Is The North Face worth your money?

In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at the environmental actions of The North Face clothing. Specifically, I look at how The North Face seems to be torn between environmental actions and sustainability on the one hand and appeasing shareholders on the other. Ultimately, The North Face seems to follow the example of Patagonia and Fjällräven rather than challenging the outdoor industry to be environmentally ethical and sustainable leaders in their field.

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Resources:
1. Patagonia and The North Face: saving the world – one puffer jacket at a time (The Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/07/the-north-face-patagonia-saving-world-one-puffer-jacket-at-a-time
2. 'The North Face Renewed' Gives Refurbished Clothes Second Life (Sustainable Brands): https://sustainablebrands.com/read/waste-not/the-north-face-renewed-gives-refurbished-clothes-second-life
3. Will Green-Friendly "Bluesign" Clothing Lines Catch On with Consumers? (Scientific American): https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/green-friendly-bluesign-clothing/
4. Alternative Paths of Green Entrepreneurship: The Environmental Legacies of the North Face’s Doug Tompkins and Patagonia’s Yvon Chouinard (Harvard Business School) http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/17-034_3e22f39d-9008-4eb9-b41f-cf47a29989dc.pdf
5. This winter gear is made with plastic bottles rescued from the ocean (Fast Company): https://www.fastcompany.com/90271064/this-winter-gear-is-made-with-plastic-bottles-rescued-from-the-ocean
6. The North Face Manufacturing Impact (The North Face): https://www.thenorthface.com/about-us/responsibility/product/manufacturing.html

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