User:LLonergan802/Burton Snowboards
Action & Advocacy
Burton Snowboards was one of the first companies to acknowledge climate change issues and implement them into there companies plan. In 2007 Burton launched its "Green Mountain Project" which focused on reducing the companies environmental footprint while promoting sustainability in snowboarding. Burton teamed up with Mt.Dew to make T-Shirts, using 50% recycled plastic bottles to make there cotton t-shirts. Burton also made a plan for the next 15 years to make there company more sustainable.
Burton recently committed themselves to becoming carbon neutral across all global operations. They have been measuring their global emissions in output in neutrality by their owned and leased facilities, also referred to as scope 1 & 2 emissions. Burton has now came out with a new plan to tackle there scope 3 emissions. Most of Burton emissions come from manufacturing and transporting their products. All this includes raw materials, production processes, and shipping products to stores worldwide. Part of Burtons commitment to scope 3 emissions is using transportation companies that are eco-friendly and practice climate safe transportation.
In 2021, Burton coincidee with the Paris Agreement and IPCC report and set their goals based on their recommendations tackling Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions and to go further than what is recommended to do more than what is asked. By 2030 Burton has committed to reducing their absolute emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 42 percent and their supply chain emissions by 55 percent from their 2020 baseline.
Outside of their direct output of carbon emissions Burton is also committed to helping build awareness for Climate Change and changing the world for the better. Burton is a founding member of Protect Our Winters, a non-profit organization dedicated to getting the winter sports communities to raise awareness and advocate for climate change issues. Protect Our Winters was founded in 2007 and is committed to changing people’s minds and outlook on climate change to get people on board and change for the better now.
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References
https://www.burton.com/us/en/content/planet.html
https://protectourwinters.org/
https://www.behance.net/gallery/3463523/Mountain-Dew-Burton-Green-Mountain-Project?locale=en_US