# Leaf Shave

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed (expired), 2024
**Certified since:** 2020 (most recent: 2024)
**Industry:** Health + Beauty
**Website:** https://leafshave.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://leafshave.com/pages/faq

## Sustainability story

We ask our users to make a change in their daily habits by switching from plastic razors to Leaf razors; we would never ask something of someone else that we aren't ready to do ourselves. So we feel compelled to do our part in finding incremental ways to make an impact from the company all the way through to our users. Becoming Climate Neutral Certified just makes sense.

## Emissions (2024)

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

- Scope 1: 10 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 3 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 867 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 0 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 881 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 |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2019 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 68.99 |
| 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 6.72 |
| 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4.54 |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 867 | 7.6 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — We plan to have 25% of our incoming finished goods transported via ocean freight, instead of air freight. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q3 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 2** — We plan to reduce electricity consumption and gas consumption associated with the utilities at our office. (source: Electricity, target: Q4 2021, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce single use office supplies such as cups and paper towels (source: Operational waste, target: Q4 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce emissions from incoming shipping and excess material production (source: Operational waste, target: Q3 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduction of downstream shipping (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q1 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 2** — Reduce electricity from non-renewable sources (source: Electricity, target: Q2 2020, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 2** — Reduce energy use at the office (source: Energy at offices or controlled facilities, target: Q3 2020, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce virgin material used in packaging (source: Packaging, target: Q2 2020, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 1** — Reduce emissions from vehicles driving from warehouse (source: Vehicle fleet, target: Q2 2020, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce product waste by ensuring that all products that do not meet quality inspection or are returned by customers are recycled. (source: Operational waste, target: Q4 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce emissions associated with procurement of shipping materials by 25% by implementing a low carbon sourcing/purchasing policy to reduce the quantity of boxes ordered and the number of shipments by purchasing lighter/less waste shipping envelopes. (source: Packaging, target: Q3 2024, completion: 90%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce our Downstream Transportation emissions by reducing international express shipping by 33%. (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q2 2025, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Transition 50% of traditional office supplies to greener office supplies at our headquarters'. (source: Operational waste, target: Q3 2025, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2024)

**Total funding:** $1,206.97

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

### Projects
- [BVC] Mai Ndombe REDD+ Forest Protection (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $1,206.97 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2019, location: Congo, provider: Patch

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