Turning double materiality into strategic clarity for Warby Parker
The Challenge
As a vertically integrated retailer operating across design, global manufacturing and nationwide stores, Warby Parker faced evolving ESG expectations, growing stakeholder expectations and increasing regulatory requirements. Our client sought to build a defensible, forward-looking foundation for transparency, accountability and long-term resilience in addition to clarifying priority risks and opportunities, while strengthening risk monitoring and preparing for emerging disclosure requirements.
Our Approach
qb. led Warby Parker’s first double materiality assessment, engaging leaders across their business and value chain to surface priority risks and opportunities. Building on those insights, we supported accounting, finance and legal teams with climate risk analysis and a gap assessment aligned with best practices and regulatory requirements.
The Impact
The assessment sharpened Warby Parker’s impact strategy, strengthened cross-functional alignment and created a strong foundation for climate risk management and future disclosures.
“qb. quickly understood our business, our culture and what makes Warby Parker distinct. They engaged teams across every function, including our Co-CEOs and senior leaders, and surfaced insights that sharpened both our strategy and storytelling. Their double materiality assessment process was thoughtful, thorough and built for a brand like ours.”
Services
Double materiality assessment • Climate risk + ERM advisory • Disclosure readiness
“qb. quickly understood our business, our culture and what makes Warby Parker distinct. They engaged teams across every function, including our Co-CEOs and senior leaders, and surfaced insights that sharpened both our strategy and storytelling. Their double materiality assessment process was thoughtful, thorough and built for a brand like ours.”
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