BE Sustainable
OUR GOAL
We are committed to help reduce our impact and are on a mission to further innovate and positively impact the environment.OUR IMPACT
We recognize that the apparel industry continues to be one of the largest CO2 emitters on the planet. It is a at the forefront of our we continue to grow and innovate. Being thoughtful in our approaches and finding innovate solutions to address our carbon footprint.
This task, we don't take lightly and look at it as our duty to BE Sustainable.
OUR JOURNEY
2019: Signed on an became Climate Neutral
To coincide with the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, BE Ultimate has partnered with Climate Neutral to offset our carbon footprint. Earth Day 2020’s theme is climate action. Climate Neutral accelerates corporate climate action by helping companies measure and understand their carbon footprints, drives funding into climate change solutions by requiring all Certified Brands to purchase carbon offsets, and reduces harmful emissions.
2020: B-Corp Certified Action Plan
We have laid out a plan to be as transparent as possible as we continue our commitment to becoming B-Corp certified
2021: Approved and became B-Corp Certified
BE Ultimate is proud to announce that it is officially certified as a B Corp business! B Corp is a third party evaluation and accreditation system for businesses looking to widen their impact and be held accountable for their practices.
2021: Compostable bags for shipping
It’s easy to become accustomed to daily routines, to doing things the way they’ve always been done. When we first started out, the bags that our jerseys shipped in were plastic. This is hardly something worthy of note, as most items are shipped in plastic bags or boxes; after all, it’s a versatile material, and since we package our jerseys individually to make distributing them amongst a team easy, a protective, lightweight material was the perfect choice. But stacking up all the packages that went into a single team’s jersey order, knowing that each was destined for the landfill, was sobering. What was the alternative?
2021: Our mission to BE Sustainable
In charting our own path as a sustainable company, we were pushed by the ultimate community, as well as individual athletes we work with, to examine our practices. Through this joint feedback, we measured our environmental impact to find ways to reduce carbon emissions.
2022: Renewed Climate Neutral & B Corp Status
2023: Renewed Climate Neutral & B Corp Status
2024: Partnered with veritree and committed to planted 5 trees for every retail sale in our shop
Veritree, with its commitment to transparency and data-driven results, provides BE Ultimate a platform that connects us with a global network of organizations dedicated to the stewardship of local ecosystems. This platform, further, allows for the ongoing monitoring of planted trees and ecosystems, ensuring their health and growth over the decades.
OUR ACTIONS
BE Ultimate veritree Impact Page
Compares to planting - studio apartments full of trees.
Compares to removing - cars from the road for one year.
Provides - work days to local tree planters.