Sustainability

Sustainable strides

This planet is a shared resource, and a shared responsibility. At Otter Products, we’ve taken concrete steps to reduce our impact, enhance our processes, and improve our stewardship. Not because we had to — because it’s the right thing to do.


In house

Our first efforts focused on the area where we have the most control — actions inside our own four walls. After an extensive internal assessment of our practices, we identified and eliminated waste, from the breakroom to the warehouse to the boardroom. In 2024, we made major strides across our organization to reduce our impact. For example, our main distribution center waste reached an over 90% diversion rate from the landfill. The distribution center also focused on overall waste reduction, and from 2023 to 2024 the facility reduced the overall waste-to-landfill amount by 54%.

Infographic: 80% donut graph referring to the previous sentence

We’ve also made moves to minimize our battery and e-waste footprint by participating in the national Call2Recycle steward program. Designated e-waste stations in all our buildings take everything from our very own power products to basic AA batteries to smartphones, which then get shipped out for proper recycling. It doesn’t end there. We’re also part of a nationwide effort to recycle batteries by supporting drop-off stations in retail locations around the United States.

Another milestone within Otter Products’ sustainability journey includes better benchmarking and calculating of our energy, water, waste and greenhouse gas emissions data to understand our year-over-year progress. In 2024, our North American facilities saw reductions in our waste, electricity and natural gas usage.

From 2023 to 2024, we reduced:

  • 13% of our electricity usage
  • This reduction is equivalent to taking 67 gas-powered passenger vehicles off the road for one year! [1]
  • 5% of our natural gas usage
  • 54% of our operational landfilled waste from our primary distribution center

Each year, we undergo a thorough assessment of our sustainability practices through EcoVadis, a global standard for business sustainability ratings. The assessment includes 21 criteria across four core themes: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement. In our latest rating, completed in February 2024, we earned a Committed Badge that demonstrates our progress and dedication toward advancing our sustainability efforts across the business.

[1] According to the EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator

In product

We earned our reputation building reliable, long-lasting mobile accessories that can take a thrashing.

OtterBox Packaging Displaying the UL Environmental Claim Validation Mark

We’re proud that certain products have earned Environmental Claim Validations for Recycled Content from UL, one of the most respected third-party testing and validation bodies. Products bearing UL Environmental Claim Validation Mark undergo routine audits and rigorous testing to prove they contain recycled content, further providing peace of mind to our customers. You can find which products have been certified for recycled content by looking for the UL marking on packaging or looking in the product details sections on our website.

Infographic: Representing 4.6 million pounds of recycled plastic so far

By building a phone case using recycled plastic resins, there’s a long-term impact of giving recycled plastics a second life, instead of sending them to the landfill.

In package

What’s inside our phone cases is important. What they ship in is equally significant. That’s why we redesigned our retail packaging to replace nearly all plastic with materials that are fully recyclable and ready for your at-home blue bin

Inforgraphic that states OtterBox Packaging contains nearly no plastic and is curbside-bin recyclable.

How we get our products onto shelves has changed as well — our new packaging takes up a lot less space on a shipping pallet. That lets us stack more cases, screen protectors and power products into each load, which reduces delivery emissions.

On the horizon

We are proud of the strides we have made in 2024, and we aren’t stopping there. In 2025, we will continue to calculate our carbon footprint to better understand our impact. By understanding and benchmarking our emissions throughout our value chain, we can work toward setting carbon reduction targets and continue our focus of building a smarter, leaner and greener brand. For us, for you and for the planet