Entries filed under 'Climate Change'

Honey, We Shrunk the Electric Bill: REI and the Path to Sustainability

When it comes to the environment, can business be part of the solution? Conventional wisdom says that growing a business means increasing environmental and social impacts. More sales must mean more trash to the landfill and burning more coal to make the electricity that keeps our lights on… right?  Maybe not. As a co-op devoted to getting people outdoors, enjoying nature and taking good care of it, REI is out to chart a different future for business. And we're starting to show some ...

Posted by Kevin H on June 29, 2011 6:57 PM & Tagged CSR, Climate Change, MBtu, Stewardship report, carbon emissions, energy, growth and sustainablity | permalink | Comments



REI Cuts Carbon Emissions While Our Business Grows

Last year was a good one for REI. We reduced our greenhouse gas (GHG) impact in 2009 by over 10% even though the co-op grew. In fact, since 2006 our climate impact has gone down by over 22% while our sales have gone up by 23%. That’s a pretty good headline.  Of course the details are more complicated, so we report our GHG emission in REI’s annual stewardship report (which is audited by Climate Counts). Conventional wisdom says that if we grow, we’ll increase our negative impacts, but there’s a ...

Posted by Kevin H on September 20, 2010 2:50 PM & Tagged CSR, Climate Change, GHG, REI stewardship report, carbon emissions, energy, green building, greenhouse gas, growth and sustainablity | permalink | Comments



Reaching Both Poles and Everest in One Year? Eric Larsen Is Getting Close

Here's an outdoor adventure of interest: Polar explorer Eric Larsen is currently attempting a climb of Mt. Everest to complete the third and final leg of his "Save the Poles" expedition. You can follow Eric's live updates via his website, Facebook and Twitter. Back in 1953, it took several days for the news to travel that Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had been the first to reach the summit of Everest. Today, we can go online and find out the same day that Eric Larsen is hanging out at ...

Posted by Joe P. on September 16, 2010 3:56 PM & Tagged Climate Change, Climbing, eric larsen, mt. everest, north pole, save the poles expedition and south pole | permalink | Comments