How do I submit supporting evidence for the guarantees?

Step 1: Read the ‘Guarantees Guides' to check the criteria and evidence required for each guarantee.

Please do this before completing the form to ensure you meet the qualifying criteria for your chosen guarantees and can provide all the necessary evidence required.

Step 2: Complete your 'Guarantees Evidence Form' and provide relevant evidence  

When your products and profile are live on the site you will receive an email titled, 'Please complete your Guarantees Evidence Submission 🌎', like the below. Click the 'Request Guarantees Evidence Form' once you are ready to submit your evidence. 


Then, you will receive an email from our parter form provider who will provide an access link for 30 days (see below). You will also be prompted to create an access code so you can save your form in a draft format and come back to it later. 

Step 3: Completing the form

The form is tailored to your brand, requesting specific evidence depending on your brand size and where you manufacture.

You will be asked for:
Manufacturer location(s)
Number of workers at the facility(s)

You will be prompted to submit evidence for Happy Worker which is mandatory for all brands and after you will have the opportunity to select additional guarantees.

We ask for your product category to ensure you’re selecting guarantees applicable to your product category. If you do not see a guarantee on the list it means it does not apply to your product category. 

Please ensure you supply all the evidence requested otherwise we will be unable to award the guarantee.

 

Step 4: Receive your personalised feedback 

Once our team has reviewed your evidence you will receive personalised feedback through email informing you either:

• Additional evidence is required / some of your guarantees have been denied 
• All your guarantees have been approved and we require no further evidence.

Once you’ve finished editing your form hit submit to send it to the team to review. 
We’ll get back in contact to confirm your guarantees. We will remove / add your guarantees to your profile page as needed.

 

Step 4: Complete this process on an annual basis

We will request you resubmit evidence for your guarantees on an annual basis for two key reasons: 

1. It gives you the opportunity to gain additional guarantees to showcase your sustainability credentials and progress.
2. We need to ensure the sustainability claims presented on the W&B platform are still accurate and true.

 

Why do we ask for supporting evidence for the guarantees? 

Our vetting criteria was formulated with ESG experts and uses the Green Claims Code as our guiding framework. 

The evidence we ask brands to submit follows the structure of:

• Written evidence to describe your practice where necessary
• Third party certifications or documentation to certify and evidence the practice you described

The Competition & Markets Authority requires robust, credible and up-to-date evidence to verify green claims. If Wolf & Badger was challenged on any green claims made on our website, including our guarantees, we are obligated to provide credible third party documentation to evidence all claims made. 

We take any green claims made on our site very seriously and will get in contact with any brands making green claims to provide substantial evidence. You can find more information on this topic here. 

Where is my data stored? 

All sustainability data is processed through our form provider, ContentSnare, and is securely stored in a private Dropbox. All data is only accessible by the W&B Sustainability Team and will remain strictly confidential. No data will be shared and it will only ever be used purely for vetting circumstances.