PROTECT THE GROUND YOU RUN ON
ABOUT
In just one calendar year, the apparel and footwear industries account for an estimated 8% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. That’s nearly 4 metric gigatons of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere each year. In the face of various environmental, social, and governmental challenges, the run specialty industry, and its respective retailers, must adopt new strategies in an effort to reduce our carbon footprint and extend the life of our planet.
To do our part, Palmetto Running Company is launching The PRC Eco-Initiative. It is our collective goal to purchase and sell more sustainable, recycled, and eco-friendly products as well as find new ways to improve the sustainability of our planet and more directly, our local environment. We have broken that down into 3 goals: Being conscious and intentional when bringing products into our store, Participating in the Local Community and Donations/Offsetting.
THE PRODUCTS WE CARRY
We are proud to carry brands that are making a conscious effort to reduce their impact on our planet. From footwear to apparel and accessories we have carefully curated our assortment to bring you a variety of versatile products that are made with the planet in mind. Stop in today to learn more about what we are doing to help #protectthegroundyourunon .
COMMUNITY EVENTS
In order to do our part in keeping our Earth and the Lowcountry clean we have partnered with our friends at The Outside Foundation to host monthly clean up events in our local community. Over the last few years we have cleared tons (literally) of trash from our beaches and waterways.
All of our Events are FREE! Just show up and help make a difference.
Find out more about our upcoming Events:
THE LOW IMPACT ALLIANCE
To do our part, in late 2019 Palmetto Running Company launched The PRC Eco-Initiative with the collective goal to purchase and sell more sustainable, recycled and eco-friendly products as well as find new ways to improve the sustainability of our planet and more directly, our local environment. With the support we received both in our local community and the overall running industry, as well as being recognized at the 2021 Running Event with the Impact Award presented by On, we felt it was the right time to take our mission to the industry level. In December of 2021 we launched the Low Impact Alliance, an industry-wide alliance of brands, retailers and events to promote transparency and environmental responsibility within the running industry by educating, advocating, and inspiring action for impactful change. Since then, we’ve built a growing list of members on all industry levels and have connected with many leaders in our industry, advocating for the necessary changes that need to be made towards eco-friendly manufacturing and shipping processes, responsible material sourcing, and sustainable end-of-life practices and opportunities.
DONATIONS/OFFSETTING
For every transaction made in our stores we proudly donation a portion of each sale to the Low Impact Alliance, a non-profit working to promote transparency and environmental responsibility within the running industry by educating, advocating, and inspiring action.
