to use renewable energy in its supply chain. It has a goal to help its manufacturing partners transition to renewables. However, progress against this goal is unclear. Cotopaxi sources materials and manufactures globally, which is standard practice in the fashion industry.

Cotopaxi has made efforts to reduce the amount of virgin plastic in its packaging. It does not provide specifics on its eco-friendly packaging materials, but reports that it has eliminated all single use plastic packaging as of 2022. It has made efforts to minimize packaging as well.

Cotopaxi has a repair program and offers a lifetime warranty. It gives detailed and environmentally conscious care instructions for its garments.

Cotopaxi has a take back program that accepts its own brand's items for resale.

Cotopaxi offers a core evergreen collection, with limited new additions and releases.

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Cotopaxi has a dedicated, robust sustainability page with information about materials, labor practices, emissions reduction, packaging, production waste, and circularity.This page was last updated in 2023 Cotopaxi also has a detailed annual report, with a clear, impact driven strategy and progress reporting. Its latest annual report is from 2023.

Cotopaxi has measured its emissions on the company level in partnership with a third party. It publicly reports its emissions and shares a detailed breakdown of these numbers. It was formerly Climate Neutral certified via the Change Climate Project, but this certification has since lapsed. In 2022, its estimated emissions footprint was 32,773 tCO2e.

Cotopaxi has science-aligned emissions reduction targets for the medium and long term, but has not reported progress on them in the last year. It offsets emissions but does not share details of the amounts.

Cotopaxi publishes detailed and partially traceable information about its supply chain partners, including names and locations. It has a supplier code of conduct, which includes provisions for audits of partners, no forced labor, disallowing subcontracting without approval, and allowing collective bargaining. It does not mention a living wage. Cotopaxi is Fair Trade certified, a B Corp, and runs a foundation focused on alleviating poverty.