# Kate McLeod

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025
**Certified since:** 2022 (most recent: 2025)
**Industry:** Health + Beauty
**Website:** https://www.katemcleod.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://www.katemcleod.com/pages/sustainability

## Sustainability story

Kate McLeod makes safe, effective products that bring intentioned moments of care and everyday magic to people's lives. Our hero product is the Body Stone, an innovative solid moisturizer that melts into the skin on contact. Waterless and plastic-free, the Body Stone utilizes an innovative refill system: you can purchase a Starter Kit with our signature bamboo canister and refill over time with Body Stones of your choice. We use simple, powerful all natural ingredients, and our formulas are MADE SAFE certified, which means they have been examined for bioaccumulation, persistence, and general and aquatic toxicity. Every single Body Stone is hand crafted and packaged in our Hudson Valley workshop.

## Emissions (2025)

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

- Scope 1: 1 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 4 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 4 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 581 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 581 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 585 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 585 tCO2e**

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

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 | Scope 3 | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 20.82 |
| 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 5.37 |
| 2023 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2.55 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | 581 | 2.34 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce our reliance on air freight. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q1 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to optimize and reduce the length of shipping routes to our customer. (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q1 2024, completion: 50%)
- **Scope 3** — Transition at least 30% virgin paper to PCR paper across our primary packaging and e-commerce shippers. (source: Packaging, target: Q1 2025, completion: 25%)
- **Scope 3** — We will manufacture goods closer to our 3PL to reduce upstream miles traveled by at least 300 miles across all inbound shipments. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q2 2025, completion: 50%)
- **Scope 3** — Based on an assessment of our customer base, we will reduce downstream shipping emissions by opening a second warehouse location on the west coast. (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q2 2026, completion: 20%)
- **Scope 3** — We will explore opportunities to redesign our existing starter kit system to reduce product weight by 15%. (source: Packaging, target: Q2 2026, completion: 35%)
- **Scope 3** — We will reduce the number of shipments of finished goods from our manufacturing facility to our warehouse by 20% as compared to 2024, by hiring a demand planner to tighten forecasting and plan fewer, consolidated shipments. (source: Upstream shipping, target: 2027, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — To reduce transport emissions, we will reduce the number of inbound shipments of our primary raw material ingredient by 25% annually through advanced planning and consolidated purchasing vs. our baseline year of 2024. (source: Upstream shipping, target: 2027, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2025)

**Total funding:** $8,788.25

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $2,632
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $1,316.25
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [VCA] Ecommerce Shipper Colocation Project (Low-carbon material switching, Materials & Manufacturing): $2,632
- [OC] BEE License & Guided Support (Software, Planning, Research & Development): $1,316.25
- [BVC] Blandin Native American Hardwoods Conservation (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $2,540 — type: Forestry, registry: American Carbon Registry, vintage: 2019, location: USA, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)
- [BVC] Rio Grande Valley Landfill (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $2,300 — type: Landfill Gas, registry: Climate Action Reserve, vintage: 2023, location: USA, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)

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