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Reply to comment by complywood in Patagonia products - safe bet or stay clear? by ajpathecreature

He will avoid taxes, but he also could’ve IPO’d Patagonia or sold the company to the highest bidder if he cared about money and nothing else. What other for-profit companies are set up like this? Still pretty cool that it’s guaranteed left over money not used to run the company and R&D goes towards helping the environment. Adam Ruins Everything is a great show, but I don’t get the critique this time. The reality is 99% of companies would be much worse to give your money to compared to Patagonia.

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Reply to comment by AlienatedVila in How do you find out whether companies manufacture their products morally and sustainably? by Dokayn

3rd party certifications should be more objective/fair than what the company will say about itself. There are so many now, Made Safe, GOTS, FSC, RWS, C2C. Other than that, does the company repair their products, have a long warranty, sell their products used, etc? Here are some websites:

https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/find-a-b-corp/ https://earthhero.com (like Amazon, but only sustainable products) https://www.treehugger.com (Lists of sustainable products)

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