# Nécessaire **Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2026 **Certified since:** 2020 (most recent: 2026) **Industry:** Health + Beauty **Website:** https://necessaire.com/ **Sustainability page:** https://necessaire.com/pages/footprint ## Sustainability story Nécessaire believes in less, but better. Nécessaire designs personal care – The Necessary – that supports health and wellness. Nécessaire makes facial-grade skincare for the body, formulated with ingredients at effective concentrations to back claims and deliver results. Nécessaire uses their business to make a positive environmental impact everywhere they can. Nécessaire is a Certified B Corp, Certified Climate Neutral, Certified Plastic Neutral and a member of 1% For The Planet. Nécessaire is headquartered in Manhattan Beach, California, and was founded in 2017. ## Emissions (2026) **Methodology:** Nécessaire's emissions inventory uses a mix of spending and activity-based data. Nécessaire attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with the Standard. - Scope 1: 13 tCO2e - Scope 2 (location-based): 127 tCO2e - Scope 2 (market-based): 127 tCO2e - Scope 3 (location-based): 4,891 tCO2e - Scope 3 (market-based): 4,891 tCO2e - **Total (location-based): 5,031 tCO2e** - **Total (market-based): 5,031 tCO2e** **Emissions intensity:** Per unit of product — unit of product ### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed) | Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 | Scope 3 | Intensity | |-|-|-|-|-| | 2019 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | | 2020 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4.57 | | 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4.36 | | 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2.4 | | 2023 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.73 | | 2024 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2.21 | | 2025 | 13 | 127 | 4,891 | 2.16 | ## Reduction plans ### Science-aligned targets - We commit to reducing 2021 Scope 1 and 2 emissions 50% by 2030. (completion: 0%) ### Reduction action plans - **Scope 3** — Nécessaire is committing to reduce carbon emissions in its upstream shipping (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q4 2021, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — Nécessaire is committing to reduce carbon emissions from purchased goods and from its upstream shipping (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2021, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — Nécessaire is committing to reduce carbon emissions from purchased goods (source: Packaging, target: Q3 2022, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — Nécessaire is committing to reduce carbon emissions from purchased goods (source: Packaging, target: Q2 2022, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — Nécessaire is committing to providing consumers with a complete recycling solution for our product packaging (source: Packaging, target: Q2 2022, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — Reduce downstream transport emissions (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q4 2020, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — Reduce virgin plastic used in select product lines (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2020, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — Reduce virgin plastic in select product line (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2020, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — Nécessaire will reduce carbon emissions from supply chain energy use by increasing its mix of production with third party manufacturers that generate electricity from renewable energy sources by +20%. (source: Supply chain energy use, target: Q4 2023, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — Nécessaire will reduce Co2 emissions from purchased goods by shifting a portion of its product sample packaging from larger PCR resin tubes to smaller, 60% paper-based sachets. Paper-based sachets consume 70% less Co2 than standard laminate sachets. (source: Purchased goods, target: Q1 2024, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — Nécessaire will reduce carbon emissions from supply chain energy use by increasing its mix of production with third party manufacturers that generate electricity from renewable energy sources by +25%. (source: Supply chain energy use, target: Q4 2024, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — Nécessaire will reduce carbon emissions from purchased goods by shifting primary packaging components from bio-resin to 30% PCR from +10% to +40% of its portfolio. (source: Packaging, target: Q2 2025, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — Nécessaire will reduce carbon emissions from purchased goods by reducing the number of single use, non-recyclable samples by +25%. (source: Packaging, target: 2025, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — Nécessaire will reduce carbon emissions from supply chain energy use by increasing its mix of production with third party manufacturers that generate electricity from renewable energy sources by +10%. (source: Packaging, target: 2025, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — Nécessaire will reduce carbon emissions from supply chain energy use by moving 100% of its carton paper board sourcing to a carbon neutral supplier, who generates electricity from renewable energy sources. (source: Packaging, target: 2026, completion: 0%) - **Scope 3** — Nécessaire will reduce carbon emissions from purchased goods by increasing post-consumer recycled (PCR) content in its cartons from 30% to 100%. (source: Packaging, target: 2026, completion: 0%) ## Climate funding (2026) **Total funding:** $259,695.76 **Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e **Spend by category:** - VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $221,724.26 - OC (Organizational Commitments): $0 - BVC (Beyond Value Chain): $37,971.5 ### Projects - [VCA] Low-carbon material purchases - Bottles (Low-carbon material purchase, Materials & Manufacturing): $221,724.26 - [BVC] Renewable Energy Certificates (Energy Attribute Certificates, EACs, Other market-based instruments): $15,404 - [BVC] Kootznoowoo Forestry Project (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $11,505 — type: Forestry, registry: American Carbon Registry, vintage: 2022, location: USA, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) - [BVC] Blandin Native American Hardwoods Conservation (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $11,062.5 — type: Forestry, registry: American Carbon Registry, vintage: 2019, location: USA, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) --- Source: https://explore.changeclimate.org/brand/necessaire API documentation: https://api-docs.changeclimate.org/certified-brands.html