# OSEA Malibu

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025
**Certified since:** 2021 (most recent: 2025)
**Industry:** Health + Beauty
**Website:** https://oseamalibu.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://oseamalibu.com/pages/our-commitment

## Sustainability story

For over 25 years we have been committed to creating clean, vegan skincare and bodycare products that are safe for your skin, our oceans, and the planet. Since our founding in 1996 sustainability has been at the forefront of everything we do. At every touchpoint we aim to minimize our impact — from the recyclability of our packaging to using renewable energy for our office and skincare studio, and even through our giving initiatives, supporting non-profits that are taking action to protect our planet for our future generations. We hope to inspire and drive change within the global beauty community by partnering with Climate Neutral to hold us to the highest standards of accountability. Our goal is to do better than yesterday, do better for tomorrow.

## Emissions (2025)

**Methodology:** OSEA Malibu's emissions inventory uses a mix of spending and activity-based data. OSEA Malibu attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with the Standard.

- Scope 1: 6 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 43 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 43 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 14,259 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 14,259 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 14,307 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 14,307 tCO2e**

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

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 | Scope 3 | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2020 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.18 |
| 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.2 |
| 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.14 |
| 2023 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.13 |
| 2024 | 6 | 43 | 14,259 | 0.15 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — Reducing our footprint of our primary packaging material by removing inserts from our product unit boxes. (source: Packaging, target: Q3 2021, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We are increasing the percentage of post-consumer use material in our product unit boxes, relying less on virgin paper. (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2021, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Previously, we were shipping all our large glass professional products wrapped in bubble wrap. We will now be boxing in 100% virgin pulp (0% recycled or PCR), 100% recyclable cartons. (source: Packaging, target: Q3 2021, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We are working to minimize our use of virgin plastic by transitioning product pumps and lids to PCR material or Ocean Waste. (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2022, completion: 50%)
- **Scope 3** — We are working to reduce our footprint by resizing our shipper boxes to use less cardboard. We will also transition to smaller shippers where possible, will phase out the inclusion of paper sample cards in our shippers, and will remove the printed packing (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce air freight to no more than 30% of total inbound freight. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q4 2023, completion: 95%)
- **Scope 3** — We will employ a regional packaging sourcing strategy to improve transit impact. (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We are committing to using PCR materials across all plastic components for all new product development. (source: Packaging, target: Q3 2026, completion: 50%)
- **Scope 3** — We will work with our 3 top co-manufacturers and suppliers accounting for 75% of our business to improve energy efficiency and encourage them to become more sustainable, including transitioning to renewable energy. (source: Supply chain energy use, target: Q3 2026, completion: 75%)
- **Scope 3** — We will transition to lighter glass materials to reduce the weight of our packaging across our top 5 best selling products. (source: We will transition to lighter glass materials to reduce weight of our packaging, target: 2025, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — We will redesign our cosmetic bag made from virgin plastic to something made of more sustainable PCR materials. (source: Transitioning away from virgin plastic cosmetic bags to more sustainable PCR materials., target: 2026, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — We will upgrade our packaging in our top 5 best selling products to incorporate 20% PCR glass. (source: Incorporate 20% PCR glass in top 5 best selling products., target: 2026, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2025)

**Total funding:** $228,440.75

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $166,250
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $32,190.75
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [VCA] PCR Materials (Low-carbon material purchase, Materials & Manufacturing): $166,250
- [OC] Sustainablity Consultant (Capacity-building & change management (e.g. staff costs), Planning, Research & Development): $32,190.75
- [BVC] Southern Cardamom REDD+ (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $30,000 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2021, location: Cambodia, provider: SeaTrees

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