# Ancient + Brave

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025
**Certified since:** 2021 (most recent: 2025)
**Industry:** Food + Beverage
**Website:** https://ancientandbrave.earth
**Sustainability page:** https://ancientandbrave.earth/pages/about-us

## Sustainability story

We are committed to minimising our footprint and improving our environmental performance as an integral part of our business strategy. We're in business to make a change and work with organisations that hold us to the highest standards of verified performance like ESGmark. We have financially committed to protect the future of the planet and are members of 1% for the Planet. We've decided to go further and pledge another 1% of our global revenues to support grassroots causes and community projects in the UK and beyond. This year, we were ranked 128nd in the FoodTech500 and in 2022 announced our certified B Corp status. At Ancient + Brave we put people and the planet at the heart of our business.

## Emissions (2025)

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

- Scope 1: 8 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 1,047 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 1,047 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 1,055 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 1,055 tCO2e**

**Emissions intensity:** Per dollar of revenue — dollar of revenue

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 (loc) | Scope 2 (mkt) | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 0.21 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 437 | 0.35 |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264 | 0.17 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 394 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1,047 | 1,047 | 0.04 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — We plan to move storage and fulfilment in-house in order to reduce emissions of transporting goods between different facilities. (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q3 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to become a zero-waste office by 2022. (source: Operational waste, target: Q3 2023, completion: 95%)
- **Scope 3** — We are increasing our usage of compostable packaging for our products. (source: Packaging, target: Q3 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce cardboard wastage at our warehouse. (source: Operational waste, target: Q2 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Increase use of local suppliers by 10% in our raw materials/finished products to support the local economy and reduce emissions. (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2024, completion: 90%)
- **Scope 3** — Manufacture goods closer to our consumers to reduce miles traveled across  Europe. By localising production we will be able to reduce the transportation of finished goods to both distributors and final consumers throughout Europe. (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q4 2024, completion: 50%)
- **Scope 3** — We will assess our ingredient suppliers to ensure that a minimum of 90% utilize renewable energy sources. (source: Supply chain energy use, target: Q4 2025, completion: 30%)
- **Scope 1** — Move to a minimum of 65% renewable energy for our head office (source: Energy at offices or controlled facilities, target: Q4 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We will introduce recyclable pouch options for 100% of our powder products in glass jars (source: Packaging, target: 2026, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Eliminate all unnecessary packaging components  across our capsule pouch range (source: Packaging, target: 2025, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2025)

**Total funding:** $15,902.35

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $1,678.6
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $2,373.75
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [OC] Life Cycle Analysis (Net-zero consulting services, Planning, Research & Development): $2,373.75
- [VCA] Richmond EV charging point (Electrification, Efficiency & Electrification): $1,678.6
- [BVC] Southern Cardamom REDD+ (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $10,125 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2021, location: Cambodia, provider: SeaTrees
- [BVC] Southern Cardamom REDD+ (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $1,725 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2021, location: Cambodia, provider: SeaTrees

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