Our Journey to Sustainability
Devoted to Style.
Dedicated to Sustainability.
At FatFace, we believe style and sustainability should go hand in hand. We launched our first sustainability strategy back in 2008 and our journey continues today.
Our Manifesto
We’re committed to doing better, and we promise to make the best choices for our product, our planet, and our community.
We will continue to work closely with our supply chain on people and planet issues.
We will continue to look at ways we can design product to be less impactful, and that will use more responsible materials.
We will work with honesty, integrity and passion to be a retailer and brand that is kinder to our planet and its people.
FATFACE IS NOW
B CORP™ CERTIFIED
We’re as pleased as can ‘B’ that our business is now B Corp™ Certified.
Product
We continue to meet our 100% responsibly sourced cotton target, and are committed to using more responsible materials.
Each year we’re working hard to increase the percentage of more sustainable raw materials we use as we work towards the targets in our sustainability strategy.
In our supply chains we’re reducing our impact on the environment through using less chemicals, reducing water consumption and making sure the people who make our clothes are treated fairly.
Planet
We’re committed to our business being carbon neutral by 2025, ensuring we’re reducing our impact on our planet.
From energy reduction, increasing waste recycling and reducing our use of plastic; there’s a lot going on.
Community
We’re absolutely dedicated to supporting our local communities.
Whether that’s our employees, partners, customers, or local, national and international charities; we pride ourselves on making changes that truly make a difference.
We’re committed to raising the equivalent of 1% of our profits for chosen charity partnerships and donating our time to help good causes.
What have we achieved?
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2008
Joined the Ethical Trading Initiative.
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2009
The FatFace Foundation launched.
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2013
Joined the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety.
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2015
Launched our first Sustainability strategy.
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2016
Became a proud member of Better Cotton.
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2018
Launched in-store garment collections for reuse and recycling.
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2019
Achieved our commitment to responsibly source 100% of the cotton for our cotton products.
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2020
Launched our 2025 Sustainability strategy. In addition, supporting communities at home and abroad we donated over 15,000 items and over £50,000 to our nominated charities.
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2021
Carbon neutral for emissions from our UK operation
Launched FatFace Preloved. Reloved. in the UK to help customers give their unwanted clothes a new home.
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2022
Planted 60,000 trees in our 75 year partnership with the National Forest and have become Carbon neutral for UK operations for the 2nd year.
Claim Standard (RCS) and Global Recycled Standard (GRS).
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2023
The FatFace Foundation has donated over £2m to local, national and international charities.
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April 2023
We're officially B Corp Certified.
Did You Know?
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As of 2024, 73% of our viscose is more responsibly sourced LENZING™ ECOVERO™ viscose.
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We’ve achieved this by sourcing both organically grown cotton and responsibly sourced Better Cotton for all our clothing.
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39% of our polyester is from recycled sources, as certified by the Global Recycling Standard and Recycled Claim Standard.