Local print experts, Wild Thang, become Certified B Corporation

Wild Thang, a leader in the creative branded clothing, merchandise, and print industry, based in Liverpool has officially announced that is now a a Certified B Corporation.

Joining a global community of businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental impact.

B Corp Certification is a rigorous and comprehensive process that evaluates a company’s impact on its workers, customers, suppliers, community, and the environment.

Wild Thang say that it is one of the company’s biggest milestone moments in their nearly 30-year history and they are now on a mission:

“To deliver one world-class solution that elevates creative branded clothing, merchandise, and print through more sustainable practices and ethical production, ‘The Wild Thang Way’”.

As a Certified B Corporation in the branded merchandise, clothing, and print industry, Wild Thang is now counted among businesses that are helping to lead a global movement toward an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy. The B Corp certification process, overseen by the nonprofit organisation B Lab, evaluates a company’s entire social and environmental performance, from supply chain practices to employee welfare and governance.

Established in 1996 with the support of a small loan from The Kings Trust (formally The Prince’s Trust) Wild Thang are proud of their humble beginning, to now become an industry-leading company and one of the biggest in their sector, boasting over 400 years of combined experience across there multi-award-winning 50+team.

Wild Thang has grown into a creative force within the industry, delivering one world-class solution for creative branded clothing, merchandise, and print both in the UK and internationally.

Becoming B Corp Certified builds on decades of work and formally recognises its unwavering commitment to positive social and environmental change. There are currently over 5 million registered businesses in the UK, and of these, Wild Thang are now one of only 2,640 B-Corps, which they think puts this achievement into real perspective.

Back in early 2023, they publicly launched Wild Thang’s 8-point Long-Term Sustainability Pledge at the Good Small Business Awards, with pledge 8 sharing their intent to become B Corp Certified.

A principle further reflected in its pledge was to plant trees and invest in carbon avoidance schemes for every order received and on behalf of its team. Since February 2023, they have planted nearly 65,000 trees and supported eighteen verified carbon avoidance projects. This is just one aspect of their mission to reach Carbon Net Zero by 2030.

As part of their journey to B Corp Certification, ‘The Wild Thang Way’ ethos with its eight core standards across it, have been a central part of achieving their certification goal, forming the foundation of how they operate, collaborate, and evolve. They include: a commitment to world-class delivery, the power of creativity, a positive and fun workplace culture, professionalism at every touchpoint, a strong team and family ethos, a drive for continuous improvement, there mission to deliver world-class quality and standards, and a deep respect and responsibility for their people, planet, and partners. Those values are more than internal principles; they are their blueprint for building a better and brighter future for everyone.

On Tuesday 9th September, they had a HUGE day of celebrations at Wild Thang HQ and then an evening drinks reception at Baby Club House in Liverpool City Centre with the team, clients, partners, friends, and family.

Andrew Dwerryhouse MD said:

” It was genuinely wonderful to finally celebrate becoming B Corp certified with our amazing team, partners and clients, it has been one of the most challenging and fulfilling journeys we have ever been on as a company, so it now officially becomes one of the biggest milestone moments in our near 30-year history. We decided to become B Corp because it was the right thing to do, it aligned perfectly with our own values and ethics. B Corp certification also happens to be the highest and hardest certification to achieve available in the UK and possibly globally relating to ESG so Internally and externally, these journeys can never happen without complete commitment, expert support and partnership. Every member of the Wild Thang family has been part of helping make this special moment happen, but especially the other directors, senior team and our ESG manager Carrie Dwerryhouse, who has been the driving force to get officially certified. All our team and partners hard work has finally paid off its not every day you can now officially say we are one of the most sustainable, certified and award winning businesses in our industry sector and we have the ability to support other companies become more sustainable by choosing Wild Thang as your trusted branding partner.”

Carrie Dwerryhouse ESG Manager said:

“It’s been nearly 2 years from when we announced our intention to become B Corp and 360 days refining our application to gain certification, so I was more relieved than anything that we have finally got certified. As a world-class team and industry leaders, we think it’s all about trust and every company should be asking the ‘WHY’ question and only aligning with suppliers they genuinely trust who have shared values and ethics. We know that there is still much to be done in the future, but its progress not perfection, with a continuous improvement mindset. We are incredibly proud to be part of the amazing B Corp community. We can’t wait to embed ourselves into this mission and are excited to stand alongside other businesses that are a genuine force for good for both people and planet! Brabners law firm very kindly gave us some important free related legal advice. We also want to extend a special thank you to the 2030hub team, who have been a true partner, giving invaluable guidance which has helped us navigate the B Corp Certification process and has supported completing our carbon audits. Relief definitely turned into celebration at the official announcement and team celebration to see the B Corp flag being raised was an incredibly special and moving moment.”

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