Berghaus is among the brands owned by Pentland. Photo: Berghaus

The company that owns the Berghaus brand has set out its timetable to become a net-zero business by 2032.

Pentland Brands said the date coincides with the centenary of the founding of its parent company.

A company spokesperson said: “Through science-based carbon emission reductions and off-setting initiatives, the brands will achieve net zero between 2024 and 2032.

“Initiatives include planting 50 million trees by 2032 to restore healthy forests, increase biodiversity and reduce extreme poverty.

Sara Brennan, positive business director for Pentland Brands said: “For nearly one hundred years we’ve been a pioneer of brands that make life better. But our world has changed, and we need to accelerate our actions.

“We know there’s much more work to be done, but everyone within the Pentland Brands family is passionate about helping to create a world that’s better, fairer and greener. Our teams are already working together on the initiatives that will help us to achieve our ambitious 2032 targets.”

Sara Brennan: 'we need to accelerate our actions'

As well as Berghaus, Pentland Brands also owns Speedo, ellesse, Endura, Canterbury and Mitre.

It said its three main targets of its 100-1-0 strategy were to help 100 million of its customers live positive, active, sustainable lifestyles; to improve the lives of one million people in its communities; and to be a net-zero business by 2032.

The company said its brands will increase their drive to create more sustainable products and services, including those which support emotional and physical wellbeing. “They will also accelerate their focus on bringing communities together and supporting causes that matter to their consumers,” the spokesperson said. “By 2032, these actions will help 100 million consumers live positive, active, sustainable lifestyles.

“Pentland Brands has committed to having 100 per cent transparency across its supply chain, to help protect human rights and the environment.

“In a world where discrimination, prejudice and injustice are dividing societies, the business is dedicated to being champions for social mobility, diversity and inclusivity. Pentland Brands will give one per cent of profits to charity every year and, over the next 10 years, its brands will donate half a million products to those most in need.

“By 2032, these actions will help improve the lives of one million people in its communities.”

Pentland Brands is a division of the Pentland Group, a privately owned family business, established in 1932. The group employs more than 50,000 people and has annual sales of £6.6bn. It also holds a majority share in JD Sports Fashion, the high-street and online retailer.

It was established as the Liverpool Shoe Company, which was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1964. It became Pentland Group in the 1980s and acquired Berghaus and a 75 per cent stake in Brasher Boot the following decade. It was returned to private ownership by the Rubin family in 1999.

Pentland Group is a co-founding member of the Ethical Trading Initiative; the World Federation of Sporting Goods Industry; and Action, Collaboration, Transformation. It was an early signatory to the UN’s Global Compact in 2001 and is a co-founding member of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition.

In 2015, Pentland founded the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business at Lancaster University.

The Pentland Brands division appointed Sara Brennan as its first positive business director in January this year.