A carbon portfolio that matched Alpkit’s values.

Alpkit is a British outdoor and cycling brand with environmental responsibility built into its business since 2004. It is a Certified B Corporation and supports grassroots environmental action through the Alpkit Foundation.

The team had already worked with Nottingham Trent University to calculate its footprint and establish science-based reduction targets. In 2023 it wanted a specialist partner to help address remaining Scope 1–3 emissions through certified offsets.

The brief was specific. Projects needed to reflect the places Alpkit manufactured, including China, benefit people as well as nature and fit a budget that also supported the Foundation’s wider work.

One Tribe’s carbon team worked through Alpkit’s goals, manufacturing locations and preferred project types before sourcing a diversified portfolio. Due diligence covered both renewable energy and nature-based projects.

The impact page gave Alpkit a place to explain the portfolio and its funding. Project information and visual reporting brought the details together, helping the customer-facing brand communicate what it was doing.

The projects supported renewable energy, forest protection, biodiversity and local livelihoods. This complemented Alpkit’s wider approach, which continued to prioritise reductions in the company’s own emissions.

One Tribe sourced and retired credits covering 3,333 tCO₂e. The work combined a quick delivery timetable with a portfolio selected around the company’s values and manufacturing footprint.

Projects were benchmarked against UN Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 6, 8, 13, 15 and 17. Alpkit could continue its reduction programme with a clearer, documented approach to its separate offset activity.