# Pacific Watch Co

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed (expired), 2024
**Certified since:** 2022 (most recent: 2024)
**Industry:** Fashion + Apparel
**Website:** https://pacificwatch.co/
**Sustainability page:** https://pacificwatch.co/environment

## Sustainability story

Pacific Watch Company is a purpose-driven watch brand for modern travelers and daily adventurers. Our goal is to leave our surroundings better than we found them. As a product business, the most sustainable thing we can do is create amazing products that last. Climate Neutral is an important piece of our sustainability strategy. It serves as a signal as well as a method to track our current footprint and reduction efforts. We also are proud members of 1% for the Planet and the Conservation Alliance. Project Duwamish is our first batch of watches. A portion of sales will be contributed to improvements of the Duwamish River Community through river clean ups and environmental advocacy.

## Emissions (2024)

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

- Scope 1: 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 0 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 0 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 1 tCO2e**

**Emissions intensity:** Per unit of product — unit of product

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 | Scope 3 | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 77.5 |
| 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 25 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from manufacturing materials by introducing watch straps made from certified recycled and natural materials. (source: Raw materials, target: Q2 2024, completion: 30%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce our emissions from land business travel by switching the majority of our land business travel to hybrid vehicles. (source: Business travel, target: Q4 2023, completion: 60%)
- **Scope 3** — Redesign all existing plastic packaging for straps to transition to more sustainable materials such as recycled, non-methane emitting poly, recycled or curbside recyclable paper. (source: Packaging, target: Q1 2025, completion: 25%)
- **Scope 3** — We will move 25% of our watch strap production to a US factory to reduce logistics related emissions. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q3 2024, completion: 10%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce flight-based business travel 50% for all employees by prioritizing virtual meetings with sourcing and manufacturing partners. (source: Business travel, target: Q4 2025, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce employee commuting emissions by 50% for all employees by prioritizing remote meetings. (source: Employee commuting, target: Q1 2025, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2024)

**Total funding:** $6

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

### Projects
- [BVC] Hudson Tech HFC Reclamation Champaign (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $6 — type: Industrial, registry: American Carbon Registry, vintage: 2022, location: USA, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)

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