Patagonia founder gives away company, with all profits going to fighting climate change

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard is giving away the multibillion-dollar outdoor apparel company, the climber-turned-businessman announced on Wednesday. Chouinard and his […]

One retailer’s unusual message: ‘Don’t buy so much stuff’

Rick Ridgeway, the vice president of environmental affairs at the outdoor apparel company Patagonia, has summited K2, traversed Borneo by […]

Lush valleys as ‘conservative’ investment vehicles.

The idea of buying land in order to protect it came to Douglas Tompkins almost by accident. “I got a […]