Our Equity Action Pledge

686 is committed to fostering an inclusive culture that is welcoming, accepting, and values diversity, both within our walls and within our spaces outdoors.

Through our Equity Action Pledge, we commit to weaving threads of inclusion into all parts of our apparel and actions.

We are committed to tracking our progress and sharing regular updates with our community to hold ourselves accountable to our goals set via the Pledge.

Change starts at home. Our leadership team undergoes regular JEDI training. We pledge to further our own education through diversity training and tools provided to our team of employees, athletes, ambassadors, and advocates. We have conducted a review of our internal policies, resources, and practices to ensure alignment with JEDI principles.

Exploration should be accessible and welcoming for all. We pledge to provide resources and access to organizations and support groups within the outdoors for underrepresented communities.

Technical Apparel for Everyone. We pledge to showcase a broader range of diversity and representation within our imagery across all of our media and engage equally broad representative athletes, ambassadors, and advocates. We aim to offer inclusive sizing and maintain procedures for adapting products to improve accessibility and inclusivity.

We will stand with our employees, athletes, ambassadors, and advocates. We pledge to create a channel that our employees, advocates, and athletes can access to address issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we pledge to support them by using our platform to speak with them on these issues. We have implemented a public grievance mechanism, available here.

We pledge to use our voice. We pledge to call out intolerance of any kind and act as we deem necessary, with actions ranging from creating dialogue and education to severing existing relationships.

We understand that investment is necessary. We pledge to invest in the resources necessary to support the actions above. We have conducted a pay equity audit to help ensure equitable wages across our organization.

We value our partnerships and understand we represent our partners. We pledge to continually evaluate company partnerships, athletes, ambassadors, and advocates to ensure that we do not work with—and will not work with—any discriminatory partners, now or in the future.

Since day one, collaboration has been key. We pledge to support other outdoor brands and organizations in their pursuit of inclusion by building a culture of collaboration to better serve the greater outdoor community.

We are committed to being part of the solution and creating a space that is more accepting, diverse, and inclusive.