The Road to Fair Trade with Patagonia

 We are working within the industry to help make the living-wage principle a concrete reality for garment workers. To this end, we are expanding our Fair Trade Certified™ program, for which Patagonia pays an additional premium directly to the workers in participating factories that can be used to either increase wages or for a community development project.

 Fair Trade Certified products will represent a significant portion of the line and produce tangible, measurable benefits for workers. We consider the Fair Trade program to be the first step in our commitment to paying garment workers a living wage. Approximately 70% of our products in Spring and Fall 2019 are made at Fair Trade certified factories – a huge increase since we started with 10 styles at one factory in India in 2014.