{"id":696,"date":"2023-07-11T09:16:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T08:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paramo.local\/?page_id=268"},"modified":"2025-02-20T21:25:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:25:49","slug":"our-ethics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/our-ethics\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Our Ethics<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n

Where do our ethics come from?<\/h2>\n

In February 2022, P\u00e1ramo, Miquelina<\/a> and Nikwax became an Employee Owned Trust<\/a> in order to ensure that our founder, Nick Brown’s, lifelong ethics and concern for social development and environmental protection continues.<\/p>\n

P\u00e1ramo offers high performing waterproofs without users having to sacrifice environmental and ethical principles.<\/h3>\n

Choose a topic below to find out more about what we do and why…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”24583″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][wpb_single_image_with_text design_variant=”top_right” image=”24768″ onclick=”custom_link” heading_text=”ETHICAL MANUFACTURING” body_text=”Our long term manufacturing partnership with the charitable Miquelina Foundation in Colombia provides employment for vulnerable women plus practical help for their families.” link=”https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/our-ethics\/manufacturing\/”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][wpb_single_image_with_text design_variant=”top_right” image=”24863″ onclick=”custom_link” heading_text=”GEAR THAT LASTS” body_text=”P\u00e1ramo waterproof apparel lasts longer than traditional waterproof apparel, offering renewable waterproof performance, repairability, and a robust guarantee.” link=”https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/gear-that-lasts\/”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][wpb_single_image_with_text design_variant=”top_right” image=”24860″ onclick=”custom_link” heading_text=”P\u00c1RAMO RECYCLING SCHEME” body_text=”All P\u00e1ramo garments are covered by the P\u00e1ramo Recycling scheme which helps save garments from landfill and rewards the owner” link=”https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/recycling\/”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][wpb_single_image_with_text design_variant=”top_right” image=”24857″ onclick=”custom_link” heading_text=”GUARANTEED PFAS FREE” body_text=”Working with Nikwax\u00ae we have eliminated the use of PFAS treatments in our supply chain.” link=”https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/pfas-free\/”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][wpb_single_image_with_text design_variant=”top_right” image=”24858″ onclick=”custom_link” heading_text=”SUPPORT FOR CONSERVATION” body_text=”Our environmental approach includes both resource-use reduction and carbon-offsetting via World Land Trust.” link=”https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/conservation\/”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][wpb_single_image_with_text design_variant=”top_right” image=”24878″ onclick=”custom_link” heading_text=”SUSTAINABILITY” body_text=”Read our Sustainability Strategy.” link=”https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/sustainability\/”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Our Ethics [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=””] Where do our ethics come from? In February 2022, P\u00e1ramo, Miquelina and Nikwax became an Employee Owned Trust in order to ensure that our founder, Nick Brown’s, lifelong ethics and concern for social development and environmental protection continues. P\u00e1ramo offers high performing waterproofs without users having to sacrifice environmental […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":100,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-696","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOur Ethics - P\u00e1ramo North America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our ethics center around conservation, PFAS-free gear, sustainability, ethical manufacturing & employment, recycling, and more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/our-ethics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our Ethics - P\u00e1ramo North America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our ethics center around conservation, PFAS-free gear, sustainability, ethical manufacturing & employment, recycling, and more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/our-ethics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"P\u00e1ramo North America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-20T21:25:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/our-ethics\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/our-ethics\/\",\"name\":\"Our Ethics - P\u00e1ramo North America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-11T08:16:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-20T21:25:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"Our ethics center around conservation, PFAS-free gear, sustainability, ethical manufacturing & employment, recycling, and more.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/our-ethics\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/our-ethics\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/our-ethics\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Our Ethics\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/\",\"name\":\"P\u00e1ramo North America\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/#organization\",\"name\":\"P\u00e1ramo North America\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Paramo-Clothing-Logo-Directional-Clothing-for-outdoors.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Paramo-Clothing-Logo-Directional-Clothing-for-outdoors.webp\",\"width\":500,\"height\":102,\"caption\":\"P\u00e1ramo North America\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Our Ethics - P\u00e1ramo North America","description":"Our ethics center around conservation, PFAS-free gear, sustainability, ethical manufacturing & employment, recycling, and more.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/our-ethics\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Our Ethics - P\u00e1ramo North America","og_description":"Our ethics center around conservation, PFAS-free gear, sustainability, ethical manufacturing & employment, recycling, and more.","og_url":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/our-ethics\/","og_site_name":"P\u00e1ramo North America","article_modified_time":"2025-02-20T21:25:49+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/our-ethics\/","url":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/our-ethics\/","name":"Our Ethics - P\u00e1ramo North America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-07-11T08:16:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-20T21:25:49+00:00","description":"Our ethics center around conservation, PFAS-free gear, sustainability, ethical manufacturing & employment, recycling, and more.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/our-ethics\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/our-ethics\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/our-ethics\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Our Ethics"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/#website","url":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/","name":"P\u00e1ramo North America","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/#organization","name":"P\u00e1ramo North America","url":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Paramo-Clothing-Logo-Directional-Clothing-for-outdoors.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Paramo-Clothing-Logo-Directional-Clothing-for-outdoors.webp","width":500,"height":102,"caption":"P\u00e1ramo North America"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24888,"href":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/696\/revisions\/24888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paramo-clothing.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}