Our Blog: Sustainable Stories

We’re a Sustainability Award Winner!

We're always thrilled to be nominated for an award, and it's even more exciting when we go and win one! And that’s just what happened at The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Awards Ceremony la...

Going Beyond B Corp Month – What happens next?

As B Corp Month draws to a close (Friday 31st March) this blog post reflects on the inspiring ways that B Corps “Go Beyond” business as usual, to create lasting impact on people and planet, and in...

Millions of women walk for hours every day, just to collect water. But how far would you go?

 The United Nations World Water Day on Wednesday 22nd March is an opportunity to highlight the huge importance of fresh water. Shockingly, 771 million people* worldwide lack access to safe water, ...

Celebrating B Corp Month - The Oxford businesses that put people, planet and purpose over profit

March is B Corp month - a time to celebrate businesses that are verified by B Corp UK to meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability - and Y...

Inspirational Women at Smalls for All

This Wednesday 8th March we celebrate International Women’s Day and the theme this year is about embracing equity - but what does that actually mean and who are the trailblazing women making a dif...

The best stainless steel water bottles in the UK 2023

This week, we're sharing a guest blog from Y.O.U Underwear's Mate of the Month - Onegreenbottle. Their stylish, stainless steel, eco-friendly bottles are reusable and refillable and perfect for the...

Why Organic Cotton Farmers are Y.O.U’s “Fairtrade Fortnight” Heroes

Fairtrade Fortnight 2023 kicks off on Monday 27th February and running to Sunday 12th March, and this year the campaign exposes the harmful effect the climate crisis is having on the future of our ...

How Y.O.U is a Kindness Brand

Heads up – this Friday 17th February is #randomactsofkindnessday,  a chance to make someone’s day, week, month, or year with a small positive act of kindness. There are so many ways to be kind, su...

How Often Should You Buy New Bras?

Replacing your bra regularly is one way to avoid the dangers of an ill-fitting bra, which can include anything from headaches to back pain from poor posture. But according to a survey carried out b...

How to practice Self-Love

Here at Y.O.U underwear, we believe Self-Love is truly the best relationship goal to have. If you can prioritise spending some quality time on yourself, you will build inner strength, self-compassi...

Cervical Cancer Prevention Week

It’s Cervical Cancer Prevention Week from 23rd to 29th January 2023 - an annual awareness campaign to remind us why smear tests are so vital and to urge people to attend them. They’re by no means f...

Ask Me Anything......Again!

Last year, we invited our Positive Pants Club (that's you lovely lot!) to quiz our Founder & CEO Sarah with your top questions about running a sustainable business. After a busy few months of C...

Three little-known facts about Y.O.U

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, hopefully you already know just how passionate we are about underwear being universally available to people in all communities, but how well do you really k...

Our guide to a tasty Veganuary

Are you vegan curious or have you already converted to a plant-based diet? The start of the year (Veganuary instead of January) - is the perfect time to explore some alternative dietary choices th...

Best of Y.O.U in 2022!

In this last blog of the year, we're celebrating the moments we're most proud of in 2022, and sharing a sneak preview of what's to come in 2023 - including the launch of our fibre-to-fibre recyclin...

Christmas Eco Gifts - Organic and Ethical for under £20! 🎄

Help is here! If you need last minute eco-friendly gifts, you could find JUST what you're looking for below - we've got eco gifts from £10 to £20 including organic cotton hair scrunchies, organic c...

Have an Ethical Christmas - Support a Small Business

Christmas is fast approaching, and it’s the perfect time to highlight Small Business Saturday to help kick start or top up your gift shopping this Saturday 3rd December! Small Business Saturday UK ...

Turning Black Friday GREEN!

It's that mayhem time of year again! Today is known as "Black Friday" - the start of the Christmas shopping season when retailers slash their prices with sky high discounts to woo us and make us fo...

Are we doing enough to lessen climate change?

We’re halfway through COP 27 – the UN Climate Change Conference which is underway in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt and the world is watching! As it enters the final week, (6th – 18th November) this blog i...

Ask Me Anything!

We're committed to growing our Positive Pants Club and a great way to do this is with transparency and trust - so we invited our customers to quiz our Founder & CEO Sarah with your burning ques...