Watch on demand! Live Date: Thursday, June 9, 2022 Through community investment and groundbreaking research, the Outdoor Foundation’s Thrive Outside Initiative works with partners across the country to address outdoor equity barriers and help make the outdoors accessible for all. The collective impact model is the foundation upon which the

Watch on demand! Live Date: Thursday, June 9, 2022 Access to the outdoors is a basic human right – yet it’s one that has often been denied to many of our youth. As a result, our underrepresented kids haven’t had the chance to experience some of the best of New

Watch on-demand: California Outdoor Recreation Partnership and Outdoor Industry Association’s 5th Sacramento Summit!   The California Outdoor Recreation Partnership, with support from Outdoor Industry Association, was pleased to host the 5th Sacramento Summit for outdoor recreation policy. From May 23-25, hundreds of outdoor recreation enthusiasts participated in our Sacramento Summit. Businesses and

Watch on-demand! Merchant Cost Consulting is excited to be a partner with the Outdoor Industry Association and hopes to help members get a better understanding of their merchant fees. Credit card merchant fees are a necessary evil when it comes to accepting payments for businesses. As more consumers shift to

OIA and five of its Climate Action Corps members –Patagonia, Burton, New Balance, REI, and W.L. Gore – are excited to initiate this study to help decarbonize the apparel and textile sector.

Register Now Click Here Thursday, March 31, 2022, 12 pm MT Climate Action Corps members, join us for the second edition of the Coffee and Climate series! In this live discussion, we will discuss the importance of proper resource allocation to accomplish data collection for GHG measurement, the calculation itself,

Tuesday, March 29, 2022, 12 pm MT   Outdoor companies came together last year in record numbers to express support for historic investments to combat climate change contained in the Build Back Better plan (BBB). While the House passed this ambitious proposal, action in the Senate stalled and 2021 ended

Contact Us Click Here Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 12pm MT   In the past 2 years, a major shift in consumer behavior has emerged. In both D2C and B2B channels, personalization, accessibility, and value-based customer experiences have been drivers into key buying experiences. In fact, more buyers expect an omnichannel

Tuesday, March 1, 2022, 11 am MT Join California Outdoor Recreation Partnership and the Outdoor Industry Association to learn about 30×30— an initiative to protect 30 percent of our nation’s lands and waters by 2030—on the California state and federal level and how your brand can integrate 30×30 into your

Download Slides Click Here Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 1 pm MT In December, President Biden signed into law legislation that will place additional restrictions on imports of goods made from forced labor from China. The “Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act” establishes a “rebuttable presumption” that any goods imported from the

OIA Director of Government Affairs Rich Harper leads a discussion with OIA’s outside trade counsels, Andrew Samet and Ron Sorini, on a wide range of issues impacting global supply chains for outdoor companies. This is a great opportunity to learn more about these issues and hear from trade experts on

Download Click Here When: Thursday, September 16, 1:00 PM (MT) Presented by: Lewis Roca, law firm Join us for a discussion on common pitfalls for the use, ownership and licensing of copyrightable works. The focus of this webinar will be on the use of online images, the associated legal risks

OIA MEMBER REGISTRATION Click Here When: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM MDT Speakers: Rich Harper, Director of Government Affairs, Outdoor Industry Association Amy Horton, Senior Director of Sustainable Business Innovation, Outdoor Industry Association As Outdoor Climate Policy Priorities Take Center Stage, Your Business Voice Matters We

Through the Healthy Youth, Strong Communities Fund and other initiatives Colorado is making headway on building unique public/private partnerships in service to mental health, juvenile justice, and the transformative benefits of the outdoors.

Speakers: Richard W. Harper, Jr., Director of Government Affairs, Outdoor Industry Association Ron Sorini, Principal, Samet, Sorini & Associates Patrick Fox, Senior Director of Customs and Trade Strategy, VF Corporation                 1:00:45               About WistiaReport a problemCopy

For the outdoors to thrive, it must be open and accessible to all. The American Jobs Plan is a historic opportunity to make a difference on climate – now is the time for the outdoor industry to step up and urge Congress to act.

The pandemic has completely reshaped how we engage with work. This moment has also given us an opportunity to build an equitable outdoor industry workforce, rather than fall into the knee-jerk reaction to get “back to normal.”

Environmental LifeCycle Assessment INSQIN® A study comparing ecological performance of waterborne and solventborne PU synthetic coated material from raw materials to coated fabric production. Background to this study – we wished to understand better the environmental impact of INSQIN® from Life Cycle point of view. INSQIN® waterborne PU chemicals are supplied

Download Report Click Here PRESENTED BY THE COLEMAN COMPANY, INC. AND THE OUTDOOR FOUNDATION Camping is one of America’s favorite outdoor activities, attracting 40.5 million participants in 2016. Americans participated in the activity in various ways, camping in a conventional tent, enjoying the comforts of an RV, relaxing in a