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I M PACT R EPORT 2018

Cotopaxi’s creed—Do Good—touches every aspect of our company. Fromour giving model, to company culture and sustainable product design, weare committed to doing everything we can to promote a better world.As a certified B Corporation, we give a portion of revenue to addressinequality and build complete communities, through targeted charitabledonations. To date, we have awarded over 42 grants in 6 focus countries.04Our Mission05Where We’re Working06International Rescue Committee10Nothing But Nets14Fundación Escuela Nueva18Supply Chain20Questival Adventure RaceMoving forward, we will continue to tie our revenue to impact by allocating1% of profits to our recently launched Cotopaxi Foundation. From offeringbridge employment to refugees, to facilitating community building andlarge-scale volunteering, we are committed to using the foundation to plantour flag around issues that align with our core values.Beyond our giving, Cotopaxi will maintain its position at the forefront ofresponsible product design and manufacturing. This year, we joined the FairTrade community and are working toward better quantifying the life cyclesof our products. We are expanding into recycled fibers, in addition tobolstering/improving our remnant material product lines, like Del Día.Thank you for following our journey and supporting our mission. Here’s totomorrow being brighter than today and always taking the high road.Director of Impact2PHOTO BY BRYCE OLSEN—Annie Agle3

CERTIFIEDFOR GOODEach year, we award grants to outstanding nonprofit partners carefullyselected for their track records at improving the human condition,increasing social consciousness, and ending poverty.It’s not enough to claim social responsibility—We are proud to share that we passed our re-Who we worked with in 2018:you have to prove it. The B Corps assessmentcertification assessment with flying colors andprovides companies with a method to measureimproved upon our previous score. Althoughtheir net impact on society. While no companyto many it is just a number, our score reflectsis perfect (including Cotopaxi), the B Corpsour continued improvement as a companycommunity brings together peers from aand the efficacy of our impact model. Trulyvariety of industries committed to ensuring thatconscious capitalism demands going beyondbusiness supports society’s bottom line. Thetoday’s standards for ethical behavior. It meansassessment, which looks at everything frombecoming increasingly conscious over time.Educate Girls - IndiaWe look forward to doing better every day.Proximity Designs - MyanmarInternational Rescue Committee - Salt Lake City and SyriaUN Foundation and Nothing But Nets - Ecuador and Latin AmericaEscuela Nueva - Latin Americainternal recycling programs to supply chainstandards, acts as a strong diagnostic tool thatallows Cotopaxi to quantify its corporatesocial responsibility.Together with these organizations, we: Supported refugees abroad and locally to integrate into newcommunities and build prosperous lives Provided bed nets and antimalarial education to refugees across LatinAmerica and Ecuador, to help address a regional rise in malaria andrelated health conditions Increased student engagement and established learning outcomes forchildren living in rural and conflict-affected regions of Latin America Enabled access to quality education for out-of-school girls living inpoverty across remote regions of India, reducing underage marriageand increasing transition rates to higher learning Contributed to the development of agricultural products that enablesmall-plot farmers in Myanmar to significantly increase their crop yieldsand, in turn, generate sufficient incomes to help their families thrive45

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I NTE R NATIO NAL R E SCU E CO M M IT TE E M I D D LE E A ST & EU RO PETwo years ago, the International RescueSince launching Digital Inclusion, 40 familiesCommittee in Salt Lake City (IRC SLC)representing 150 youth and adults have receivedlaunched its Digital Inclusion program. The programa desktop or laptop and over 410 hours ofprovides newly-arrived refugee families access topersonalized digital literacy education frommaterials, instruction, and support to leverage digitalTech Mentors.tools to improve their lives and livelihoods. Valuablesupport from Cotopaxi made it possible for IRCHighlights: 5 cohorts trained; 27 volunteers talliedSLC to launch these services and provide refugees410 mentorship hours; 150 refugee adults and youthwith access to equipment and training. The supportreceived digital literacy education.of Cotopaxi volunteers, who provided one-on-onetraining to refugees as Tech Mentors, also increasedthe reach and positive impact of IRC SLC’s program.In August, a group of young female refugees andThe event was part of Cotopaxi’s and the IRC’stheir families visited our office in downtown Saltcontinued efforts to provide opportunities thatLake City to learn about how to launch and runbroaden the horizons of local refugees and makea startup. Cotopaxi employees from differentthem feel welcome. These experiences are geareddepartments presented to the high school students,to facilitate integration and provide meaningfulintroducing them to career paths in social media,mentorship to our newest citizens.marketing, coding, and design.In addition to the digital readiness programming, IRCAfter gaining exposure to new professional fields,SLC partners with Cotopaxi staff to offer monthlythe girls watched Cotopaxi staff demonstrate theclassroom-based instruction to clients participatingbasics of camping, which included everything fromin IRC SLC’s early employment job readiness classes.the correct method for organizing a pack to simpleRefugees who participate are then invited to join the“leave no trace” practices. Everyone set up a tent,Cotopaxi Thank You Card Writing program to earnput on a backpack, and then celebrated with in-supplemental income.office s’mores.Yasser Alzouabi participates in the Cotopaxi Thank You Card WritingCotopaxi’s Anders Piiparinen creates an online ad with a participantprogram from his home in Midvale, Utah. Yasser and his family fledin her native language of Arabic during a visit to Cotopaxi from femaleSyria for Jordan in 2013 and were welcomed to Utah by the IRC in 2016.refugee youth in August. Cotopaxi’s Ren Barrus, right, discusses how toThe program enables Yasser to supplement his family’s income whileproperly dress for outdoor adventures. Photos by James Roh.staying at home to care for his elderly mother. Photo by James Roh.89

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NOTHING BUT NETS SU B -SAHAR AN AFRICAThis year, Cotopaxi teamed up with NothingWe are looking forward to continuingBut Nets to expand its work to end malaria into support Nothing But Nets in LatinLatin America and the Caribbean. Through the UnitedAmerica so that we can hear moreNations Foundation’s partners in the Americas, netssuccess stories, like this one from Pamelaprovided by Cotopaxi will help protect indigenousand her family in Tanzania.people and vulnerable populations at elevated riskof malaria. As in previous years, nets will also bedelivered in areas of greatest need throughout subSaharan Africa.To date, Nothing But Nets has delivered 12 millionbed nets to families in need, along with other crucialmalaria intervention services like diagnostics,treatment, and training of healthcare workers.Photo courtesy, Nothing But Nets.Pamela’s two children and husband are herNow Pamela, her husband, and her childrenworld. Her family lives in Marangu, Tanzania,sleep safely beneath nets, protected from deadlyat the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro.malaria. 18-month-old Mary happily toddles around.Elihuruma sings in the children’s choir and doesn’tFor years, Pamela feared malaria might take hermiss a day of school. And Pamela is strong enoughlife—or her son’s. She had every right to worry:to tend her chickens and goats. A simple netmalaria, spread by a single mosquito bite, kills morechanged this family’s future.than 1,400 children every day. She rushed her sonElihuruma, 6, to the hospital many times when hewas weak from fevers caused by malaria.When Pamela was pregnant with Mary, a healthworker gave her an insecticide-treated bed netprovided by Nothing But Nets.Photo courtesy, Nothing But Nets.12Photo courtesy, Nothing But Nets.13

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F U N DAC I Ó N E S C U E L A N U E VA L AT I N A M E R I C AWith over 86 schoolsthroughout rural Colombiaand Latin America, Escuela Nuevabrings student-directed educationmodels to communities affected byconflict and limited opportunity. EscuelaNueva empowers students to be activeparticipants in their education and bringsschooling to those without access.With proven results and demonstratedability to scale, the model boostsacademic achievement, improves socialequity, fosters civic and democraticbehaviors in students, and promotesentrepreneurial skills. To date, EscuelaNueva has educated more than 5 millionyouth across 16 countries.Diego leads his family’s cows up to a higher grazing ground on their farm near Valle de Cocora,Colombia. Diego is one of many students positively impacted by Fundación Escuela Nueva.Photo by James Roh.Diego and his family love the solitude of theirDiego to a new way of learning. Welcomed by hisremote home, which is perched on the sidenew teacher Mariana, Diego discovered a passion forof a steep valley wall. Nevertheless, its locationschool and gained critical self-confidence.means hours of travel on a precarious path to accessthe nearest school and town.FEN’s adaptable model enabled Diego’s newteachers to take into account his specific needs andAfter years of making this dangerous pilgrimagerural location to create a customized curriculum thatto access education, Diego’s daily journey to theallowed him to excel. As of today, Diego successfullyclassroom became unmanageable. Already a slowcompleted the fifth grade, and his experience is onelearner, Diego faced many challenges at his schoolof many FEN success stories.that seemed insurmountable, such as bullying,A student laughs during a group assignment at Colegio GimnasioAbove: Students participate in a group activity at a school in ruralSantander school in Tunja, Colombia.Combita,Colombia.Below: Students complete a group assignment together during classat a school in rural Combita,Colombia. The Escuela Nueva modeldiscrimination, and impatient teachers. Given theseThrough its ongoing partnership with FEN,negative experiences, Diego and his familyCotopaxi remains committed to supporting qualityaccepted that his education would be over byeducation in rural and indigenous communities inthe second grade.Latin America.Fortunately, before quitting his education, FundaciónEscuela Nueva (FEN) stepped in and introducedencourages teamwork and cooperation.1617