Columbia, owned by Columbia Sportswear Company, is a global outdoor apparel and footwear brand selling jackets, hiking gear, and sportswear. Marketed around performance and accessibility, it is widely available in major retailers across North America, Europe, and Asia.
Despite its positioning as an outdoor lifestyle brand, Columbia has been documented sourcing from Delta Galil Industries, an Israeli textile manufacturer with production facilities in illegal West Bank settlements. This links Columbia products to supply chains built on expropriated Palestinian land and labour exploitation under military occupation.
Columbia is rated High Impact because of its sourcing ties to Delta Galil Industries. Delta Galil operates directly in occupied Palestinian territory, profiting from land theft, coercive labour conditions, and apartheid infrastructure. By maintaining these contracts, Columbia sustains one of the commercial engines of settlement expansion and normalizes economic activity on stolen land.
Boycotting Columbia and other Delta-linked brands applies pressure where corporations are most vulnerable: their reputation with consumers. Cutting ties with Delta Galil would not only disrupt a key node in Israel’s occupation economy but also signal that global brands cannot profit from apartheid without consequences.
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