Driving sustainable
material selection

In partnership with leading third-party expert Textile Exchange, we introduced a new internal Preferred Fibres and Materials (PFM) process and trained employees across our teams — including Innovation, QA & Compliance, Marketing, Sourcing and Merchandising — in PFM supplier requirements, third-party certifications, source traceability and claim verification.

In 2021, we put our new PFM process to work for several new products. The Standard Expedition Parka showcased PFMs: we filled it with responsibly sourced down, chose organic cotton and recycled synthetics for fabrics and used recycled plastics for trims like the cordlock cord end and bead. We also launched the brand-new Cypress and Crofton collections featuring recycled nylon outer shells.

We are just getting started and are ready to ramp up our PFM sourcing to meet our 2025 goal of 90% Preferred Fibres and Materials as specified by Textile Exchange.

Defining solutions
for our packaging

Sustainable materials belong in our garments — and our packaging. In 2021, our internal Sustainable Packaging Working Group tackled small changes that would have an immediate impact on our packaging footprint. They also began the process of mapping out a plan for moving all packaging to more sustainable solutions.

The group’s efforts have already propelled our inclusion of verified recycled content and other environmentally responsible materials and designs. In 2021, we transitioned two of seven polybag types that we use in shipping – from 85% virgin/15% recycled low-density polyethylene (LDPE) to 100% post industrial recycled LDPE. As our e-commerce business grew during the pandemic, we also introduced the use of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified cardboard boxes in our e-commerce packaging.

Immediate impact through
carbon offsets

Reaching net zero is a must.
But we knew we couldn’t wait until 2025 to make a difference for the climate. So, we set an intermediate goal for ourselves: maintain carbon neutrality annually for company operations.

Each year, we invest in carbon offset projects that reduce, avoid, or sequester the equivalent of 200% of our annual Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions. Those projects, which can be located anywhere around the world, balance out the emissions we produce for the set period of one year.

We’ve partnered with Carbonzero to source these projects since 2019. We’ve built our partnership with the ultimate hope that together, we will develop a unique, permanent offset project in Canada.

Repurposing warranty waste

We’re committed to recycling, reusing, and upcycling our unused and post-warranty materials and products. Beginning in 2020, we partnered with textile recyclers in Canada, the U.S.A, and Europe to conduct trials for various recycling and donation options for our warranty waste. In 2021, we implemented a new waste diversion hierarchy that has prepared us to scale up our warranty waste recycling.

Creating the Inclusion
Advisory Council

We launched our Inclusion Advisory Council (IAC), consisting of members representative of a variety of roles and regions within the company including, many different backgrounds, intersectional identities, perspectives and diversity of thought around one (virtual) table.

Authenticity is a core value of our brand. We encourage each of our team members to stretch themselves, speak out, and share who they really are. Creating the IAC was a natural outcome of our commitment to authenticity — this group is committed to advocating for team members across the spectrum of diversity and facilitating meaningful dialogue about inclusion with consideration of being a global organization.

Training the future workforce

Our choice was rewarding, but not easy. Filling the growing demand for our products was a challenge when the supply of skilled workers was dwindling.

We created Sewing Training Schools to close this gap. Through this six-week program, we equip unemployed, underemployed, and immigrant community members with in-demand skills. Trainees learn progressively more challenging sewing techniques and have the option to earn a second language program certification in English or French to increase their opportunities. Program graduates move onto the production line as Sewing Machine Operators. The program prepares them not only for production line positions, however, but also for advancing their careers as future supervisors, engineers, and managers.

Supplier social audits

Suppliers are regularly audited to the standards described in our Supplier Code of Conduct. Our due diligence process starts with the supplier self-assessment, our request and review of third-party social assessment(s), and corrective action plan submission and review. When local COVID-19 protocols permit, Canada Goose staff regularly conduct factory inspections.

To reduce audit fatigue within our supply chain, we have an alternate audit policy that allows suppliers to submit existing and current third-party assessments for review. This policy was especially successful in 2021 as it protected the safety of workers and auditors during the pandemic.

Promoting a culture of integrity

At Canada Goose, we act with honesty and in accordance with high ethical and legal standards. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics articulates how we expect employees to embody this commitment.

To help foster a work culture in which integrity is the norm, every employee must review the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics on an annual basis and acknowledge that they understand our expectations and standards. We hold our suppliers accountable for integrity, too, through our Supplier Code of Conduct.