# Saie

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed (expired), 2023
**Certified since:** 2021 (most recent: 2023)
**Industry:** Health + Beauty
**Website:** https://saiehello.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://saiehello.com/pages/saie-standards

## Sustainability story

At Saie, our sustainability efforts go far beyond our dedication to clean, environmentally-conscious ingredients alone. Our goal is to make sure thoughtful, sustainable action is taken across every facet of our brand — from how we source those ingredients to the way we package our products, to the shipping materials we use and the recycling standards we encourage our community to practice. Becoming Climate Neutral Certified is the next step in our journey towards achieving 'net zero' carbon emissions. We are so excited that we've been able to offset all of our non-reduced emissions through various carbon drawdown projects as well as work on ongoing reduction plans to get us one step closer to our goal. These actions are only just the beginning. Our commitment to true long-term sustainability means continuing to push for mindful choices that not only care for the skin we're in but the planet we all share.

## Emissions (2023)

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

- Scope 1: 65 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 94 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 10,510 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 0 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 10,669 tCO2e**

### Emissions history (tCO2e)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 (loc) | Scope 2 (mkt) | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2020 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2022 | 65 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 10,510 |

## Reduction plans

### Science-aligned targets
- We commit to reducing 2021 Scope 1 and 2 emissions 50% by 2030. (completion: 0%)

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce corrugate in our supply chain by removing pads/partitions in each master case with keeping the integrity of our products safe by sourcing a more custom master shipper to reduce transit rubbing. (source: Packaging, target: Q1 2022, completion: 80%)
- **Scope 3** — 50% reduction in Airfreight YoY (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q1 2022, completion: 15%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from our global ocean freight shipping methods. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q3 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions by locally sourcing a portion of our bill of materials closer to their final manufacturing location. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q1 2024, completion: 25%)
- **Scope 3** — Work with third party organizations to develop a strategy that supports healthy forest ecosystems and reduces deforestation risk associated with production. (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2024, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Implement a low carbon sourcing/purchasing policy to assit our partners in reducing the collective global footprint for items that we do not directly purchase across all products. (source: Raw materials, target: Q3 2024, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Implement a low-carbon distribution policy to reduce the amount of carbon used for direct to consumer orders by making ground shipping our standard policy across all customer orders via our eComm website. (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q1 2024, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2023)

**Total funding:** $114,133.6

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

### Projects
- [BVC] Agrocortex REDD+ (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $81,633.6 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2019, location: Brazil, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)
- [BVC] Manantiales Behr Wind Farm (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $32,500 — type: Renewable Energy, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2021, location: Argentina, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)

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