# Modern Adventure

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed (expired), 2023
**Certified since:** 2020 (most recent: 2023)
**Industry:** Travel + Transportation
**Website:** https://modernadventure.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://modernadventure.com/magazine/winter-2021/watch-mo-ad-is-officially-a-b-corp/

## Sustainability story

As a B Corp, we look at every aspect of what we do and what effect it has on the planet. As a founding member of the Adventure Travel Conservation Fund, we work with local operators to pay fair local wages and audit the environmental practices of the companies we work with. We use travel as a force for good by ensuring the cost of every Modern Adventure trip has a positive impact: on average we spend 67 cents of every dollar earned locally, enriching the communities we travel to.

## Emissions (2023)

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

- Scope 1: 7 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 169 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 335 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 0 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 510 tCO2e**

### Emissions history (tCO2e)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 (loc) | Scope 2 (mkt) | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2019 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 169 | 0 | 335 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — Emissions from employee commutes (source: Employee commuting, target: Q4 2021, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Emissions from employees and investors (source: Business travel, target: Q4 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from employee commuting. (source: Employee commuting, target: Q1 2024, completion: 80%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from employee travel. (source: Business travel, target: Q1 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce overall emissions from business travel by using video conferencing instead of in-person meetings (source: Business travel, target: Q4 2020, completion: 80%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce products shipped via international air freight (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q4 2020, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce emissions from employee commuting by subsidizing the cost of public transit for our Portland headquarters. (source: Employee commuting, target: Q4 2023, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce waste from water bottles on guest trips by 50% through supplying guests with reusable water bottles, to minimize use of one-time plastic bottles in all travel locations. (source: Operational waste, target: Q4 2023, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2023)

**Total funding:** $5,874.75

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

### Projects
- [BVC] Mai Ndombe REDD+ (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $4,275 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2017, location: Democratic Republic of the Congo, provider: Patch
- [BVC] India Gujarat State Wind Farm (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $1,457.25 — type: Renewable Energy, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2021, location: India, provider: Patch
- [BVC] Mai Ndombe REDD+ (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $142.5 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2017, location: Democratic Republic of the Congo, provider: Aspiration

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