Today, British lifestyle clothing brand FatFace announces it has achieved B Corp™ certification, joining a group of just over 1,000 businesses in the UK.
FatFace has been certified by B Lab, the not-for-profit behind the B Corp™ movement, who take each company through a rigorous process to ensure it meets the highest standards in accountability, transparency, and social and environmental performance needed to achieve certification. Companies need to prove themselves in five key areas: Governance, Workers, Community, Environment and Customers.
FatFace’s core business strategy includes a focus on sustainability, under three key pillars – product, planet, and community. It is the progress across all three of these focus areas that led to FatFace being awarded B Corp™ certification, which is the culmination of long-term efforts to put sustainability at the core of the business.
Alongside this, FatFace’s journey to B Corp™ status has involved innovative collaboration with key partners. Most notable is the company’s 75-year partnership with the National Forest, a celebration of their long-term commitment to sustainability and being carbon neutral in the UK since 2021. Last year, FatFace also launched a partnership with Thrift+ to offer an easy way for customers to give unwanted clothes a new lease of life while supporting a charity of their choice.
Nick Stevenson, director of trading and dustainability at FatFace, says: “From our responsible sourcing practices, climate conscious initiatives and inspiring charity partnerships to the wonderful people who are driving change across our business and in our local communities, becoming a B Corp™ is a celebration of all that we stand for. Our sustainability journey began over ten years ago but fast forward to today – now an international multichannel business – and we are more focused and ambitious than ever on finding ways to reduce our impact on the planet, and positively support our colleagues and the communities we operate in. Going through the B Corp™ certification process has given us valuable insight to help shape our future sustainability agenda. We’re delighted to join the B Corp™ community with a growing membership of the most responsibly run businesses in the world, all striving to make a difference.”
Chris Turner, executive director of B Lab UK, says: “We are delighted to welcome FatFace to the B Corp™ community. This is a movement of companies who are committed to changing how business operates and believe business really can be a force for good. We know that FatFace are going to be a fantastic addition to the community and will continue driving the conversation forward. Their commitment to doing business differently will be an inspiration to others and really help spread the idea that we can redefine success in business to be as much about people and planet as it is about profit”.
There are currently over 1,100 B Corps in the UK and 6,279 worldwide. Other fashion retail industry B Corps include Patagonia, TOMs, Wolf & Badger, Allbirds and Finisterre.
