# ACURE

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025
**Certified since:** 2024 (most recent: 2025)
**Industry:** Health + Beauty
**Website:** https://acure.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://acure.com/pages/climate-neutral-certified

## Sustainability story

About your brand: Acure is a clean skincare company founded in 2010.
The company creates products for face, body, and hair that are proven to target specific concerns. Every product serves a purpose and is scientifically formulated for the skin and the planet. The company is also Climate Neutral Certified — having measured and fully offset their carbon beginning in 2024.

## Emissions (2025)

**Methodology:** ACURE's emissions inventory uses a mix of spending and activity-based data. ACURE attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with the Standard.

- Scope 1: 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 37 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 37 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 3,444 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 3,444 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 3,481 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 3,481 tCO2e**

**Emissions intensity:** Per dollar of value added — dollar of value added

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 | Scope 3 | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2023 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2.71 |
| 2024 | 0 | 37 | 3,444 | 0.98 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — We will reduce our need for overnight shipping by 5% in our 3PL location by being more intentional with our shipping and reducing overnight shipments. (source: Hub Group Transport, target: Q1 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We will reduce single use marketing handouts and coupons by 10% by switching to digital formats. (source: Raw materials, target: Q1 2025, completion: 60%)
- **Scope 3** — We will reduce the need of LTL shipments upstream by 2% by working to ensure we utilize full trucks as often as possible. (source: Upstream shipping, target: 2026, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — We will reduce the use of overnight shipping on all shipments outside of e-commerce orders by 2% by setting a timeline with our team of how much notice we need for a request to avoid rushing. (source: Downstream shipping, target: 2026, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2025)

**Total funding:** $52,378.63

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $5,341.67
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $2,500
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [VCA] 50% PCR Bottles (Low-carbon material purchase, Materials & Manufacturing): $772.5
- [VCA] 50% PCR Caps (Low-carbon material purchase, Materials & Manufacturing): $154.5
- [VCA] Virgin vs PCR Aluminum Tubes - 30mm (Low-carbon material purchase, Materials & Manufacturing): $3,282.1
- [VCA] Virgin vs PCR Aluminum Tubes - 10mm (Low-carbon material purchase, Materials & Manufacturing): $259.6
- [VCA] PCR Aluminum Tubes - 20mm Tubes (Low-carbon material purchase, Materials & Manufacturing): $872.97
- [OC] Change Climate BEE License & guided support (Supplier engagement initiatives & collaborations, Market Transformation Initiatives): $2,500
- [BVC] Southern US Rice Cultivation (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $6,010.2 — type: Agriculture, registry: Climate Action Reserve, vintage: 2021, location: USA, provider: Patch
- [BVC] Southern US Rice Cultivation (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $20,559.76 — type: Agriculture, registry: Climate Action Reserve, vintage: 2022, location: USA, provider: Patch
- [BVC] Southern US Rice Cultivation (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $8,745 — type: Agriculture, registry: Climate Action Reserve, vintage: 2023, location: USA, provider: Patch
- [BVC] Southern US Rice Cultivation (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $9,222 — type: Agriculture, registry: Climate Action Reserve, vintage: 2024, location: USA, provider: Patch

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