What is Climate Beneficial™?
From soil to fiber, and every step in between.
Healthy soil supports our world — it is the basis (literally & figuratively) on which life and civilization rest.
Climate Beneficial™ has been developed by, and is upheld by scientists, technical service providers and the non-profit Fibershed.
We work together to accurately measure the impact that regional fiber systems and the working lands, that they rely upon, have on our ability to reverse climate change.
The “Climate Beneficial™” verification is a reminder that the soil is the underpinning of our natural fiber system.
Impact to the climate is measured using a combination of direct soil measurement, computer modeling via dynamic environmental systems models, as well as localized peer reviewed data from our region’s land grant universities. Farm and ranch soil mapping, site analysis, and extensive evaluation for carbon capture is written and documented in a formal Carbon Farm Plan which functions as a road map for land stewards to follow.
Annual implementation data collection is monitored by technical service providers and documented from each ranch or farm on a back end data-base. Our technology provides up to date aggregated greenhouse gas measurements that are available to our partners that are utilizing Climate Beneficial Wool. Each year the shepherds and ranchers operationalize and implement new beneficial practices and provide continual improvement on existing practices. Each wool garment made from Climate Beneficial fibers contributes to the expansion of climate benefitting land stewardship.
Our clothing, when constructed with natural fibers, can be a carbon sink.
Natural fibers like wool, cotton, alpaca, and flax linen can be grown and raised in ways that maximize the drawdown of carbon from the atmosphere to help restore ecosystem health and stabilize our climate.
By connecting fiber producers with designers and markets that value ecosystem services, we can grow materials and supply chains rooted in verified practices that—
Increase Soil Organic Carbon levels
Enhance biodiversity by providing habitat for pollinators, birds, and many species
Improve the water-holding capacity of the soil
Restore healthy ecosystems, from the soil microbiome to nutrient cycles
Provide measurable climate benefits, quantified by open-source data tools
The North Face’s Cali Wool Collection features Climate Beneficial™ Wool in their knit & woven products.
The Climate Beneficial™ Verification program and label
supports farmers and ranchers in landscape level
stewardship that centers the work to build healthy soil.
We focus on engaging producers and developing financial and technical
support to enhance the drawdown of carbon from the atmosphere.