Someone wearing a blue jacket from The North Face cups their hands. They are holding a small pile of cotton.

Make the

best better. 

   

We’re making progress toward having 100% of our leading apparel fabrics originate from recycled, responsibly-sourced renewable or regeneratively grown sources by 2025. For most of our products, we’ve also replaced our Durable Water Repellency (DWR) chemicals with non-perfluorinated options. 

Someone wearing a blue jacket from The North Face cups their hands. They are holding a small pile of cotton.

Make the

best better. 

   

We’re making progress toward having 100% of our leading apparel fabrics originate from recycled, responsibly-sourced renewable or regeneratively grown sources by 2025. For most of our products, we’ve also replaced our Durable Water Repellency (DWR) chemicals with non-perfluorinated options. 

Meet our materials.

Meet our materials.

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Recycled Synthetics

  

Reusing synthetic materials reduces our dependence on fossil fuels, and in the case of polyester, gives used plastics a second life. In fall 2023, more than 85% of our polyester and 75% of our nylon for our apparel will be made with recycled content.

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Bio-Based Materials

  

Derived partially from living matter, bio-based materials have provided another avenue for us to move away from virgin synthetics. We’ve just begun experimenting with these materials.

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Regenerative Materials

   

Our regenerative materials come from farms focusing on restoring soil health and sequestering carbon into the soil. In spring 2023, we’re launching our first apparel line made with Climate Conscious Cotton from US farms. We’re also working with rubber farmers in Thailand on regenerative agroforestry (or growing rubber trees in a forest instead of a plantation). This rubber is expected to be used in our footwear outsoles in future seasons.



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Down.

  

In 2014 we launched the Responsible Down Standard (RDS) in partnership with Textile Exchange and Control Union Certifications, setting the standard for animal welfare in the industry. 
   
All of the down we use is either RDS-certified or recycled. Our recycled down has been sorted for quality and cleaned just like our RDS-certified down. 



Discover Climate Conscious Cotton 

One cotton farmer is changing the way his entire family—and a new generation—understands the impact of their farming. 


    

Discover Climate Conscious Cotton 

One cotton farmer is changing the way his entire family—and a new generation—understands the impact of their farming. 

Our other commitments.

A worker wearing a black hoodie zips up a circular fleece from The North Face.

Circularity
A worker wearing a black hoodie zips up a circular fleece from The North Face.
Circularity
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Packaging
Gear from The North Face Renewed is packed up and displayed on a white table.
Packaging
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Suppliers
A traceability map highlights the potential journey of gear from The North Face.
Suppliers