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We assess products and their impacts throughout the full lifecycle. This means ongoing analysis throughout multiple steps including sourcing raw materials, garment manufacture, distribution, and retailing. It also includes use, care and repair, and ultimately end of use.

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a science-based methodology that helps us identify where impacts lie within this life cycle. It applies a rigorous protocol to measure the specific environmental effects of every single step of a product’s life. From our LCA work we have found that around 65% of the lifetime environmental impact of one of our jackets comes from the production of raw materials and the manufacture.

Using our Alpha SV Jacket as an example, the graphic below illustrates a broad range of environmental impacts throughout the steps of its lifecycle.

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Credit: https://arcteryx.com/us/en/explore/sustainability