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P.F. Candle Co.

Climate Neutral Certified Label

category

Design + Home

first certified

2021

current certification year

2024

About Climate Neutral Certification

Wherever you see the Climate Neutral Certified label, it means the company is accountable for its greenhouse gas emissions. To earn the label, a company must annually measure cradle-to-customer emissions, implement specific action plans to reduce emissions, and invest in high quality, verified carbon credits.

The certification requirements are detailed in the rigorous, peer-reviewed Climate Neutral Certified Standard. Each company’s application is reviewed for compliance by Change Climate’s certification team.

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Emissions

P.F. Candle Co.'s emissions inventory uses a mix of spend- and activity-based data. P.F. Candle Co. attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with our Standard.

1,199 tCO2e

Roughly equal to driving 267 gas-powered cars for one year

1.21 kgCO2e per unit of product

Emissions intensity

Emissions over time

Emissions year

Absolute Emissions (tCO2e)

Emissions Intensity (kgCO2e per unit of product)

02

Reduction Plans

P.F. Candle Co. has adopted near-term action plans to reduce GHG emissions within the next 12-24 months.

Active

Source of emissions

Raw materials

Action

Transition 10% of candles in glass containers to no containers across all candle lines.

Status

In progress

Complete By

Q2 2025

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Business travel

Action

Implement a policy for low-carbon business travel to reduce our travel emissions for 10% for all employees.

Status

Newly set

Complete By

Q2 2026

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Upstream shipping

Action

Implement a low carbon sourcing/purchasing policy to reduce our transit emissions on raw materials by 10% across all containers.

Status

Newly set

Complete By

Q2 2026

Scope

Scope 3

Completed

Source of emissions

Packaging

Action

Reduce the amount of paper-based materials used in wholesale packaging and in turn reduce our shipping and storage footprint for those order ...read more

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q4 2023

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Electricity

Action

We plan to reduce our electricity usage as a company by 10%.

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q1 2023

Scope

Scope 2

Source of emissions

Employee commuting

Action

We plan to reduce employee single rider vehicle commuting by 25%.

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q2 2024

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Packaging

Action

We will be working with our new packaging vendor to redesign smaller the wholesale packaging for our re-launch of our mini candle size. We h ...read more

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q2 2023

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Packaging

Action

We are redesigning the packaging smaller for our e-commerce and wholesale reed diffusers. Notoriously large packaging to fit the reed sticks ...read more

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q2 2023

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Energy at offices or controlled facilities

Action

Implement energy conservation measures to reduce consumption 10% by streamlining shift schedule and setting thermostat temperatures in our C ...read more

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q1 2025

Scope

Scope 1

03

Compensation

P.F. Candle Co. addressed last year’s emissions by buying and retiring an equal amount of high quality, verified carbon and clean energy credits.

Emissions accounted for

1,199 tCO2e

Roughly equal to keeping 1,342,880 pounds of carbon in the ground

Total investment

$6,715

Project types

Avoid deforestation

Type

Avoid deforestation

Description

Projects that reduce the risk of deforestation in important forest ecosystems.

Cookstoves

Type

Cookstoves

Description

Projects that help communities replace inefficient wood-burning cookstoves with more efficient, safer models.

P.F. Candle Co. is a home fragrance company from Los Angeles. Sustainability at P.F. started in 2008, when the brand was founded as an Etsy shop, repurposing discarded items like spent pizzeria candles and old books into new items. Since inception, sustainability has been a core value of how we run our business, and our commitment has only grown through our Climate Neutral certification. P.F. prioritizes using renewable materials (like soy wax), limiting excess packaging, and seeking out green energy to power our facilities. The choice to use soy wax instead of paraffin reduces our carbon footprint by thousands of tonnes. We encourage our employees to make sustainable choices by providing fully subsidized modes of transportation like a free metro pass and have composting at each facility. We give back to organizations annually that support the environment and environmental justice causes.

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