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> Since September 2022, Patagonia has donated more than $71 million in earnings to numerous charitable and political causes, The New York Times reported earlier
by diziet 2y ago
> Since September 2022, Patagonia has donated more than $71 million in earnings to numerous charitable and political causes, The New York Times reported earlier this year.
https://archive.is/kut8Y https://archive.is/kut8Y
Rough math at 100k / employee / year is 18 million cost over 2 years.
Edit: Patagonia plans to donate 1% of proceeds under the "1% for the Planet" pledge: https://www.patagonia.com/one-percent-for-the-planet.html https://www.patagonia.com/one-percent-for-the-planet.html
- banish-m4 2y agoTheir other past actions including knowingly selling products containing known carcinogens and exploiting slave labor can't be brushed under the rug with some greenwashing or philanthropy PR.
- smugma 2y ago1% has existed for 40 years. More recently, they restructured as a nonprofit, somewhat similar to what Bose did (Bose profits go to MIT, Patagonia to environmental causes).