# Biome

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed (expired), 2023
**Certified since:** 2020 (most recent: 2023)
**Industry:** Design + Home
**Website:** https://www.biome.us
**Sustainability page:** https://www.biome.us

## Sustainability story

Biome reconnects people to the incredible benefits of nature with turn-key indoor ecosystems. 

Biome incorporate as a Public Benefit Corporation in 2014 and earned Declare Compliance in 2016 for the first Red List Free hardware products on Earth. 

To further our mission of producing the healthiest and cleanest hardware on Earth, in 2019 we became an inaugural member of Climate Neutral.

## Emissions (2023)

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

- Scope 1: 1 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 7 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 28 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 0 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 36 tCO2e**

### Emissions history (tCO2e)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 (loc) | Scope 2 (mkt) | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2019 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 28 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — Continue to extend the usable life of our products through resilient design. (source: Product use-phase, target: Q1 2022, completion: 75%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from shipping and logistics by reducing the amount of plant replacements sent and weight of our finished products. (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q1 2022, completion: 90%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from our plant supply chain by relocating our operations to be near our suppliers, reducing over 3,000 miles of freight emissions per plant. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q4 2023, completion: 40%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from the largest components of our products by replacing current plastic and aluminum sheet goods with 100% recycled aluminum and plastic for the large chamber of our products. (source: Raw materials, target: Q1 2023, completion: 10%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce post-consumer product waste by increasing the lifecycle of our proudcts from 3 to 5 years. (source: Product end-of-life, target: Q4 2021, completion: 50%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce use of metals in production by transitioning from high use of metals into fully recycled plastics. (source: Raw materials, target: Q2 2020, completion: 25%)
- **Scope 3** — Redesign plant packaging and device packaging across all shipments to customers to eliminate use of non-renewables  by 75%. (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2023, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Eliminate all over-molded plastic components across all product categories. (source: Raw materials, target: Q2 2024, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2023)

**Total funding:** $360

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

### Projects
- [BVC] Borneo Peatlands (Katingan Peatland Restoration and Conservation) (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $360 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2017, location: Indonesia, provider: Pachama

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