REI Stewardship

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REI's passion for the outdoors runs deep. Our core purpose is to inspire, educate and outfit people for a lifetime of outdoor adventure and stewardship.

Stewardship is our commitment to get people outside and leading healthy active lives, caring for our planet by protecting shared natural spaces, and engaging others in making a difference. Stewardship is also how we operate the co-op, finding ways to improve the environmental performance of our business while we strive generate positive environmental, social and financial results. Our employees in our retail stores, distribution centers and headquarters each play an important role in our efforts through volunteering through service projects, recycling, identifying opportunities for efficiencies in our operations, and much more.

REI is Accountable

REI's stewardship report highlights our social and environmental efforts, including progress and opportunities against measurable goals. Our first stewardship report for 2006 established baseline metrics for efforts from community and employee engagement to greenhouse gas emissions. In our 2007 report, we are able to show progress on many fronts, as well as identify areas where we have work to do. By measuring our efforts we hold ourselves accountable for making continuous progress. While we are far from perfect, we also believe that by only by being transparent, can we continue to learn and grow in our efforts.

We invite you to read the full report, share our brochure with others and give us your feedback.

Our Stewardship Priorities

  • Encourage the active conservation of nature
  • Inspire the responsible use and enjoyment of the outdoors
  • Enhance the natural world and our communities through responsible business practices
  • Foster opportunities to increase participation in human-powered outdoor recreation, with a focus on youth
  • Maintain REI as an employer of choice, where employees are highly engaged in the vision of the company and are representative of our communities

Join Us

Our members and customers share our commitment to stewardship and making a difference in the natural spaces we all enjoy. We invite our communities to join us in service projects to restore streams, plant trees and build trails. Learn more about REI-hosted volunteer efforts in your area.

EcoSensitive Products

The environmental footprint of the products we sell is important to our members, customers and employees. Our branded ecoSensitive label identifies products that contain a high percentage of recycled, rapidly renewable and/or organic fibers. These products offer members and customers purchase options when seeking improved environmental performance. Our ecoSensitive gear and apparel is a positive step forward in our long-term environmental stewardship journey.

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