Fashion retailer Fat Face has earned B Corp status, becoming one of just over 1,000 businesses and the largest fashion retailer in the UK to achieve the certification.

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Fat Face: “More focused than ever on finding ways to reduce our impact on the planet”

Fat Face said the certification reflects “progress made across the company’s three-pillar sustainability strategy”, which includes product, planet and community.

Non-profit B Lab certified Fat Face for the accreditation and ensured the retailer met “the highest standards” across accountability, transparency, and social and environmental performance.

Fat Face was awarded the status following a “rigorous” assessment and the fashion retailer said it comes as a result of “long-term efforts to put sustainability at the core of the business”.

The announcement follows Fat Face’s partnership with second-hand fashion marketplace Thrift + last year, which allows customers the opportunity to donate unwanted clothing and support a chosen charity.

Fat Face director of trading and sustainability Nick Stevenson said: “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 10 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.”

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