# August

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025
**Certified since:** 2023 (most recent: 2025)
**Industry:** Health + Beauty
**Website:** https://www.itsaugust.co/
**Sustainability page:** https://www.itsaugust.co/impact-sustainability/

## Sustainability story

August is a period care brand working to reimagine periods to be powerful. Our products are super comfortable, effective, and sustainable. All of our period care is made with 100% organic cotton, free of harmful toxins, the healthier choice for you and for our planet. At August, our customers hold the power. They can opt into a longer subscription to save on shipping emissions, and can donate period products to those in need with their purchase. We believe the production of our products shouldn’t be a scary dark secret. All sustainability and traceability information for our carbon neutral period care is available on our website.

## Emissions (2025)

**Methodology:** August's inventory uses spending data to estimate GHG emissions. August attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate Project team reviews the submission for compliance with the Standard.

- Scope 1: 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 4 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 4 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 2,423 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 2,423 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 2,427 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 2,427 tCO2e**

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

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 | Scope 3 | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.35 |
| 2023 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.32 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 2,423 | 0.23 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — We will reduce zone 7+ shipments by 80% within our US distribution. (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q4 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We will reduce the manufacturing of our 4 count products (our smallest count size) by 95%. (source: Raw materials, target: Q1 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Develop a new menstrual cup to reduce emissions associated with up to 2500 single-use period products per menstruator over 10 years. (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We will ship our products in higher count sizes to reduce total packaging used per piece by 25%. (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2025, completion: 75%)
- **Scope 3** — Eliminate all poly bags across merchendise items that we sell. (source: Packaging, target: 2026, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Transition polyethylene tampon wrappers to paper and plant-based film wrappers across all tampon skus. (source: Packaging, target: 2025, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2025)

**Total funding:** $36,434.08

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $6,814.08
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $0
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [VCA] Switching from PE tampons wrappers to paper! (Low-carbon material switching, Materials & Manufacturing): $6,814.08
- [BVC] Rio Grande Valley Landfill (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $23,430 — type: Landfill Gas, registry: Climate Action Reserve, vintage: 2023, location: USA, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)
- [BVC] Canadian Valley Landfill Gas Project (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $6,190 — type: Landfill Gas, registry: Climate Action Reserve, vintage: 2023, location: Canada, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)

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Source: https://explore.changeclimate.org/brand/august
API documentation: https://api-docs.changeclimate.org/certified-brands.html