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Company Profile: Patagonia

On By idoliovIn Climate Change, Company Profile, Environment, Outdoor clothingLeave a comment

Cause: Environment, Climate Change
Company: Patagonia
Products: Outdoor Clothing

By now you may have seen the news reports that Patagonia, the outdoor apparel firm will give away it’s $10MM in profits as a results of this year’s corporate tax cut to causes working to reverse climate change.

But this wasn’t a one-time stunt. Patagonia has been supporting grass-roots efforts on environmental and social initiatives since it was founded. It donates 1% of sales (not profits!) to support environmental organizations. And in 2016, it donated ALL its Black Friday sales to charity.

The ongoing donations, through membership in 1% For the Planet®, fund small environmental grants to hundreds of charities that fight for the environment in their local communities. The results are impressive – the screen shot below is from their websites and highlights their achievements as of the last fiscal year (2016-2017).

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So as you’re doing your holiday shopping, for outdoor clothing, consider shopping at Patagonia to support the environment.

 

 

Nature forest mountain

Hello World . . . Take Two

On By idoliovIn uncategorizedLeave a comment

Thanks for being here! I originally started Support Your Causes as an e-commerce site. However, I quickly realized that trying to do that as a side project along side a full time job, being a full time mom, and volunteer Treasurer for one of my causes didn’t leave me enough time to devote to it. So I’m relaunching it as a blog.

But why?

You know the feeling when something is important to you, like helping the environment,  helping the victims of a natural disaster, helping rescue animals. Or maybe you want to support a cause that’s more immediate and closer to home like your local community symphony or your kids’ sports team. What if you want to support them but you simply cannot donate any more money? Or any money! What do you do?

Yes, you can and should volunteer when you can. But at the end of the day, your cause is going to need money to be effective at fulfilling its mission. And any organization that works at improving the world . . . animal rescue, ocean clean up group, your kids’ sports team . . . needs money to operate.

So here’s a thought: in addition to donations, what about buying from businesses that support the causes you care about.  Money-making businesses; for-profit businesses; non-profit businesses. Spend your hard-earned money buying products and services that you buy anyway, but spend it with companies that already support the causes you care about.

My plan is to use this blog to highlight companies that are genuinely involved in a good cause and support it in a meaningful way. Hopefully it’ll help you and me decide where to spend our dollars in a way that improves the world.

If you have a company you’d like me to feature here, send me a note (and a link) at
info @ supportyourcauses dot net.

“You can’t change the world alone – you will need some help – and to truly get from your starting point to your destination takes friends, colleagues, the good will of strangers and a strong coxswain to guide them.”   –William H. McRaven