# Hitch

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed (expired), 2023
**Certified since:** 2020 (most recent: 2023)
**Industry:** Everyday essentials
**Website:** https://carryhitch.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://carryhitch.com/pages/climate-positive

## Sustainability story

We believe in making a positive impact beyond the products that empower our customers to live zero-waste. We're funding the restoration of forest and marine ecosystems damaged by the production and disposal of single-use paper and plastic. To date, we've planted over 30,000 trees and removed the equivalent of over 2.6 million plastic water bottles from the ocean through our nonprofit partners. We're also working towards a more closed-loop, sustainable future by designing out the waste from our packaging, extending our products lifespan through modularity, and running a take-back program to ensure products are recycled at the end of life.

## Emissions (2023)

**Methodology:** Hitch's emissions inventory uses a mix of spending and activity-based data. Hitch 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): 1 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 294 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 0 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 295 tCO2e**

### Emissions history (tCO2e)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 (loc) | Scope 2 (mkt) | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2019 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 294 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 2** — As our company is growing we plan to reduce emissions from all Scope 2 related emissions. (source: Electricity, target: Q2 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce the emissions from purchased product materials. (source: Raw materials, target: Q2 2022, completion: 50%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from product shipments to the consumer. (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q2 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from product shipments to the consumer. (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q2 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce the amount of non-recycled steel in our product. (source: Raw materials, target: Q1 2024, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 2** — Reduce gas and electricity use at the office (source: Electricity, target: Q3 2020, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 2** — Reduce non-renewable energy use at office (source: Energy at offices or controlled facilities, target: Q4 2020, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce emissions from purchased plastics (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2020, completion: 75%)
- **Scope 3** — We will add 1 new Pacific Northwest warehouse to our 3PL system to better serve the Portland and Seattle major metropolitan areas and reduce on cross-country shipping emissions coast-to-coast. (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q1 2024, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to transition 10% of our air freight orders over to ocean freight. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q3 2024, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2023)

**Total funding:** $1,917.5

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

### Projects
- [BVC] Manantiales Behr Wind Farm (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $1,917.5 — type: Renewable Energy, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2021, location: Argentina, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)

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