At Red Equipment, we believe in doing business responsibly and being open about the positions we take.

We do not engage in lobbying or political advocacy. We use the definition adopted by B Lab and adapted from Transparency International. This means communicating directly or indirectly with public officials, policymakers or their representatives to influence public decision-making. It also includes seeking to influence public opinion beyond normal advertising and marketing in order to shape public decision-making, whether directly or through intermediaries such as consultants, lobbyists or trade associations.

We do not make financial or in-kind contributions to political parties, candidates or campaigns anywhere in the world.

Should we choose to use our voice to influence public policy in the future, we will only do so where we believe we can contribute to positive outcomes for people and the planet.

Any engagement would focus on issues connected to our purpose and the places we care about, such as clean water, access to the outdoors and credible climate action.

The positions we take would be grounded in reliable scientific evidence and consistent with our commitments as a Certified B Corporation, our Climate Action Plan and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Before undertaking any lobbying or political advocacy, we will adopt and publish a full Responsible Lobbying Policy. This will set out our approach, evidence standards, position on political contributions, work with intermediary organisations, governance and internal controls. We will update this statement at that time.

We review this statement at least annually as part of our commitment to transparency and continuous improvement.

This review includes checking our memberships of trade and industry organisations to make sure they are not lobbying on our behalf in a way that is inconsistent with this statement.

Questions or concerns about our political engagement can be sent to team@red-equipment.co.uk or raised through our stakeholder grievance procedure.