# Numi Organic Tea **Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025 **Certified since:** 2020 (most recent: 2025) **Industry:** Food + Beverage **Website:** https://numitea.com/ **Sustainability page:** https://numitea.com/impactreport/ ## Sustainability story Numi's goal is to activate a chain of positivity and possibility that radiates far and wide. This year, we took bold steps to create positive impact for each other and our planet. We continued to roll out our new plant-based, compostable tea bag wrapper?a project 10 years in the making. We found out that this new plant-based wrapper displaces consumption of 14.3 metric tonnes of virgin plastic annually! It also lowers greenhouse gas emissions by 67.25% compared to a conventional wrapper. Made from sustainably cultivated and renewable sugarcane and eucalyptus, it will help keep fossil fuels in the ground and bring us closer to a plastic-free future. Numi's carbon offsets are carefully considered, too. The offset project we support, Envira Amazonia, protects nearly 500,000 acres of tropical rainforest, while supporting livelihood diversification for local communities. ## Emissions (2025) **Methodology:** Numi Organic Tea's emissions inventory uses a mix of spending and activity-based data. Numi Organic Tea attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with the Standard. - Scope 1: 0 tCO2e - Scope 2 (location-based): 9 tCO2e - Scope 2 (market-based): 9 tCO2e - Scope 3 (location-based): 1,463 tCO2e - Scope 3 (market-based): 1,463 tCO2e - **Total (location-based): 1,472 tCO2e** - **Total (market-based): 1,472 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 | 0 | | 2020 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.56 | | 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.42 | | 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.19 | | 2023 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.22 | | 2024 | 0 | 9 | 1,463 | 0.22 | ## Reduction plans ### Science-aligned targets - We commit to reducing 2022 Scope 1 & 2 emissions 50% by 2030 (completion: 75%) ### Reduction action plans - **Scope 3** — Reduce emissions from corrugate cardboard purchases, currently at 900 tons. (source: Packaging, target: Q2 2022, completion: 65%) - **Scope 3** — we plan to reduce emissions from farming, harvesting and processing teas & botanicals (source: Supply chain energy use, target: Q4 2022, completion: 75%) - **Scope 3** — Reduce downstream shipping emissions by supporting emerging medium and heavy duty EV options by preferential purchasing from logistics providers with EV / zero emission vehicles (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q4 2022, completion: 65%) - **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from our drinking chocolate product by switching supply & manufacturing partners. (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2023, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce air shipments by lowering them back to minimal pre-covid levels. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q4 2023, completion: 75%) - **Scope 3** — Reduce emissions from agricultural materials (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2021, completion: 50%) - **Scope 3** — Reduce emissions from tea garden (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2020, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — Reduce emissions from processing facilities (source: Supply chain energy use, target: Q2 2021, completion: 60%) - **Scope 3** — Transition from 10% air freight to air freight only when absolutely necessary across all shipments. (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q4 2023, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — Implement a policy to extend the lifespan of laptops by 25% for all employees. (source: Capital expenditures, target: Q1 2024, completion: 100%) - **Scope 3** — Implement a low-carbon distribution policy to reduce overnight air shipments 90% across all ecommerce B2C business. (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q4 2025, completion: 75%) - **Scope 3** — Reduce flight-based business travel 50% for all employees by utilizing virtual meetings via remote technology . (source: Business travel, target: Q2 2025, completion: 90%) - **Scope 3** — Implement a policy for remote work to reduce commuting emissions by 80% for our headquarters (source: Employee commuting, target: 2025, completion: 0%) - **Scope 3** — Reduce waste from meals through ordering in bulk or prioritizing establishments that use compostable or recyclable containers in our headquarters (source: Operational waste, target: 2025, completion: 0%) ## Climate funding (2025) **Total funding:** $151,906 **Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e **Spend by category:** - VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $151,906 - OC (Organizational Commitments): $0 - BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a ### Projects - [VCA] Transition from conventional petroleum-based overwrap to compostable plant-based overwrap (Low-carbon material purchase, Materials & Manufacturing): $151,906 --- Source: https://explore.changeclimate.org/brand/numi-organic-tea API documentation: https://api-docs.changeclimate.org/certified-brands.html