OTE Sports
Maximum achievable under Small Brand Protocol: 90/100. See our methodology for explanation.
| Category | Score | % | Callout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon & Emissions | 0 / 20 | 0% | ⚠ Gap |
| Nature, Biodiversity & Materials | 0 / 16 | 0% | ⚠ Gap |
| People & Supply Chain | 3 / 20 | 15% | ⚠ Gap |
| Business Ethos & Governance | 1 / 15 | 7% | ⚠ Gap |
| Transparency & Accountability | 1 / 10 | 10% | ⚠ Gap |
| Nutrition Category | 2 / 19 | 11% | ⚠ Gap |
What OTE Sports does well
OTE Sports is a Leeds-based micro-business founded in 2012, holding the Official Nutrition Partnership of British Triathlon through Paris 2024 and beyond, and supplying the Brownlee Brothers, Beth Potter, Georgia Taylor-Brown, and India Lee. The Leeds manufacturing facility holds BRC Global Standards for Food Safety certification and operates a quality management system based on ISO 9001. Some OTE products are Informed Sport certified, with manufacturing facilities Informed Sport accredited and tested at LGC. Products are described as naturally flavoured with real fruit juice concentrates and no artificial sweeteners.
Where the gaps are
Beyond those facts, the published evidence base is nearly empty. No quantified emissions data, no reduction target, no sustainability or impact report. The brand is not listed on the SBTi Companies Database. A third-party retailer page references an OTE aim to reduce carbon footprint, but this is retailer-generated copy not traceable to any OTE-published position. No biodiversity policy, no organic certification, no published palm oil statement, no PFAS policy on food-contact packaging. No published packaging sustainability policy, recyclability target, or take-back programme. No Supplier Code of Conduct, no Tier 1 supplier list, no living wage commitment. No B Corp, no 1% for the Planet.
Verdict: OTE Sports is rated Listed under the Ethical Endurance Framework. Genuine UK micro-business credentials and substantive elite sport partnerships are real strengths, but published sustainability evidence is almost entirely absent — expected in part at this scale under the Small Brand Protocol, but still the main factor behind the score.
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