Dear friends,
It is with genuine joy that I announce that Ysé has achieved B Corp certification.
Today, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to my incredible team and to each and every one of you. Together, we are building strong connections, creating, and renewing ourselves to do better every year. Because every action leaves a mark, and every creation is a commitment. This letter is an opportunity for me to convey my sincere appreciation to you all.
As you may know, B Corp is an internationally renowned label. Progressive and demanding, it recognises good practices among companies in terms of social, environmental, and societal impact. It recognises companies that excel in social, environmental, and societal impact. B Corp represents a new path for the business world, encouraging it to rethink its role in our society.
We have always embraced a philosophy of striving to do better and acting consciously, guided by our commitment and common sense.
This certification is not an endpoint, but rather a milestone that empowers us to lead the way with ever greater transparency and sincerity.
We'll always have your body in mind and the desire to create a fairer world at heart.
Ysé remains committed to every woman and to a brighter future.
We look forward to taking the next steps with you.
Clara
What is B corp?
B Corp is a label created in 2006 in the United States to rethink what it means to be a successful company.
It encourages companies to consider sustainable development when evaluating their success.
Being a B Corp company means being part of an international community of companies that are committed to doing business differently and meeting high social and environmental standards.
The companies in the community are integrating into their strategies the constant improvement of their commitment standards in various areas:
- Governance: transparency, financial health, stakeholder involvement, etc.
- Employees: salaries, pensions, additional services offered to employees, health and well-being, career development, satisfaction, holidays, etc.
- The environment: internal environmental management, air and climate management, water management, materials used, traceability, etc.
- Communities: diversity and inclusion, local hiring and purchasing policies, civic engagement and donations, supply chain management.
- Customers: customer management, customer feedback, quality control, inclusive marketing, etc.
Ysé's commitments
At Ysé, our ambition is to create something beautiful and good, and to always try to do better.
These strong commitments are based on a few of points:
Ysé's commitments
- Near imports: materials and products manufactured in the Euro-med zone (Europe and the Mediterranean basin).
- Materials carefully selected to limit their impact on the environment: we favour a minimum of 50% recycled, organic or responsible fibres for viscose and wool, as well as French or upcycled materials. This autumn-winter 2024 season, we have managed to achieve 95% more responsible fibres in all our collections.
- Audited workshops to ensure good working conditions at our production partners.
- A partnership with the Rêv'elles association for over 2 years.
- Special attention for our employees at head office and in our shops: sustainable mobility pass, sports pass, regular social and environmental awareness workshops, etc.
Key numbers
In 2022, 72% of our collections were made from more responsible materials.
In 2023, it was 87%.
In 2024, it was 86%.
*Materials made from recycled fibres, organic, French, upcycled or from sustainably managed forests.
2025-2026
Always with the aim of doing better, for the years to come we want to:
- Maintain over 90% responsible materials in our collections.
- Introduce micro-donations.
- Reduce our packaging waste with, for example, reusable packaging.
- More product labelling.
