OUR APPROACH.
At Xploreº, our value proposition extends beyond financial returns. We form long-term partnerships to mentor companies in fostering socially and environmentally responsible practices. Our efforts we put in seamlessly integrate these initiatives into overall business growth, offering support in product development, brand activation, and operational optimization to drive greater impact. By expanding the reach of our partners both internally and externally, we create meaningful value for stakeholders.
We’ve seen first hand the power business has to create value for all, people and planet. Recognizing this, we’re looking to take an active role in funding and growing the next generation of companies who share our vision.
How It Works
When Xploreº invests in your company, you get access to Xplore’s collective services.
Our partnership does not stop with an equity investment, rather continues into long term mentorship. Xplore works directly with the leadership of its portfolio companies to scale the business responsibly. In the first year of partnership, Xplore aids its investments to set up a corporate social responsibility program, measure and offset its carbon footprint, and reduce plastics from packaging. In addition to these initiatives, Xplore’s leadership will actively mentor your company’s leaders in brand and culture development, and set goals for increasingly responsible business practices.
Following our first year of engagement, Xploreº supports its partners in ethical supply chain development, connecting our partners to our Xploreº community and networks. We also aim to further develop company’s corporate social responsibility through numerous paths spanning from diversity and inclusion initiatives to equitable human resource management. During this time, we also help companies begin to more thoroughly measure their impact on biodiversity and global change, allowing them to make data-driven informed decisions about managing an environmentally responsible business.
Beyond this, Xploreº encourages the highest level of responsible business practices, including active involvement in direct on-the-ground action restoring biodiversity through our “Xploreº the Outdoors” fund, the integration of a workforce development program, and responsible product design, all at scale. With Xploreº, you can expect to see continuously improving financial, social, and environmental returns.
Our “Xplore the Outdoors” Fund
Xploreº recognizes that business inherently takes more from the earth than it gives back. As a company, we can operate responsibly, but there is only so much that business can do to protect our environment. This is why we’ve created the “Xploreº the Outdoors” Fund, our 501(c)3 private foundation. Xploreº the Outdoors is focused on using the collective resources of Xplore’s portfolio companies to fund charities who are ambitiously restoring the earth.