# Allbirds

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed (expired), 2024
**Certified since:** 2020 (most recent: 2024)
**Industry:** Fashion + Apparel
**Website:** https://www.allbirds.com/

## Sustainability story

At Allbirds, we believe in making better things in a better way. We are on a mission to prove that comfort, design, and sustainability aren’t mutually exclusive by making premium footwear and apparel with natural and recycled materials. Our sustainability approach involves measuring the carbon footprint of our product and corporate operations, reducing our impact through regenerative agriculture, renewable materials, and responsible energy, and supporting nature-based carbon removal projects.

## Emissions (2024)

**Methodology:** Allbirds's emissions inventory uses a mix of spending and activity-based data. An independent third party verification ensures accuracy and completeness of the inventory. The Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with the Standard.

- Scope 1: 446 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 281 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 20,726 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 0 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 21,453 tCO2e**

**Emissions intensity:** Per unit of product — unit of product

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 (loc) | Scope 2 (mkt) | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2019 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| 2020 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 10.29 |
| 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 9.5 |
| 2023 | 446 | 0 | 281 | 0 | 20,726 | 8.75 |

## Reduction plans

### Science-aligned targets
- We commit to reducing 2020 Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions 42% by 2030. (completion: 20%)

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce manufacturing emissions from fossil fuels. (source: Supply chain energy use, target: Q4 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce transportation and distribution emissions from air freight. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q4 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from footwear packaging. (source: Packaging, target: Q2 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We will transition materials in our footwear to lower carbon natural and recycled alternatives. (source: Raw materials, target: Q2 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 2** — Reduce non-renewable energy use in retail stores (where available) (source: Energy at offices or controlled facilities, target: Q2 2021, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce footwear midsoles made from EVA (source: Raw materials, target: Q2 2021, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We will shift and consolidate manufacturing with a supplier in Vietnam and support the use of renewables to meet electricity demand (onsite solar and/or EACs). (source: Supply chain energy use, target: Q4 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Implement a low carbon sourcing/purchasing policy to increase regenerative sources by 100% across all Allbirds wool. (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2024, completion: 1%)
- **Scope 3** — Redesign upper and lining materials across footwear styles to decrease raw material emissions. (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2025, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Redesign insole top cloth material across footwear styles to decrease raw material emissions. (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2025, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2024)

**Total funding:** $345,679.48

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $257,923.48
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $0
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [VCA] Non-carbon credit rollup (Low-carbon material purchase, Materials & Manufacturing): $257,923.48
- [BVC] Mississippi River Islands Forest Conservation Project (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $45,408 — type: Forestry, registry: American Carbon Registry, location: USA, provider: Native
- [BVC] Envira Amazonia (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $26,580 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2019, location: Brazil, provider: Native
- [BVC] Patagonia Region Improved Grazing Project (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $15,768 — type: Grasslands, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2023, location: Argentina, provider: Native

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