• "THE OCEAN IS ALIVE AND WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF IT."

    - JACK O'NEILL

    "THE OCEAN IS ALIVE AND WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF IT."

    - JACK O'NEILL

O’NEILL’S OCEAN MISSION IS TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON OUR PLANET AND BECOME A FRONTRUNNER ON SUSTAINABILITY.  JACK O’NEILL SAID IT HIMSELF, “THE OCEAN IS ALIVE, AND WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF IT”.  IN 1996 JACK O’NEILL FOUNDED THE O’NEILL SEA ODYSSEY AS A COMMITMENT TO EDUCATING THE YOUTH ABOUT OCEAN CONSERVATION. TODAY, O’NEILL CARRIES ON THE SPIRIT OF JACK O’NEILL IN PROTECTING OUR PLAYGROUNDS THROUGH OCEAN INITIATIVES, SUPPLY CHAIN, AND EXPANDING THE O’NEILL BLUE SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT COLLECTION.

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WHAT WE ARE DOING

PRODUCTS

O’NEILL IS COMMITTED TO USING MORE SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS IN OUR PRODUCTS. AS A BRAND BUILT ON THE OCEAN AND THE SURFING LIFESTYLE, O'NEILL HAS A FOCUSED EFFORT ON MENS BOARDSHORTS & WOMENS SWIM.

30% OF MENS BOARDSHORTS ARE DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED USING SUSTAINABLE FABRICS.

o  2022 - 60%

o  2023 - 80%

50% OF WOMENS SWIM IS DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED USING SUSTAINABLE FABRICS.

o  2022 - 60%

o  2023 - 80%

O’NEILL IS COMMITTED TO USING MORE SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS IN OUR PRODUCTS


O REPREVE – CONVERTS USED PLASTIC BOTTLES INTO DURABLE FIBERS. REPREVE HAS RECYCLED OVER 20 BILLION BOTTLES FROM THE OCEAN AND LANDFILLS.

O PRIMALOFT - BENCHMARK FOR SUSTAINABLE, WATER-RESISTANT SYNTHETIC INSULATION.

O ORGANIC COTTON – GROWN NATURALLY WITH NO PESTICIDES.

O SUSTAINABLE VISCOSE - DERIVED FROM CERTIFIED RENEWABLE WOOD SOURCES WHICH LOWERS EMISSIONS BY 50% AND REDUCES WATER IMPACT.

O MIPAN REGEN - RECYCLED NYLON FILAMENT YARNS FOR TEXTILE USE.

O RECYCLED COTTON / POLY - CONSERVES WATER, ENERGY AND VIRGIN MATERIALS.

O MODAL RAYON - MADE WITH FEWER CHEMICALS FROM REGENERATIVE PLANTS AND IS BIODEGRADABLE.

O RECYCLED POLYESTER - CONSERVES WATER, ENERGY AND VIRGIN MATERIALS.

OTHER STEPS WE'VE TAKEN:

o  RECYCLED / RECYCLABLE POLYBAGS

o RECYCLED ECOMMERCE PACKAGING

o REMOVAL OF SINGLE USE PLASTICS

o 100% RECYCLED MATERIAL HANG TAGS

o  100% DIGITAL WHOLESALE CATALOGS IN 2022

SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT

WE ACTIVELY SUPPORT NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALIGN WITH OUR O’NEILL BLUE MISSION. HERE’S A FEW OF OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

WHO WE SUPPORT:

o  THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION - THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO THE PROTECTION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE WORLD’S OCEAN, WAVES AND BEACHES, FOR ALL PEOPLE, THROUGH A POWERFUL ACTIVIST NETWORK.

o  MAULI OLA FOUNDATION - USES THE HEALING POWERS OF THE OCEAN TO PROVIDE THERAPY TO INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH GENETIC DISEASES.

o  OCEAN WORKS - PROTECTS AND PRESERVES THE WORLD'S MARINE LIFE THROUGH SPREADING AWARENESS AND INSPIRATION.

 SURFERS NOT STREET CHILDREN - EMPOWERS THE STREET CHILDREN OF SOUTH AFRICA AND BEYOND TO REINTEGRATE BACK INTO SOCIETY SUCCESSFULLY.

WHO WE SUPPORT:

o  THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION - THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO THE PROTECTION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE WORLD’S OCEAN, WAVES AND BEACHES, FOR ALL PEOPLE, THROUGH A POWERFUL ACTIVIST NETWORK.

o  MAULI OLA FOUNDATION - USES THE HEALING POWERS OF THE OCEAN TO PROVIDE THERAPY TO INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH GENETIC DISEASES.

o  OCEAN WORKS - PROTECTS AND PRESERVES THE WORLD'S MARINE LIFE THROUGH SPREADING AWARENESS AND INSPIRATION.

 SURFERS NOT STREET CHILDREN - EMPOWERS THE STREET CHILDREN OF SOUTH AFRICA AND BEYOND TO REINTEGRATE BACK INTO SOCIETY SUCCESSFULLY.

O'Neill Blue - Who We Support