Sustainability is core to Bajío. We’re working every day to operate as efficiently as we can, with the least impactful materials and practices. We make products to explore the earth and keeping it turning is core to our mission.
Sunglasses
Our frames are made from sustainable, bio-based, high-performance nylon. All of our frames, lenses, cases, and hats are free from PFAS (“forever chemicals”). This doesn't mean they’ll crumble in your hands, it means if they do sink to the bottom of the ocean they’ll bio-degrade before they’re found by ancient aliens. Our metal frames are made from all stainless steel with all non toxic coatings, for you, and for the planet.
Sustainable Packaging
If you’ve been with us since day one you’ll notice our packaging has changed four times. Why? We keep sourcing new materials, all with reduced carbon impacts and/or increased sustainability. At first we had leather, a by-product of the meat industry, utilizing a resource that would otherwise be discarded. Then a cactus farmer from Mexico approached us about a new process for producing cactus leather. We gave that a go until we found another solution closer to home, recycled plastic. Now we’re on our fourth generation case, fully sustainable cotton covers with a leather lining.
Sustainable Focus
We ship all of our goods sustainably. We use paper packing filler, 100% recycled boxes, printed with algae ink, and even our tape is paper-based (no plastic fiber).
Where others use hundreds of gallons of water and discard it as they go, we figured out how to run a centrifuge filter, reducing our water usage to just 30 gallons a week. Then found suppliers and partners that would actually recycle our waste. The only true waste we produce is that from our kitchen, and the occasional Friday 3PM beer round.
Sustainable Manufacturing
We can’t make everything in-house and have to source certain components. More than half of our frames are produced in carbon-negative factories; not only are their operations carbon neutral, but they actually sell power back to the grid. Our factory in Europe replaced their previous hydraulic injection machines with more energy efficient, electric powered machines. Then put solar panels on the roof to power them. When they had to expand their factory to fit our growing needs, they refurbished and remodeled an existing structure, rather than build over fertile land used for farming and growing food.
We’re not perfect but we’re active, aware, and always evolving. We’re aiming to become more sustainable as we grow, and so far we’ve been doing just that– so that our next gen can enjoy the fisheries we put it all on the line for.
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