Sustainability - Trek Bikes (CA)

We’re not here to just make bikes. We’re here to make a difference.

Bikes can be a solution to many of the world’s most complex problems, including congestion, public health, and climate change. We are determined to help bikes reach their full sustainable potential, and in the process, bring about change within our industry and beyond.

With Trek’s first sustainability report in 2021, we started a journey — a raw look at our impact and a roadmap for making things right. Now, as we release the third edition of our report, we’ve taken many ambitious steps forward.

Explore the 2024 Trek Sustainability Report to see an update on our climate initiatives and our progress toward our carbon reduction goals.

Trek President John Burke discusses Trek's climate initiatives and eight ways companies can help turn the tide

Trek’s carbon reduction commitment

We’ve committed to ambitious near-term emissions reductions targets. Our commitment is company-wide and in line with Science Based Target Initiatives (SBTi). We plan to finish our goal-validation process with SBTi by the end of 2023.

Reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions 68% by 2032*

Source all electricity from renewable sources by 2030

Reduce absolute scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions 30% by 2032*

*from a 2021 base year

How we’re changing the business of bikes

Trek’s headquarters and US manufacturing is powered entirely by renewable energy through validated Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). By 2030, we’ll be purchasing and retiring RECs for each of Trek’s owned facilities globally.

We’ve redesigned our bike and aftermarket packaging to dramatically reduce single-use plastics. Since 2020, our new designs have helped us avoid the use of approximately 532,422 lbs. of plastic packaging waste annually.

We’re continuing to find many new opportunities to use recycled plastics on bikes and gear. Today, 38 of our products — including bottle cages, grip cores, textiles, and helmets — contain a percentage of recycled plastics.

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Trek road and mountain apparel contains fabrics made from recycled bottles or textile waste, which has helped divert 54,945 lbs. of material from landfills.

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We believe bikes can make a world of difference, so we partner with many organizations that use bikes as a force for good for our planet and people. Through our support of PeopleForBikes, World Bicycle Relief, NICA, and others, we're advocating for meaningful change around the world.

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