# Happy Earth

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025
**Certified since:** 2023 (most recent: 2025)
**Industry:** Fashion + Apparel
**Website:** https://www.happyearthapparel.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://www.happyearthapparel.com/pages/about-us

## Sustainability story

Happy Earth is a nature-inspired and comfort-focused sustainable lifestyle apparel brand dedicated to putting the planet first.

With every product purchased, we give back to create positive change. Combating climate change, planting trees, or cleaning up trash - you get to choose the campaign your purchase supports. We make giving back accessible, fun, and fulfilling. From make to mission, people and the planet come first.

## Emissions (2025)

**Methodology:** Happy Earth's inventory uses spending data to estimate GHG emissions. Happy Earth attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate Project team reviews the submission for compliance with the Standard.

- Scope 1: 1 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 1 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 1 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 896 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 896 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 897 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 897 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | 16.71 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 655 | 14.6 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 896 | 896 | 13.96 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — Transition 50% air freight to ocean freight across all apparel sourcing. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q4 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Transition at least 75% of apparel produced to a manufacturing facility in India that operates on renewable energy. (source: Supply chain energy use, target: Q4 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We will reduce plastic in downstream shipping by 75% in favor of curbside recyclable paper (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce waste from cut + sew offcuts 50% by creating products from offcuts and/or including products patterns in unused pattern space in all apparel manufacturing. (source: Operational waste, target: Q4 2025, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Eliminate all single-use plastic across all packaging. (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2025, completion: 95%)
- **Scope 2** — Transition 100% of municipal (nuclear + natural gas + renewable mix) to renewables through our electric utility in our warehouse (source: Electricity, target: 2025, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 1** — Implement energy conservation measures to reduce consumption by evaluating thermal energy loss in our new warehouse (source: Energy at offices or controlled facilities, target: 2026, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2025)

**Total funding:** $14,165.64

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $13,341.64
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $0
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [VCA] Organic Cotton (Low-carbon material purchase, Materials & Manufacturing): $13,341.64
- [BVC] Buried Treasure (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $824 — type: Landfill Gas, registry: Climate Action Reserve, vintage: 2022, location: Mexico, provider: Cool Effect

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Source: https://explore.changeclimate.org/brand/happy-earth
API documentation: https://api-docs.changeclimate.org/certified-brands.html