In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses big and small are having to shut their doors or drastically change operations. While hospitals overflowing with critically ill patients are facing shortages of face masks, rubber gloves, and other personal protective equipment, a number of business in the outdoor industry have taken this opportunity to shift production from outdoor gear to instead create desperately needed PPE for medical workers on the front lines.
From transforming factories and shifting production, to donating personal protective equipment acquired through vendors, here is a growing list of companies contributing to the greater good:
Salewa
Italian outdoor apparel company Salewa has not only secured 20 million medical protective masks and 600,000 medical gowns…