Splash Side Ii Jacket women's

Use:

• Versatile everyday protection across various seasons and weather conditions, designed to keep the user dry and comfortable.
• Ideal for facing rainy days, whether for urban commutes, walks, or low-intensity outdoor activities.
• Perfect for an active city lifestyle, offering a reliable barrier against light to moderate rain without sacrificing breathability.
• The brand has designed this jacket as an essential and functional garment that combines waterproof protection with a casual and feminine design, aiming to meet the need for a lightweight and effective jacket for humid climates.

Features:

• Omni-Tech™ technology with critically sealed seams: Offers high-quality waterproof and breathable protection, preventing external moisture from penetrating key areas of the jacket, while allowing body vapor to escape to maintain dryness and comfort.
• Mesh lining: Enhances the overall breathability of the garment, facilitating air circulation and helping to regulate body temperature, which increases comfort during use.
• Adjustable hood with drawcord: Allows for a custom fit to protect the head and face from rain and wind, ensuring the hood stays in place even in adverse conditions.
• Adjustable waist with drawcord: Provides the option to cinch the jacket for a more feminine and fitted look, as well as helping to prevent cold drafts from entering.
• Hand pockets: Offer a practical and accessible space to store small essentials or to shield hands from cold and moisture.
• Elastic cuffs: Comfortably fit around the wrists, helping to seal out cold and moisture, and keeping the sleeves in place.
• Drop tail back: Provides additional coverage at the back, protecting against splashes and drafts when sitting or moving, which is especially useful for outdoor activities.
• Center back length of 88.9 cm (35.0 inches): Offers good overall coverage, reaching approximately mid-thigh for greater protection against the elements.

Materials:

• Shell: 100% Nylon. This material is characterized by its notable durability, lightness, and abrasion resistance, acting as the first robust barrier against the elements. Nylon is the base on which the Omni-Tech™ waterproof technology is applied.
• Lining: 100% Polyester. The polyester lining, made of mesh, contributes to the overall lightness of the garment, facilitates excellent breathability by allowing air circulation and helps manage internal moisture, significantly improving comfort against the skin.
• Omni-Tech™ Waterproofing Technology: Integrated into the Nylon shell fabric, this patented Columbia technology consists of a multi-layer microporous membrane that blocks water entry (waterproof) but allows sweat vapor to escape (breathable), keeping the user dry both inside and out. The jacket's critical seams are heat-sealed to prevent water leakage in the most vulnerable points, such as shoulders and hood.

Eco-certifications and Brand Sustainability Practices:

• bluesign® System Partner: Columbia Sportswear is a bluesign® system partner, which means it collaborates to reduce environmental impact throughout the textile supply chain, promoting the use of safe chemicals and more sustainable manufacturing processes. This benefits workers, consumers, and the environment by ensuring responsible production.
• Restricted Substances List (RSL): Columbia maintains and applies a Restricted Substances List to ensure its products are safe for consumers and have a lower environmental impact, by controlling and limiting the use of potentially hazardous chemicals in its manufacturing processes.
• Standards of Manufacturing Practices (SMP): The brand implements its own standards to ensure fair and safe working conditions in its supply chain factories, auditing and working with suppliers for compliance and continuous improvement.
• Higg Index (Facility Environmental Module - FEM): Columbia uses the Higg FEM to measure and improve the environmental performance of manufacturing facilities in its supply chain, promoting resource efficiency and emissions reduction.
• Social & Labor Converged Assessment Framework (SLCP): The brand participates in SLCP to standardize social and labor audits, reducing duplication of efforts and promoting better conditions for workers in the global supply chain.
• ReThreads Program: A Columbia initiative that promotes the circularity of its products, facilitating the collection of used clothing for reuse or recycling, contributing to the reduction of textile waste.
• Additionally, the brand is part of various industry alliances and supports environmental conservation, labor rights, and supply chain transparency projects through its participation in: AFIRM Group, Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) Climate Action Corps, Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) - Clean by Design Program, Transparency Pledge (Apparel and Footwear Supply Chain), AAFA & FLA Apparel & Footwear Industry Commitment to Responsible Recruitment, European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA), and aligns with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), using tools like Open Supply Hub and publishing its Supply Chain Transparency Statement. It also collaborates with foundations such as Planet Water Foundation, National Park Foundation, Conservation International, Captains For Clean Water, Ocean Conservancy, and UK National Parks, and supports programs like RISE and Transition Projects.