OUR SUSTAINABILITY JOURNEY
This planet is a shared resource and a shared responsibility. At Otter Products, we’ve taken concrete steps to reduce our environmental impact, enhance our processes and improve our stewardship through more sustainable business practices throughout our organization. Not because we had to, because it’s the right thing to do.
OUR COMMITMENT
We're committed to our planet, our people and our ongoing sustainability journey. To track our progress, we're rated by EcoVadis, a global standard in business sustainability and use the results to see where we can do more.
The EcoVadis assessment includes 21 sustainability criteria across four core themes: Environment, Labor and Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement.
In June 2026, we earned our third consecutive EcoVadis Committed Badge, demonstrating our continued progress and dedication to advancing sustainability across our business. Our overall EcoVadis assessment score increased from 2025 to 2026, with improvements in Environmental Reporting, Labor and Human Rights practices and Sustainable Procurement measures.
IN HOUSE
Our efforts focus on the area where we have the most control: Actions inside our own four walls. To better understand our progress year over year, Otter Products continues to improve how we benchmark and calculate our energy, water, waste and greenhouse gas emissions.
For example, from 2024 to 2025, our facilities in Ireland and China reduced their annual emissions by 5%. While our global offices are already efficient, this small change is equivalent to the carbon savings from planting 10 trees and having them grow for 10 years.[1]
At the same time, our North America facilities and headquarters reduced natural gas use by 65% and electricity use by 26%. Reducing our electricity use at that level is like charging your smartphone over 31 million times.[1]
After an extensive internal assessment, we also found ways to reduce waste and incorporate sustainable business practices throughout our daily operations, from the breakroom to the warehouse to the boardroom. In 2024, our main distribution center diverted more than 90% of its waste from the landfill.
We also continue to minimize our battery, waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and packaging footprint across our regions in accordance with EU environmental policy. Otter Products contributes to various recycling compliance schemes and we’re constantly improving our Extended Producer Responsibility.
IN PRODUCT
Customers can trust the recycled content claims on our products, like Sole Series and Frē Series, with the UL Environmental Claim Validation Mark. UL, an independent testing organization, regularly audits and tests these products to verify that they contain the stated recycled content.
We earned our reputation building reliable, long-lasting phone and tablet accessories that can take a thrashing. Today, our most popular smartphone case designs contain a minimum of 30% recycled content.
From 2021–2025, we used more than 6.5 million pounds of recycled content in our cases. There are many ways to reduce our environmental impact and we had to choose a path: compostable or recycled materials? Compostable products avoid adding long-lasting waste in the short term, but they still require new raw materials and industrial composting facilities to break down. We chose recycled. By building our phone cases from recycled materials, we pull existing plastic out of the environment and landfills and give it a second life.
IN PACKAGE
What's in our packaging matters just as much as what's in our recycled phone cases. We redesigned our retail packaging to replace nearly all plastic with recyclable materials that can be recycled in your home recycling bin.
The new eco-friendly packaging also changes how our products travel. Each package takes up less space on a shipping pallet, letting us stack more phone cases, screen protectors, chargers and cable products into each shipment. Fewer trucks on the road means lower delivery emissions.
Lastly, we keep refining the details. Our packaging now includes recyclability and material information for multiple countries, so it's clear how to dispose of it. To align with EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations, we've also minimized our retail boxes by reducing unnecessary layers, empty space and single-use plastics. Our eco-friendly packaging materials also comply with our Global Restricted Substance Policy and contain no PFAS or heavy metals.
SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPARENCY
We comply with all applicable Modern Slavery laws and regulations, including the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act. Our supplier contracts require compliance with these and other relevant laws.[2]
Otter Products’ suppliers undergo routine responsible sourcing audits to ensure fair business practices throughout our supply chain. We work with different suppliers to understand their environmental and social impacts, then create systems supporting sustainability.
ON THE HORIZON
We are proud of the strides we made in 2025 toward increasing our sustainable business practices and aren't stopping there. In 2026, we have continued to calculate our carbon footprint to better understand our impact. By understanding and benchmarking our emissions throughout our value chain, we can continue our focus on building a smarter, leaner and greener brand while continuing to advance our sustainability goals. For us, for you and for the planet.
[1] According to: https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator
[2] https://www.otterbox.co.uk/en‑gb/modern‑slavery‑statement.html
