How do I submit supporting evidence for the guarantees?

There are 5 steps to obtaining your ESG 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: Request your 'Guarantees Evidence Form'  

You will receive an email titled, 'Welcome to the ESG Guarantees 🌎', like the one below: 

Click the 'Request Guarantees Evidence Form' once you are ready to submit your evidence.

Then, you will receive an email from our partner form provider who will provide an access link to your submission. 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. Due to this, you will be asked for:
- Manufacturer location(s)
- Number of workers at the facility(s)

There are two guarantees that are mandatory for all brands: Happy Worker and Independent Brand.
Happy Worker is assessed on whether you manufacture in-house or outsource, plus your manufacturing location and size. See exactly how it works in our Happy Worker methodology guide.

Beyond those two, select any of our other guarantees that apply to your business and product category - the more you qualify for, the stronger your profile.

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

For a demo of how the evidence submission portal works please watch the video below: 

Accessing The Guarantees Evidence Portal 🌟 - Watch Video

 

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.

If we require extra evidence / need further clarification, there will be a link in the email taking you back to the portal to make edits. Our team may also reach out to you directly via email or leave comments on your form advising what is needed if certain sections have been rejected.

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 and we will remove / add your guarantees to your profile page as needed.

Step 5: 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 and photographic evidence to describe your practice
• 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.