# Ecoforms

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed (expired), 2024
**Certified since:** 2023 (most recent: 2024)
**Industry:** Design + Home
**Website:** https://www.ecoforms.com
**Sustainability page:** https://www.ecoforms.com

## Sustainability story

Based in Northern California, EcoForms is a family-founded business that grew out of the desire to find an alternative to plastic pots. The seed of our efforts was the founding of Sweetwater Nursery in 1977. For almost 30 years, we have brought organic plants to West Coast gardeners — exploring the secrets of each variety in our trial gardens, and then sharing the best with our customers. Continuing the use of plastic pots in our nursery concerned us. Our search for an alternative led us to the resilient, yet compost-able, pots made from renewable grain fibers,today’s EcoForms™ pots

## Emissions (2024)

**Methodology:** Ecoforms's inventory uses spending data to estimate GHG emissions. Ecoforms 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): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 319 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 0 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 319 tCO2e**

**Emissions intensity:** Per dollar of value added — dollar of value added

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2.23 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 319 | 1.71 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — Eliminate flight-based business travel for all employees  by not attending trade shows. (source: Business travel, target: Q1 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 1** — Upgrade our existing solar panels to power 94% of the energy use in our warehouse and offices. (source: Energy at offices or controlled facilities, target: Q1 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 1** — Upgrade our office heating system from propane to electric. (source: Energy at offices or controlled facilities, target: Q1 2026, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce employee commuting emissions by 33% for of all employees by establishing a work from home policy. (source: Employee commuting, target: Q4 2025, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2024)

**Total funding:** $1,998.5

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

### Projects
- [BVC] Ningxia Xiangshan Wind Farm (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $1,098.5 — type: Renewable Energy, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2021, location: China, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)
- [BVC] Hudson Tech HFC Reclamation Georgia (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $900 — type: Industrial, registry: American Carbon Registry, vintage: 2021, location: USA, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)

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