Sustainability


People and Planet Before Profit

Our love of the outdoors and the worlds wild places guides the way we do business. It's in our nature to look after what's important; whether that's the environment, our staff, suppliers, staff, animals, community or our customers.

Everything is connected. Sustainability is not a collection of single issue projects but a comprehensive way of working. It's our way of life.

All this supports our ethos that there’s no place for elitism in the outdoors. It’s our love of the outdoors and belief in nature that drives what we do. This simplicity is best encapsulated in our phrase - Go Nice Places Do Good Things.


Alpkit Sustainability Principles

We are determined to use business as a force for good and have written our entire strategy in six simple principles that guide all our decisions.

Reduce Reuse

Repair Recycle

Respect our

Environment

Treat Animals

Humanely

Work with people

we believe in

Build a better

business

Give back


Our 2022 Sustainability Report

Alpkit's new 2022 Sustainability Report is an illustrated book with easy graphics, stories and milestones in our journey from start up to B Corp. Have a look around and find out how we're doing in our determination to become a truly sustainable business.

Alpkit Foundation

Over 30,000 people helped to get outside

Continuum

5 tons of gear donated to people that need it

Repair Station

2850 repairs carried out in our stores last year


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UN Sustainable Development Goals

We see 8 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals as directly applicable to is. This is where we have the biggest impact directly though the operations of Alpkit and Alpkit Foundation.

There are 17 UN goals in total that form a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for us all.

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Business As A Force For Good

We are committed to using business as a force for good. We measure our social and environmental impact according to this independent standard.

We chose B Corp for its high standard, rigour and integrity.

We certified in 2020 and our next certification date is August 2023. Between now and our renewal date we continually review and monitor our perfomrance using their framework.


Gear You'll Love For Longer

Long lasting, repairable and ultimately recyclable gear

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People

Living Wage Foundation Employer

Alpkit Gender Pay Gap Report

Diversity Equality and Inclusion Policy

Volunteer Days

Environment

Carbon Neutral With Science Based Targets

Our full chain carbon footprint

Patching holes in waterproof life cycle analysis

the lifecycle of an alpkit customers waterproof

Our use of natural fibres

Traditional technologies Modern design

Our Zero to Landfill Policy

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Alpkit and the Responsible Down Standard

Responsible Down Standards

Non-mulesing merino

Why pure non-mulesed merino is good

What Is Polygiene And Why Do We Use it

We use the Bluesign approved Polygiene to keep you clothes fresher for longer

Microfibres

How Alpkit Is Helping Understand The Use Of Plastics In Clothing

What is the Responsible Wool Standard

RWS Explained

Fire Retardants In Tents

Fire Retardants In Tents

What is PFC Free and why does it matter

What PFC-Free Means

Buy Once Buy Well

Why less is more

Supply Chain

Factories of Alpkit

Who makes our gear

Alpkit Factory Code of Conduct

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Modern Slavery Statement

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Alpkit Code Of Ethics

Read Our Code

Latest Sustainability News

We’ve committed to reduce our carbon emissions by 46%

Our active measures

Shortlisted for Sustainability Entrepreneur of the Year

We're finalists

We've signed the Microfibre 2030 Commitment

Tackling problems together

9 in 10 UK outdoor enthusiasts consider sustainability

Our survey results

2021 Year of Aktivism


January

We started work on our new Edinburgh store. It’s a 100 year old engineering unit that we retrofitted insulation, double glazing and down fans.

February

Held our UK Made week to celebrate that 30% of our products are UK Made according to Department of Trade & Industry rules.

March

Signed up to the Better Business Act to require companies to put people and planet alongside profit.

April

Stores reopened after the long 2021 lockdown. We restarted our Volunteer Program with 5 extra paid days for staff to work with charities and community projects of their choice.

May

Mountain Rescue fund-raisers held donating 10% of total store sales to local Mountain Rescue teams.

June

We adopted the Higg Index to help estimate the environmental impact of the materials we use.

July

Alpkit carbon reduction targets set by the Science Based Targets Initiative. We committed to have our Scope 1 and Scope 2 Emissions and reduce our carbon intensity by 2025.

August

We helped original academic research to better understand the Life Cycle of waterproof jackets.

September

Held Big Shakeout 2022 for the first time since 2018. It’s our end-of-the- summer party and a good fund raiser for the Alpkit Foundation.

October

As a founder member of the Microfibre Consortium we signed up to their 2030 Microfibre Commitment.

November

Alpkit Foundation reached £450,000 awards to more than 1500 projects. Continuum Projects campaigned for down duvets, taking cumulative donations to 5 tonnes. We won a Sustainability Entrepreneur of the Year award at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards

December

Alpkit won Online Retailer Of The Year in TGO Magazine annual awards.

2022 Sustainability Report

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2021 Sustainability Report

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2020 Sustainability Report

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