# Cotopaxi

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed (expired), 2022
**Certified since:** 2021 (most recent: 2022)
**Industry:** Fashion + Apparel
**Website:** https://www.cotopaxi.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://www.cotopaxi.com/pages/sustainable-by-design

## Sustainability story

Climate change is one of the largest single drivers of extreme poverty. It is estimated that without climate action, environmental degradation will displace up to 1.5 billion people by 2050 and there will be an increase to 3.5 million experiencing severe food and water insecurity (IEP, 2020). Taking this foundational contributor to extreme poverty into account, Cotopaxi has continuously worked on reducing its environmental impacts. Since our founding, Cotopaxi has piloted new ways of building friendly and functional products designed using sustainable principles and materials. This year we went past aligning with science-based targets and officially became carbon neutral through undertaking the Climate Neutral certification.

## Emissions (2022)

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

- Scope 1: 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 328 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 13,531 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 0 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 13,859 tCO2e**

### Emissions history (tCO2e)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 (loc) | Scope 2 (mkt) | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2020 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 328 | 0 | 13,531 |

## Reduction plans

### Science-aligned targets
- We commit to reducing 2022 Scope 1, 2, & 3 emissions by 90% by 2045. (completion: 0%)
- We commit to reducing 2022 Scope 1 and 2 emissions 42% by 2030. (completion: 0%)

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — 100% of product recycled, repurposed, or responsible (third party feature such as organic, responsibly sourced down, natural fiber). (source: Raw materials, target: Q1 2022, completion: 97%)
- **Scope 3** — Transition to 100% eco-friendly packaging. Eliminate all single use plastic from packaging by Q1 of 2022. (source: Packaging, target: Q1 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We are aiming to eliminate all single use virgin plastics (polyester) from our products by 2024. We are 94% to goal but need to eliminate one case of single use plastic poly bags and one virgin polyester product line. (source: Raw materials, target: Q1 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We are aiming to assist our largest supplier - Unicorn - to transition from non-renewable grid electricity to 100% renewable hydro electricity in 2022. (source: Supply chain energy use, target: Q1 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Work with manufacturers to install onsite onsite solar to power 60% of the energy use in all Tier 1 suppliers. (source: Supply chain energy use, target: Q1 2025, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Redesign plastic poly bags across consumer shipments and transition to 100% bio-based alternatives. (source: Packaging, target: Q1 2025, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2022)

**Total funding:** $0

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

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