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It’s a New Year, Let’s Get Outside

REI Staff|December 31, 2020

A letter to the co-op community as the REI Staff looks forward to 2021 and plans for new adventures and new ways of getting outside.

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Eric Artz: Grateful for Our Community in a Year Like No Other

Eric Artz|December 29, 2020

REI Co-op CEO & President Eric Artz reflects on the opportunities and challenges of 2020 in an end-of-the-year letter to the co-op community.

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How to Recreate Responsibly in the Outdoors

Phuong Le|November 24, 2020

New coalition summarizes 7 key ways to stay healthy and protect public lands during the COVID-19 pandemic—with the latest winter edition.

How We’re Safely Serving You

How We’re Safely Serving You

Eric Artz|November 17, 2020

Since the pandemic began, REI Co-op has prioritized the health and safety of our customers and employees, and you can count on us to continue doing that.

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Eric Artz: America’s Veterans Deserve the Healing Power of Time Outdoors

Eric Artz|October 21, 2020

The bipartisan Veterans COMPACT Act, which focuses on veterans’ mental health and well-being, recently passed the U.S. House unanimously and awaits action in the Senate.

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Eric Artz: More Important than Ever Before, We #OptOutside Again on Black Friday

Eric Artz|October 1, 2020

For the sixth year in a row, REI will be closed on Black Friday. We will take a day to #OptOutside safely and responsibly, and we invite you to join us.

REI’s New Climate Commitment Includes Pledge to Halve its Carbon Footprint by 2030

REI’s New Climate Commitment Includes Pledge to Halve its Carbon Footprint by 2030

Sarah Grothjan|September 24, 2020

The co-op plans to reduce its carbon footprint 55 percent by 2030 and offset its emissions beginning with 2020.

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Eric Artz: The Fight at the Intersection of People and Planet

Eric Artz|September 24, 2020

REI Co-op President and CEO Eric Artz says we must address the greatest existential threat to the future of life outdoors and the co-op: the climate crisis.

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Evolving the Future of Headquarters Work

Eric Artz|August 12, 2020

The events of 2020 have challenged us to reexamine and rethink every aspect of our business and many of the assumptions of the past. That includes where and how we work.

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REI Co-op Commitments in the Fight for Racial Equity

REI Staff|July 15, 2020

In order to build a more inclusive outdoor community and society at large, we know we must work in different ways and in different spaces toward the common goal of systemic change. Here’s where we’ll begin.

REI CEO Eric Artz with Senators Martin Heinrich and Cory Gardner

REI CEO Eric Artz Hosts Outdoor Recreation Discussion with Senators Heinrich and Gardner

REI Staff|June 24, 2020

The virtual fireside chat focused on bipartisan support for recreation infrastructure and maintenance backlogs, including a nearly $20 billion legislative package recently passed by the Senate.

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REI Statement on Violence Against the Black Community

REI Staff|May 31, 2020

For us to see the change we want in the world outside, we must start inside.

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