# Live Story Inc

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed (expired), 2024
**Certified since:** 2023 (most recent: 2024)
**Industry:** Software + Tech
**Website:** https://livestory.nyc/
**Sustainability page:** https://livestory.nyc/sustainability/

## Sustainability story

We believe in the power of creativity to shape a brighter future. That's why we take responsibility for our role: every layout designed and published through Live Story leaves a carbon-neutral footprint.

## Emissions (2024)

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

- Scope 1: 6 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 9 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 106 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 0 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 121 tCO2e**

**Emissions intensity:** Custom — active clients

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 (loc) | Scope 2 (mkt) | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,125 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 106 | 1,920.63 |

## Reduction plans

### Science-aligned targets
- Live Story commits to reduce Scope 1+2 emissions 42.00% by 2030 from a 2024 base year. (completion: 0%)

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — Embracing more advanced, energy-efficient AWS technologies, we'll reduce server energy consumption across all services. (source: Software and servers, target: Q2 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We'll implement a low-carbon business travel policy prioritizing energy-efficient choices for all employees, including reducing flights, promoting trains/public transport, limiting non-essential trips, and incentivizing virtual meetings. (source: Business travel, target: Q4 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We will reduce waste by becoming a paperless company by the end of 2024. (source: Operational waste, target: Q4 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce emissions from business travel for all employees by selecting locations within a maximum of one hour from our homes for quarterly offsites. (source: Business travel, target: Q4 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 1** — We aim to reduce fuel expenses for employee-used company vehicles by 10% (source: Vehicle fleet, target: 2025, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2024)

**Total funding:** $1,089

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

### Projects
- [BVC] Mexico Patsari Improved Cookstoves (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $1,089 — type: Cookstoves, registry: Gold Standard, vintage: 2022, location: Mexico, provider: Patch

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