REI Co-op is closing 2025 by doubling down on climate action, rolling out new renewable energy projects, nature-based climate solutions, and lower-impact materials that link its outdoor business model directly to the health of the planet.
The Seattle-based co-op is using its scale as the nation’s largest consumer cooperative, with 24 million members, to push cleaner power, circular textiles, and community-centered climate education across the United States . Clean energy in local communities A major focus for REI
Co-op in 2025 has been backing clean energy in the same communities where it operates stores and partners.
One headline project is a new 2.5MW community solar array in Woodbury, Minnesota , developed with US Solar , which will enable nearly 500 low to moderate-income households to subscribe to renewable power and cut utility bills near the co-op's Bloomington store.
The co-op also entered an aggregated Virtual Power Purchase Agreement , or VPPA , with Carhartt and other partners that will add 18.5MW of solar energy to the grid in Texas , accelerating new renewable capacity that individual brands might struggle to unlock alone.
In South Carolina , REI Co-op celebrated the launch of another renewable energy project with Ever.green , building on earlier investments to keep adding clean power to regional grids. Partnerships that make climate action “more real and lasting” For REI Co-op , partnerships are the engine behind this climate progress…
