website
zerowastestore.com/
category
Everyday essentials
first certified
2024
current certification year
2024
Parent brand
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Wherever you see the Climate Neutral Certified label, it means the company is accountable for its greenhouse gas emissions. To earn the label, a company must annually measure cradle-to-customer emissions, implement specific action plans to reduce emissions, and invest in high quality, verified carbon credits.
The certification requirements are detailed in the rigorous, peer-reviewed Climate Neutral Certified Standard. Each company’s application is reviewed for compliance by Change Climate’s certification team.
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ZeroWasteStore's emissions inventory uses financial estimates based on spending data. ZeroWasteStore attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with our Standard.
1,994 tCO2e
Roughly equal to driving 445 gas-powered cars for one year
2.63 kgCO2e per dollar of value added
Emissions intensity
02
ZeroWasteStore has adopted near-term action plans to reduce GHG emissions within the next 12-24 months.
Active
Source of emissions
Operational waste
Action
Reduce waste from plastic shipping material from suppliers by 50% by recycling via Terracycle in the ZWS warehouse and office.
Status
Newly set
Complete By
Q3 2025
Scope
Scope 3
Source of emissions
Packaging
Action
Invest in a cardboard shredder to reuse 75% of cardboard from incoming shipments for outgoing packaging.
Status
Newly set
Complete By
Q4 2025
Scope
Scope 3
Completed
Source of emissions
Employee commuting
Action
We will create and implement a work from home option for employees by Q2 2023.
Status
Completed
Complete By
Q2 2023
Scope
Scope 3
Source of emissions
Packaging
Action
We plan to communicate and work with our manufacturing and wholesale partners to reduce the amount of packaging used in our shipments by 10% ...read more
Status
Completed
Complete By
Q1 2024
Scope
Scope 3
03
ZeroWasteStore addressed last year’s emissions by buying and retiring an equal amount of high quality, verified carbon and clean energy credits.
Emissions accounted for
1,994 tCO2e
Roughly equal to keeping 2,233,280 pounds of carbon in the ground
Total investment
$7,236
Project types
Type
Wind
Description
Projects that support wind energy generation in order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
Type
Avoid deforestation
Description
Projects that reduce the risk of deforestation in important forest ecosystems.
ZeroWasteStore started with the mission to help people rethink the way they consume. Co-Founder Sarah, has always been super passionate about wildlife and the environment. As she got older, she realized there were many problems with our planet and wanted to make a change. Over the last 4 years, ZWS has worked to educate consumers on the importance of reducing waste, inspire their community to make a lasting positive impact, and offset plastic & carbon from the environment! ZWS has developed the world's first sustainable shopping app, created their own line of daily essentials, is now Climate Neutral Certified, and they are just getting started! Climate Neutral is helping ZWS take their sustainability goals to the next level by guiding them on reducing their footprint for a waste-free future!
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