How woke is your waterproof ?

[Paddington]

Woke North Face offers customers 20% off - if they complete 'inclusion' course

WOKE bosses at clothes brand The North Face are offering customers a 20 per cent discount — but only if they complete a “racial inclusion” course. The outdoors goods retailer launched the online pr…

www.thesun.co.uk

I wonder if Blacks are doing a similar thing ?

 

[Steevo]

Laughably you also HAVE to give the answer they decide. Not allowed to have your own views.

Better to just buy from another company.

 

[vantage]

Woke North Face offers customers 20% off - if they complete 'inclusion' course

WOKE bosses at clothes brand The North Face are offering customers a 20 per cent discount — but only if they complete a “racial inclusion” course. The outdoors goods retailer launched the online pr…

www.thesun.co.uk

I wonder if Blacks are doing a similar thing ?

Haven’t opened it, but bought a North Face jacket, was sold as Goretex, a sieve was more waterproof.

 

[ollie989898]

Haven’t opened it, but bought a North Face jacket, was sold as Goretex, a sieve was more waterproof.

This was my experience also. Ideal for very cold and dry conditions, completely hopeless if it rains or snows. They are also extremely expensive as products go.

 

[Wood field]

Wonder if their things are made in a Chinese sweat shop
Plus one for the gortex comments

 

[Steevo]

Wonder if their things are made in a Chinese sweat shop

Good point that.

Modern slavery at its best.

 

[Wood field]

Good point that.

Modern slavery at its best.

Lots of companies like to hide behind the pc or green credentials, the truth hurts most of them

 

[Jasper]

Got lots of ex army waterproofs some have got patched up bullet holes that’s proper

 

[Swarfmonkey]

Wonder if their things are made in a Chinese sweat shop
Plus one for the gortex comments

The majority of North Face's manufacturing is in Vietnam. I'm guessing that Vietnamese sweat shops are cheaper than Chinese sweat shops...

 

[Rich_ard]

Haven’t opened it, but bought a North Face jacket, was sold as Goretex, a sieve was more waterproof.

Gortex is good, it's not a North face thing they just use it. I have 2 good jacket from them so I can't say anything bad against them. Could be 10 year ago so before woke was invented perhaps

 

[vantage]

Gortex is good, it's not a North face thing they just use it. I have 2 good jacket from them so I can't say anything bad against them. Could be 10 year ago so before woke was invented perhaps

I have a Goretex jacket I bought 28 years ago, at REI, in Seattle. That is still keeping me dry, the North Face one should be sold as desert wear!

 

[Wood field]

For balance , I had a north face mountaineering jacket , full on alpine climbing type thing , that was goretex lined and was crap from day one in anything but Misty drizzle, off topic but I’ve never got on with gortex

 

[SilliamWhale]

Lots of companies like to hide behind the pc or green credentials, the truth hurts most of them

Because its cheap to do and looks worthy

 

[Steevo]

Lots of companies like to hide behind the pc or green credentials, the truth hurts most of them

Drax being another perfect example!

Cheaper and easier to work on perception than reality - marketing of perceived values is cheaper than realisation of true values by actually meaning them and doing them.

 

[Boomerang]

Thought this was sn April fool.
The country lunatics have taken over asylum.
It just gets worse and worse.
I'd love a quiet little place somewhere to be left alone . No bull sh!t to deal with or selfish folk.
Emigration is looking like an option . Just need to find right place .
Suggestions?????

 

[Steevo]

Also.....why would North Face fussed about how "racially inclusive" their customers are?

It's far easier to change the world by changing your own business.....than it is persuading your customers to think differently and discriminating against them if they hold a view of which you as a business claim to disapprove.



What matters surely (if it really does) is how "racially inclusive" NORTH FACE are!

 

[Steevo]

How Ethical Is The North Face? - Good On You

The North Face has been making some progress with its Renewed line, a collection of refurbished clothing. But how ethical is The North Face, really?

goodonyou.eco

Overall Rating: It’s A Start​

The North Face has improved its ethical and sustainable practices over the years and is on the right path. However, it still needs to make some progress: it has made a public commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions but it unclear whether it is making progress on its target. In addition to this, it doesn’t ensure payment of a living wage in its supply chain and still uses problematic leather. Based on these facts and on the information from our own research, we rated The North Face ‘It’s A Start’ overall.

To improve its rating, The North Face would need to start using more eco-friendly materials, set water targets or goals, and start ensuring the workers in its supply chain are empowered and paid a living wage.

 

[Paddington]

I owned a lightweight NF jacket for summer use, so very little wear, but after a few years the inside seams came away and I sent it off for an estimate for repair. The quote was probably half the price of the jacket. I was also told that I should return my jacket every ten years or so for reproofing a and maintenance. Didn't think Goretex needed reproofing, that's why I bought it. Went back to waxed cotton after that.

 

[egbert]

Haven’t opened it, but bought a North Face jacket, was sold as Goretex, a sieve was more waterproof.

ah....boretex

 

[Wigeon]

Interestly iirc North Face was the baby of a chap called Douglas Tompkins, who made it his life's work to buy up large swathes of patagonia, to protect it.

When I cycled through it for a few months 10yrs ago, everyone thete thought it was covert US imperialism and chuffing hated him. Might be an exaggeration, but there were plenty of road sign graffiti saying "patagonia sin tompkins"