# Elm Organics Norway

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed (expired), 2024
**Certified since:** 2023 (most recent: 2024)
**Industry:** Health + Beauty
**Website:** https://www.elmorganics.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://www.elmorganics.com/pages/certifications

## Sustainability story

Many cosmetic products contain chemical substances that are associated with serious health hazards and that pollute our oceans. We are not willing to take that chance, and we do not think anyone else should either. This has motivated us to create Elm Innovative Organics. When nature's finest raw materials are cultivated with innovative technology, we can make high-quality cosmetics - without harmful chemicals.

## Emissions (2024)

**Methodology:** Elm Organics Norway's inventory uses spending data to estimate GHG emissions. Elm Organics Norway 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): 191 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 0 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 192 tCO2e**

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

### 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 | 26.59 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 10.2 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — Redesign cotton bags and totebags across all cotton goods to use organic cotton or bamboo. (source: Raw materials, target: Q2 2025, completion: 30%)
- **Scope 3** — We aim to reduce emissions from our raw materials by growing a portion of the ingredients we use in the production of our balm at our local organic farm in Norway. (source: Raw materials, target: Q2 2025, completion: 10%)
- **Scope 3** — Implement a policy for low-carbon business travel to require lower-carbon forms of transportation and incentivizing virtual meetings for all employees. (source: Business travel, target: Q4 2025, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce waste from excess production of packaging and marketing materials (catalogs, flyers, booklets etc.) by analyzing precise quantities needed. (source: Operational waste, target: Q4 2025, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2024)

**Total funding:** $4,224

**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): $4,224 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2021, location: Cambodia, provider: SeaTrees

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