# Made Trade

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed (expired), 2024
**Certified since:** 2021 (most recent: 2024)
**Industry:** Design + Home
**Website:** https://madetrade.com
**Sustainability page:** https://www.madetrade.com/pages/about

## Sustainability story

We created Made Trade to make it easy for people to shop ethically-made and sustainably-sourced goods for their homes and wardrobes. On Made Trade, you can shop with confidence knowing every product we carry is rigorously assessed and verified for both sustainability and equity. We hand select only the most beautifully designed, consciously crafted goods from around the world that put people and our planet first.

## Emissions (2024)

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

- Scope 1: 5 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 67 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 97 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 0 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 169 tCO2e**

**Emissions intensity:** Per dollar of revenue — dollar of revenue

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 (loc) | Scope 2 (mkt) | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2020 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.72 |
| 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.11 |
| 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.16 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 97 | 0.08 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — We currently work with 150+ brand partners, who all use different materials to ship products to our customers. We want to increase the use of sustainable packaging materials used in shipping the products we sell, replacing unsustainable materials. (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2021, completion: 50%)
- **Scope 3** — We want to reduce our use of any non-recycled paper used for marketing materials for the Made Trade brand. (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2021, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce food and plant waste that is generated at our office and photostudio. (source: Operational waste, target: Q2 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions associated with our paper gift cards (source: Raw materials, target: Q3 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce flight-based business travel by reducing long-haul and cross-country flights by having only team members geographically closest to events attend where applicable (eg. West Coast team members attending West Coast events, etc) (source: Long-haul flights, target: Q3 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Eliminate all informational postcard inserts across marketing messaging for Made Trade. (source: Packaging, target: Q2 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We aim to reduce emissions from the sourcing of our products by establishing partnerships with at least 10 new brands/manufacturers local to the contiguous United States. (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q4 2024, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Partner with at least 10 new brands/manufacturers using carbon negative materials in 2024. (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2024, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2024)

**Total funding:** $599.95

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

### Projects
- [BVC] Gobi Desert 50MW Solar Power Generation Project (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $599.95 — type: Renewable Energy, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2020, location: China, provider: Point Zero

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Source: https://explore.changeclimate.org/brand/made-trade
API documentation: https://api-docs.changeclimate.org/certified-brands.html