We are a B Corp

Alpkit was born from a love of the outdoors and making it a better place for everyone.

From day one, we’ve always tried to do things the right way; we’re advocates for the highest ethical standards and always favour the more environmentally preferred method of production and materials.

We’re hugely excited to announce that we’ve been recertified as a B Corp and we’ve achieved our highest B Corp score yet of 122.6. That’s a massive jump from 95.1 which we achieved in 2020, and means we are one of the leading outdoor brands on the global platform for B Corp certification.

‘Go nice places and do good things’ is more than just a tagline for us; we live and breathe the outdoors and we’re constantly seeking new ways for how we can leave a trace - a trace for good. Being recertified as a B Corp (and with a whopping score too), shows our dedication to putting people and planet first.

We spend time building relationships with our suppliers and we know them all personally. We only work with factories that have signed our Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics - a code that we created to ensure we only work with those who share our values, not only for the environment, but for their workers and how they do business.

We started the Alpkit Foundation, our own charity, where we donate 10% of all profits and 1% of sales to projects and communities to make the outdoors accessible to everybody regardless of their age, ethnicity, gender, disability and beyond.

We’re advocates for repair first, replace later. Each of our stores has a dedicated repairs team who will repair any brand; no job is too big, or too small. If we can stop clothing and kit going into landfill, we’ll do just that.

Our Repairs service works closely with our Continuum project where we donate unwanted kit to charities and projects to help those who need it the most. From homeless charities, to youth projects, we’re helping people (you get the idea, we love doing good things).

There’s no tick box for sustainability, but we are beyond proud that all our efforts for doing business in the most ethical and sustainable ways supports people and the planet. We hope that this opens up the conversation with other brands and communities so we can join together, put the planet and people first and make a real difference.

In short, we (really) care about people and the planet.

Read more about Alpkit Sustainability and if there’s something you’d like to see us do, or be better at, complete our sustainability survey.

Living the change we want to see

As a small, independent business we need to make money, but we don’t do it at the expense of others or at the expense of the wild places we love.

We know we’re not perfect and don’t have all the answers. However, we are determined to live the change we want to see and we work every day to make things a bit better.

Working to the highest standards

We’re advocates of the highest ethical standards and have always chosen the most environmentally preferable method of production.

In 2018 we put this to the test and worked with Ethical Consumer Magazine. We published our first comprehensive Sustainability Report in 2019 and are recognised as the first UK outdoor brand to do so.

We’ve just taken this one step further and completed the wildly exacting process to become a B Corp.

What is Certified B Corporation

We were assessed and audited against rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency.

We’re proud to say that we got certified at the first attempt with a score that places us firmly in the leading pack of the UKs highest ranking sustainable businesses.

Find our official page on the B Corp Website for a breakdown of our results..

What being a B Corp means for our future

Whilst we’re proud of what we’ve achieved, we recognise these are just the foundations and there’s still plenty of work to be done.

As a B Corp, we join an ever-growing group of companies around the world who, like us, choose to do business the right way.

All B Corps work towards the same goals and together we have a much bigger impact. We will speed up progress to a circular economy and continue to reduce our environmental impact, treat animals humanely, build a better business and give back.