Sustainability

We’re not here to just make bikes. We’re here to make a difference.

Bikes can be a solution to many of the world’s most complex problems, including congestion, public health, and climate change. We are determined to help bikes reach their full sustainable potential, and in the process, bring about change within our industry and beyond.

With Trek’s first sustainability report in 2021, we started a journey — a raw look at our impact and a roadmap for making things right. Now, as we release the third edition of our report, we’ve taken many ambitious steps forward.

Explore the 2024 Trek Sustainability Report to see an update on our climate initiatives and our progress toward our carbon reduction goals.

Trek President John Burke discusses Trek's climate initiatives and eight ways companies can help turn the tide

Trek’s carbon reduction commitment

We’ve committed to ambitious near-term emissions reductions targets. Our commitment is company-wide and in line with Science Based Target Initiatives (SBTi). We plan to finish our goal-validation process with SBTi by the end of 2023.

Reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions 68% by 2032*

Source all electricity from renewable sources by 2030

Reduce absolute scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions 30% by 2032*

*from a 2021 base year

How we’re changing the business of bikes

In pursuit of the world’s lowest-impact aluminum bike

We’re moving away from fossil-fuel powered suppliers to a better process for alloy bikes and parts — and it’s addressing the number one contributor to our greenhouse gas emissions in a major way.

What is low-impact aluminum?

Bringing circularity to tires

When your tires have taken their last ride, you can now recycle them at any Trek retail store in the US for free. That’s thanks to a partnership with Liberty Tire Recycling, who’s helping to recirculate, reuse, and repurpose tires into safe, eco-friendly products.

How to recycle your tires

Renewable energy

Trek’s headquarters and US manufacturing is powered entirely by renewable energy through validated Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). By 2030, we’ll be purchasing and retiring RECs for each of Trek’s owned facilities globally.

Recycled plastics

We’re continuing to find many new opportunities to use recycled plastics on bikes and gear. Today, 38 of our products — including bottle cages, grip cores, textiles, and helmets — contain a percentage of recycled plastics.

See the gear

Smarter, planet-friendlier helmets

To help lighten the footprint of helmets, an essential accessory for every rider, we use recycled EPS foam in select models. This recycled material has the same protective properties with a significantly lower impact.

Plastic made from plants

The Voda Bio water bottle has a 95% plant-based body that’s 100% recyclable and free from BPA and phthalates. It’s designed to deliver the same durability and function you expect at a fraction of the footprint.

Explore Voda Bio

Minimizing the high environmental cost of batteries

Batteries make e-bikes possible — but they come with a hefty environmental price tag. We’re working on solutions to change that, making e-bike batteries live longer and making them easier to recycle.

How to recycle your e-bike battery

Trade us your used bike. We’ll give it a second life.

Through our used bike program, Red Barn Refresh, we’re extending the usable life of the products we make and keeping as many bikes as possible out of landfills. Red Barn Refresh makes used bikes available for purchase while reducing the industry’s waste streams.

Explore used bikes

Building a world of change

We believe bikes can make a world of difference, so we partner with many organizations that use bikes as a force for good for our planet and people. Through our support of PeopleForBikes, World Bicycle Relief, NICA, and others, we're advocating for meaningful change around the world.

Trek advocacy