• No information is found on either Columbia Sportswear's "2021 Environmental, Social & Governance Report" or its "2021 Annual Report."

• “Seven factories kicked off a HERproject training program benefiting over 13,000 female workers.” (p.9)

• EMPLOYEE ASSIS TANCE PROGRAM

“As the impacts of the pandemic continued to be felt, we recognized the increased importance of social and emotional wellbeing. To support our workforce’s social and emotional wellbeing, we increased awareness of our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) program available to both part-time and full-time U.S. employees by engaging U.S. District Managers and Employee Resource Group (ERG) leaders in training about our EAP. Training participants learned how our EAP can support employees, as well as how to share their learnings with other employees. Our EAP also offered onsite critical incident support when needed in retail stores as well as at distribution centers.” (p.12)

• “Employees are encouraged to attend LinkedIn Learning classes on a weekly basis, and in 2021, we experienced an increase in the number of employees participating in LinkedIn Learning. There was over a 10% increase in LinkedIn Learning accounts activated from January to December 2021. “(p.13)

• “We have partnered with Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) to support women in our supply chain with the workplace training programs through HERproject (Health Enables Returns). HERproject uses a peer-to-peer methodology, encouraging participants to build and share new skills with their communities. Since implementing HERproject in 2008, more than 58,200 women in our supply chain have been enrolled in HERproject programs” (p.18).

• WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY

“Training is a key component of our health and safety program. Our standards require new employees to receive health and safety training related to their work environment. Health and safety training is provided during an employee’s onboarding process through a variety of training techniques including the Safety New Hire Workbook, specific task classroom, and online training. Safety training continues throughout our employees’ career via classroom and computer learnings, as well as manager talks, ranging from specific certifications to general awareness and behavior training.” (p.36)