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Kathmandu Sustainability Profile

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Kathmandu Sustainability Actions

Sustainable cotton

We use 100% sustainable cotton in our products. Your support of these products helps to revolutionise our industry.

Our use of recycled cotton

'Recycolor' cotton is now part of our range. To make Recycolor cotton, scraps are gathered up from factory cutting tables, sorted by colour, and then fed into huge stripping machines that break the fabric back down. These broken down fibres are usually too short to spin, so they are mixed with virgin cotton to create a stronger finished yarn. The resulting fabric has a distinctive marle-look that needs no dyeing while the recycled cotton portion of Recycolor fabric uses about 70% less water. Water use is cotton’s biggest environmental impact, so water savings is the biggest win for recycled cotton. Less waste, less water use, less pollution, and a lower carbon footprint – Recycolor cotton is a new string to our sustainable cotton bow.

WE GET DOWN (RESPONSIBLY)

Down is an incredible natural material, but if the cost of using it is the mistreatment of animals, we're not interested. 100% of the down in Kathmandu products is certified under the Responsible Down Standard. The gold standard for sourcing our warm fluffy filling. Down and feather products come from nature, so the manufacturing process leaves a lower carbon footprint than synthetic materials derived from our finite crude oil resources.

Recycled polyester

Choosing recycled materials where we can is part of our DNA at Kathmandu. In 2020 alone, we recycled 8 million plastic bottles into our gear.Polyester is our number one fibre in terms of use. Shifting from virgin to recycled polyester is an important part of our pursuit of sustainable materials. REPREVE® is a recycled polyester that not only meets demand, it also works towards a solution. Polyethylene terephthalate plastic (PET) is the same material as polyester. Unifi, the makers of Repreve, use a process which turn plastic bottle flakes into workable fibres: We know there’s more to do when it comes to recycled polyester. But it’s another step in the right direction to make our products as sustainable as possible.

Reducing our carbon emissions

We’ve upped our efforts to reverse climate change, by offsetting our emissions to claim carbon neutrality. We’re doing this, because it’s the right thing to do. As part of our Best for the World 2025 strategy we’re commited to furthering reducing our emissions and moving toward a more sustainable way of doing business.

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Kathmandu Sustainability Commitments

2025

CARBON EMISSIONS

Our goal is to become carbon zero by 2025. Tracking and measuring our footprint, carbon offsetting, and investing in regenerative infrastructure all help to reduce our direct impact before we look to indirect contributors to carbon emissions.

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