Fast Trek Ii Jacket women's

Usage:

• Designed as a versatile and timeless layer, this jacket is ideal for everyday wear, offering lightweight warmth and a stylish design that adapts to multiple daily situations.
• Perfect as a mid-layer in layering systems for outdoor activities, such as traditional hiking, trekking, and trail exploration, providing warmth without sacrificing mobility.
• An excellent choice for camping and outdoor life, whether on family camping trips or with friends, thanks to its lightness, comfort, and warmth capacity.
• Suitable for winter sports, such as skiing and snowboarding, functioning effectively as a warm layer under a waterproof and breathable outer jacket.
• Its functional design and lightness make it an ideal travel companion, facilitating packing and offering comfort in cool climates or during summer nights.
• Provides reliable protection against moderate cold and serves as an additional layer of warmth in colder weather conditions, adapting to different activity levels.
• Offers comfort and warmth for relaxing moments at home or during low-intensity outdoor activities, such as walks or light work that requires a functional garment.
• The Columbia brand has manufactured this jacket seeking a balance between technical functionality, comfort, and a flattering design, so that users feel warm and stylish in their adventures and daily lives.

Features:

• Incorporates an adjustable hem with a drawcord, allowing customization of the fit at the bottom of the jacket to prevent cold air entry and improve body heat retention.
• Features zippered side hand pockets, which not only protect hands from the cold but also offer a secure space to store small personal items during any activity.
• Has a practical zippered security pocket on the sleeve, ideal for carrying small and valuable items accessibly and securely.
• Features a center back length of 63.5 cm, providing adequate coverage and a clear reference for the garment's fit.
• Made with a soft and lightweight fleece fabric, which ensures a pleasant feel against the skin and great comfort without adding excessive weight.
• Designed with a modern and flattering fit for the female figure, combining style and functionality for a stylish look both in nature and in the city.

Materials:

• Made primarily with 250 g/m² Microfleece, composed of 100% polyester. This medium-weight synthetic fabric stands out for its exceptional softness to the touch, its efficient body heat retention capacity, and its quick-drying properties. Additionally, it is a durable material, resistant to pilling, wrinkles, and shrinkage, maintaining its shape and appearance after multiple uses and washes. Its structure allows for good breathability, facilitating the wicking of moisture generated by the body to maintain comfort during activity.

Eco-certifications and Brand Sustainability Practices:

• Columbia Sportswear is a bluesign® System Partner, which means it collaborates with this standard to ensure that its textile products, like this polyester jacket, are manufactured sustainably, optimizing resource use, ensuring consumer and worker safety, and minimizing environmental impact throughout the production chain.
• The brand maintains a Restricted Substances List (RSL), a commitment to control and limit the use of potentially harmful chemicals in its products, ensuring this jacket meets high safety standards for the user and the environment.
• It adheres to its own Standards of Manufacturing Practices (SMP), which require its manufacturing partners to comply with fair labor standards, safe working conditions, and responsible environmental management during the manufacturing process of its garments.
• Columbia participates in the Higg Index, using the Facility Environmental Module (FEM) to assess and improve the environmental performance of the factories where its items are produced.
• The brand is part of the Social & Labor Converged Assessment Framework (SLCP), an initiative that seeks to reduce audit duplication and improve social and labor conditions in its global supply chain.
• Through its ReThreads Program, Columbia promotes the circularity of its products, encouraging the collection of used clothing and footwear for reuse or recycling, extending the lifespan of materials.
• As a member of the AFIRM Group, Columbia works with other leading brands in the textile and footwear sector for the reduction and responsible management of restricted chemical substances in the supply chain.
• Columbia Sportswear participates in the Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) Climate Action Corps, committing to measure, plan, and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions as part of a collective effort by the outdoor industry.
• The company collaborates with the Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) and its Clean by Design program, which focuses on implementing resource efficiency improvements (water, energy, chemicals) in the factories of its textile suppliers.
• Additionally, the brand demonstrates its commitment to sustainability through its adherence to SASB reporting standards, the publication of its Supply Chain Transparency Statement (complying with California SB 657 and the UK Modern Slavery Act), its alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), the use of Open Supply Hub (OSH) for supply chain transparency, and its participation in the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA). Columbia also supports various foundations and projects focused on environmental conservation and social welfare, such as Planet Water Foundation, National Park Foundation, Conservation International, and Transition Projects, among others.