Ace & Tate
North Holland, Netherlands The
July 2021
Other retail sale
Wholesale/Retail
Austria,
Belgium,
Denmark,
France,
Germany,
Ireland,
Netherlands The,
Spain,
Sweden,
Switzerland,
United Kingdom
Hi, we’re Ace & Tate and we make glasses. It sounds fairly simple, and that’s the whole point. From well-designed eyewear to personalised eye care, we’re here to inject a good dose of common sense into our industry. That means driving positive change in the eyewear industry, taking responsibility for our environmental impact, and working towards reducing it to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. We strive to positively impact the communities we engage with, which means enhancing our supply chain, designing and building stores responsibly, and continuously looking for smarter, more mindful solutions. While we know there’s still work to do, our commitment is clear: to become a more responsible business, every day. We don’t label ourselves as a sustainable company, we’re radically honest about where we stand and where we need to go. Every day, we push the boundaries of responsible design to create high-quality eyewear with a lower impact. As a proud member of the B Corp community, we’re on a continuous journey of responsibility. Learn more about our progress on our website.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 17.2
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 16.5
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 12.9
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 26.5
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Customers 11.5
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.