Capitol Summit
Each year, we bike, hike, and paddle our to way to Capitol Hill to use our outside voices and advocate for the outdoor economy, outdoor participation, and our planet.
We’re gathered our industry’s top leaders, collaborators, and congressional supporters this April for OIA’s Capitol Summit, but you don’t have to be in Washington, D.C. to join this passionate group of business leaders, climate experts, policymakers, and outdoor enthusiasts. You can advocate from anywhere! Your outside voice is essential as we build a community to increase lawmaker attention and investment on the intersectional issues of equitable access, recreation, climate, trade, and conservation.
OIA Industry Lunch: State of the Winter Outdoor Market
Saturday, January 26th, 2022, 1:00 PM (MT)
Location: MR 400’s
Speakers:
- Gina McCarthy, White House National Climate Advisor
- Matt Thurston, Director of Sustainability, REI
- Lise Aangenbrug, Executive Director, OIA
- Amy Horton, Senior Director of Sustainable Business Innovation, OIA
- Rich Harper, Director of Government Affairs, OIA
Award Host: Derek Sabori, Sustainability Coach and Founder, The Underswell
Award Judges and Presenters:
- Erin Callahan, Director of Corporate Engagement, RMI
- Bee Hui Yeh, Founder & Principal, The Power of We
- Eliot Metzger, Director of Sustainable Business & Innovation, WRI
- Andrew Winston, Sustainability Expert and Author
Description: A presentation on participation in outdoor activities, sales trends in outdoor, supply chain disruptions, the impacts of Covid on participation, and consumer perspectives. Attendees will learn what the data is telling us about supply and demand, and how the pandemic has affected all aspects of the outdoor market and participation habits. Attendees will also learn about increased diversity across the participation base, the new consumer journey into the outdoor market, and what opportunities the U.S. Census 2020 projections revealed. We will discuss business, participation, buying behaviors and social trends and how they impact the outdoor market. Attendees will walk out of this presentation with a clear view of current activity in the outdoor market and will know what the future likely has in store for outdoor market players.
CLIMATE ACTION: AMBITION, COLLABORATION AND PRACTICAL STEPS TO GUIDE OUR INDUSTRY’S PATH TO CLIMATE POSITIVE
TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021, 12:00 P.M. (MT)
Location: Virtual Education Session
Speakers:
- Gina McCarthy, White House National Climate Advisor
- Matt Thurston, Director of Sustainability, REI
- Lise Aangenbrug, Executive Director, OIA
- Amy Horton, Senior Director of Sustainable Business Innovation, OIA
- Rich Harper, Director of Government Affairs, OIA
Award Host: Derek Sabori, Sustainability Coach and Founder, The Underswell
Award Judges and Presenters:
- Erin Callahan, Director of Corporate Engagement, RMI
- Bee Hui Yeh, Founder & Principal, The Power of We
- Eliot Metzger, Director of Sustainable Business & Innovation, WRI
- Andrew Winston, Sustainability Expert and Author
Description: More than 100 companies representing more than $25 billion in annual sales revenue have united through the Climate Action Corps to tackle the outdoor industry’s most pressing threat. If you are a member of this community, we commend you! If not, it’s not too late to join. Collectively, Corps members made real progress despite the challenges of 2020. During this session we’ll share results from our inaugural year and recognize some notable leaders in transparency, partnership, community and overall impact.
Now, with less than a decade to cut global emissions in half, we need to catalyze even bigger, bolder action within our industry – and beyond. Join this session to gain insights from industry leaders and special guests on our new path to climate positive by 2030, and how collaborating to reduce your GHG emissions, remove what you cannot reduce and advocate for systemic change can drive real impact – and business value.
Together we are a force for collective action
On behalf of, and in partnership with our members, OIA builds and mobilizes advocacy networks on intersectional issues of equitable access, trade, climate, and conservation policies for incentives and funding at the federal and state level to create jobs, invest in recreation infrastructure, save money, expand outdoor access for all, and protect our environment.
Applying OIA research and consumer insights, we’re informed, connected, and pragmatic about what matters most to the organizations we represent. We engage policy makers to tell our stories, ask for resources, represent our values, for the long-term health of both the outdoors, outdoor participants, and company bottom lines. We have direct access to industry experts, researchers, and decision makers—and we know what it takes to drive change at scale.
Download our Advocacy Handbook
Learn how OIA builds and mobilizes advocacy networks on the intersectional issues that impact our industry, and how you and your company can get involved.
Watch our Virtual Advocacy Session
Our Government Affairs team shares how you and your company can engage policy makers and support the long-term health of the outdoors, outdoor participants, and company bottom lines.
Use Your Outside Voice
Join our social media campaign! Tell us what outdoor issues you most care about and we’ll share your story with our elected officials and the outdoor community. Whether it’s equitable access, protection of our public lands, or investment in our parks, we want to know!
