B Corp status for Berghaus
Outdoor brand Berghaus has achieved B Corp certification and has said it will use its status as part of a “globally recognised community that uses business as a force for good” as a catalyst for reaching “even higher social and environmental standards”.
Assessment for the certification covered governance, workers, community, customers and the environment.
Berghaus has pledged to continue improving its approach to responsible business practices and said this would extend a thread that goes back to the brand’s foundation in 1966 and its commitment to making long-lasting, repairable products. For example, it offers customers a free repairs service, which it calls Repairhaus.
Brand director, Charlie Pym, said achieving the certification obliged the brand to clear a high bar. “We’ve worked hard to show we are worthy of the status,” he said. Berghaus is the first brand in the Pentland Group to secure B Corp status but the group said this would set the stage for its other six brands to follow suit.
