# La Sportiva N.A.

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025
**Certified since:** 2023 (most recent: 2025)
**Industry:** Gear + Lifestyle
**Website:** https://www.lasportivausa.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://www.lasportivausa.com/environmental-responsibility

## Sustainability story

Since 1928, La Sportiva has possessed a strong passion and respect for the mountains and the environment. It is this consciousness that drives us to make responsible manufacturing decisions and strive to reduce negative environmental impacts during production, all while creating the best performing outdoor products on the market. We are constantly assessing our processes and searching for methods to reduce our environmental impact and improve the working conditions and safety of our employees. Our hope is that the responsible decisions we make today will positively impact and protect the environment for generations to come.

## Emissions (2025)

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

- Scope 1: 148 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 52 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 52 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 11,026 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 11,026 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 11,227 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 11,227 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 | 225 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 20,135 | 35.68 |
| 2023 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12,706 | 21.11 |
| 2024 | 148 | 52 | 52 | 11,026 | 11,026 | 17.59 |

## Reduction plans

### Science-aligned targets
- We commit to reducing 2022 Scope 1 & 2 emissions by 42% by 2030. (completion: 0%)
- We commit to reducing 2022 Scope 3 emissions intensity by cutting the amount of carbon per $M in Revenue 51% by 2030. (completion: 0%)

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 2** — Transition 100% Electrical Grid to Wind Power through our electric utility in Colorado. (source: Electricity, target: Q3 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Set a maximum budget for air freight shipping  to reduce the use of high carbon emitting air shipping methods by 50% of monetary cost compared to 2022 spend across Asian and European product lines. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q4 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We will redesign our TX3 Climbing Shoe to increase the recycled content by weight from 0% to 50%. (source: Raw Materials, target: Q2 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Redesign the cardboard, internal protective plastic, and ink printing across all current footwear packaging to reduce packaging size and reduce or eliminate the use of printed ink and protective plastic. (source: Packaging, target: Q2 2025, completion: 25%)
- **Scope 3** — We will collaborate with La Sportiva’s Italy factory to identify and implement material and process improvements that reduce the carbon footprint of climbing and mountain shoes (source: Exchange with La Sportiva Italy factory to implement solutions that can lower the impact of a climbing and mountain shoes, target: 2027, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Transition rubber to recycled rubber across climbing shoes (source: Raw materials, target: 2026, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2025)

**Total funding:** $181,800

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $158,000
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $23,800
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [OC] Shift Advantage GHG Measurement Consultation (Net-zero consulting services, Planning, Research & Development): $23,800
- [VCA] Ziano Italy HQ Solar Panels (Clean energy generation, Energy Procurement & Production): $158,000

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Source: https://explore.changeclimate.org/brand/la-sportiva-na
API documentation: https://api-docs.changeclimate.org/certified-brands.html