# Blue Dot Way, LLC

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025
**Certified since:** 2023 (most recent: 2025)
**Industry:** Professional Services
**Website:** https://www.forthebluedot.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://www.forthebluedot.com/about-impact

## Sustainability story

Blue Dot was founded in response to the question: “How do we move the $24b branded merchandise industry toward a sustainable future?” Blue Dot's proprietary platform captures impact data on every product so companies can shop according to their values of sustainability and social care

## Emissions (2025)

**Methodology:** Blue Dot Way, LLC's inventory uses spending data to estimate GHG emissions. Blue Dot Way, LLC 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): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 86 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 86 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 86 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 86 tCO2e**

**Emissions intensity:** Per FTE — FTE

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 | Scope 3 | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4,000 |
| 2023 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2,500 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 28,666.67 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — Implement a low carbon sourcing/purchasing policy to require zero plastic and minimal filler in packaging across packaging from fulfillment/ warehouse to end customer. (source: Packaging, target: Q2 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Transition combination of ground and air freight to only use ground and ocean freight whenever possible across all vendor shipments and shipment to clients. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q3 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Develop an impact scorecard that is our guideline for how we vet our products, including climate related criteria (source: Goods & services, target: Q4 2025, completion: 60%)
- **Scope 3** — We will move our website to a green host by Q3 2025. (source: Software and servers, target: Q3 2025, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Transition from 70% of air and ground to carbon neutral with UPS where possible across All shipments from our warehouse, unless not possible for timeline (source: Downstream shipping, target: 2026, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2025)

**Total funding:** $1,290

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

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

### Projects
- [BVC] Southern Cardamom REDD+ (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $1,290 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2021, location: Cambodia, provider: SeaTrees

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