# Rhoback, INC

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed (expired), 2024
**Certified since:** 2023 (most recent: 2024)
**Industry:** Fashion + Apparel
**Website:** https://rhoback.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://rhoback.com/

## Sustainability story

At Rhoback, we live and promote the #CraveActivity lifestyle every day, which relies on a healthy planet. We acknowledge that carbon emissions pose a serious threat to our planet and the environments we each choose to crave activity in, and as an organization we acknowledge our impact on the planet.

## Emissions (2024)

**Methodology:** Rhoback, INC's emissions inventory uses a mix of spending and activity-based data. An independent third party verification ensures accuracy and completeness of the inventory. The Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with the Standard.

- Scope 1: 109 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 274 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 13,218 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 0 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 13,601 tCO2e**

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

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 (loc) | Scope 2 (mkt) | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 9.69 |
| 2023 | 109 | 0 | 274 | 0 | 13,218 | 11.64 |

## Reduction plans

### Science-aligned targets
- We commit to reducing 2022 Scope 3 emissions intensity by cutting the amount of carbon per order 45% by 2030. (completion: 0%)
- We commit to reducing 2022 Scope 1 & 2 emissions 50% by 2030 (completion: 38%)

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — Transition 30% air freight to ocean freight across all sourcing activities by the end of 2024. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q4 2024, completion: 13%)
- **Scope 3** — Redesign single use plastics (polyester) & cardboard packaging across all downstream shipping to eliminate virgin material and replace them with recycled and biodegradable materials by the end of 2024. (source: Packaging, target: Q1 2025, completion: 11%)
- **Scope 3** — Work with manufacturers to transition 55% virgin plastics (polyester) from our products to recycled plastics (polyester) across all polos, shorts, joggers, delat pants, fleeces, crewnecks, & hoodies. (source: Raw materials, target: Q1 2025, completion: 30%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce flight-based business travel 35% for all content creation by tapping into local freelance networks & reducing shoots. (source: Business travel, target: Q3 2025, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — We will be opening a west coast distribution center to reduce the distance downstream shipments need to travel to our end consumer and reduce our reliance on services for expedited shipping. (source: Downstream Shipping, target: Q4 2024, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2024)

**Total funding:** $62,974.5

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

### Projects
- [BVC] Envira Amazonia (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $6,810 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2017, location: Brazil, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)
- [BVC] India Solar Power Project (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $7,452 — type: Renewable Energy, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2022, location: India, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)
- [BVC] HT HFC Reclamation Project Champaign (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $7,150.5 — type: Industrial, registry: American Carbon Registry, vintage: 2021, location: USA, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)
- [BVC] Akres Wind Power Project (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $41,562 — type: Renewable Energy, registry: Gold Standard, vintage: 2022, location: Turkey, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)

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