Based in Vancouver, Canada, Innate is surrounded by water, forests and mountains that our team enjoys year round. We draw on inspiration from this beautiful region to create cleanly designed gear made from environmentally progressive materials that helps people lead healthy, active lives. Our product collection includes food and beverage containers and travel accessories.

The Innate team has shared beliefs that extend outside of our 9-to-5 workday, beyond our product line. We are committed to being a progressive participant in our global community by following transparent business practices and supporting organizations that provide clean, safe drinking water to people in developing communities around the world.

We hope you enjoy our gear, appreciate our considered choices, and respect and explore the planet we all share.

Innate: Clean designs born of considered thinking produced through progressive and transparent business practices.

Your planet. Your choices. Your gear.

As our name suggests, we know there are characteristics that are part of one's inner essential nature. At Innate, our inborn qualities include integrity and transparency. We are committed to being a progressive participant in our global community by following transparent business practices.

We strive to deliver on this commitment by making carefully considered choices in materials and manufacturing. These choices can be traced through a transparent chain of custody which details where and how our products are made. This includes the tracking and third-party testing of raw materials as well as following set engagement and remediation processes which help us resolve the tough labor and workplace safety issues in our contract production facilities.

Making this commitment isn't easy and following through is often tougher. To guide us in our day-to-day actions we have developed a series of governance documents or guardrails as we call them.

Our Statement of Purpose defines what we do, our Values and Supporting Actions detail how we do it. The 'how' includes the Innate Sourcing Policy, Product Sustainability Commitment and Supplier Code of Conduct. If you have questions about these policies, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions.

Statement of Purpose

Clean designs born of considered thinking produced through progressive and transparent business practices.

Innate Values and Supporting Actions

• We offer products in an informative manner that supports an active and healthy lifestyle.
• Our actions in the communities where we make and sell our products are consistent with our statement of purpose.
• Our Sourcing Policy defines our expectations on how we will conduct business with our suppliers in a responsible manner.
• Our Product Sustainability Commitment details the criteria we use in designing and manufacturing Innate products and transparency of information on the materials and processes used.
• Our supplier code of conduct defines our expectations in accordance with the International Labour Organization conventions, the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN’s conventions on children’s rights and the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women.

Innate Sourcing Policy

1. All manufacturers of Innate labelled Products will sign and adhere to the Innate Supplier Code of Conduct.
2. Innate staff or their authorized representatives will conduct inspections to ensure that all facilities producing Innate labelled products are in compliance with the expectations detailed in the Innate Supplier Code of Conduct.
3. Innate will ensure that our product sustainability commitments are met though a chain of custody process involving sampling, testing and documentation.
4. Innate is committed to engaging with interested stakeholders on issues of sourcing and chain of custody information.

Innate Product Sustainability Commitment

• The design criteria for Innate products are they must perform well for their intended use, be as durable as possible, plus use environmentally progressive materials and production processes where available.
• Product packaging is as minimalist, with as much recycled content as possible.
• A chain of custody process is used to ensure our expectations are met.

Innate Supplier Code of Conduct

Health and Safety Employers shall provide a safe and healthy working environment to prevent accidents and injury to health arising out of, linked with, or occurring in the course of work or as a result of the operation of employer facilities.

Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Employers shall recognize and respect the right of employees to freedom of association and collective bargaining. Where the right to freedom of association is restricted under law, vendors must allow their employees to raise with the vendors’ representatives any job-related grievances the employees may have, without penalty or reprisal. Wages and Benefits Employers recognize that wages are essential to meeting employees’ basic needs. Employers shall pay employees, as a floor, at least the minimum wage required by local law or the prevailing industry wage, whichever is higher, and shall provide legally mandated benefits.

Hours of Work Except in extraordinary business circumstances, employees shall (i) not be required to work more than the lesser of (a) 48 hours per week and 12 hours overtime or (b) the limits on regular and overtime hours allowed by the law of the country of manufacture or, where the laws of such country do not limit the hours of work, the regular work week in such country plus 12 hours overtime and (ii) be entitled to at least one day off in every seven day period.

Overtime Compensation In addition to their compensation for regular hours of work, employees shall be compensated for overtime hours at such premium rate as is legally required in the country of manufacture or, in those countries where such laws do not exist, at a rate at least equal to their regular hourly compensation rate.

Forced Labor There shall not be any use of forced labor, whether in the form of prison labor, indentured labor, bonded labor or otherwise.

Child Labor No person shall be employed at an age younger than 15 or younger than the age for completing compulsory education in the country of manufacture where such age is higher than 15.

Harassment or Abuse Every employee shall be treated with respect and dignity. No employee shall be subject to any physical, sexual, psychological or verbal harassment or abuse.

Non-discrimination No person shall be subject to any discrimination in employment, including hiring, salary, benefits, advancement, discipline, termination or retirement, on the basis of gender, race, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, political opinion, or social or ethnic origin.