# F Bass Inc.

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025
**Certified since:** 2023 (most recent: 2025)
**Industry:** Manufacturing
**Website:** https://fbass.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://fbass.com/

## Sustainability story

As a company that primarily works with wood, sustainability is incredibly important to us as our craft will not be possible in the future without respect for the resources we have now. Our goal is for all our operations to have sustainability in mind, and to be a pioneer in the instrument manufacturing business as an environmentally conscious company.

## Emissions (2025)

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

- Scope 1: 14 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 1 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 1 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 111 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 111 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 126 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 126 tCO2e**

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

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 (loc) | Scope 2 (mkt) | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2022 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 124 | 742.27 |
| 2023 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 924.24 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 111 | 111 | 750 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 1** — Implement energy conservation measures to reduce consumption by installing better insulating doors in our factory and office spaces. (source: Energy at offices or controlled facilities, target: Q2 2024, completion: 75%)
- **Scope 3** — Transition our current server to a lower carbon alternative across our website. (source: Software and servers, target: Q2 2025, completion: 75%)
- **Scope 3** — We will review materials that we currently use and identify lower carbon alternatives to use in the future. (source: Raw materials, target: Q2 2024, completion: 75%)
- **Scope 1** — Installation of new energy efficient air conditioning for cooling in the summer and furnace for heating in the winter. (source: Energy at offices or controlled facilities, target: Q4 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Implement a 4-day work week to reduce employee commuting frequency. (source: Employee commuting, target: Q4 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Transition all of 9v batteries to renewable, locally sourced batteries across all basses (source: Raw materials, target: 2026, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Transition Plastic bubble wrap, tape to biodegradable tape, paper packing, etc. across consumer shipments (source: Packaging, target: 2026, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2025)

**Total funding:** $2,693.16

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $2,693.16
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $0
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [VCA] Furnace and Air Conditioning (Energy efficiency, Efficiency & Electrification): $2,693.16

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