# Saltverk

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025
**Certified since:** 2024 (most recent: 2025)
**Industry:** Food + Beverage
**Website:** https://saltverk.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://saltverk.com/pages/sustainability

## Sustainability story

At Saltverk we believe in reducing our footprint in all that we do; from sourcing to our production process & location, even the places we sell & the transit routes we frequent. 
We use 100% geothermal energy during our production and much of our day-to-day energy use is from renewable sources.
Part of our ethos is a commitment to zero waste where our major byproducts find new life in continued utilization.
We’ve had opportunity to expand globally but until there are more sustainable shipping options, we choose to keep our sales close to home where our emissions are less. 
Instead of routing our US shipments through traditional ports & channels we ship the most direct path possible, at a premium, because it’s more sustainable.

## Emissions (2025)

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

- Scope 1: 1 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 193 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 193 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 195 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 195 tCO2e**

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

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 0.46 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 193 | 193 | 0.76 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — We will reduce the number of direct-to-consumer shipments by 10% by working with our distributors and retailers to create local availability of our product. (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q4 2025, completion: 20%)
- **Scope 3** — We will add an evaporator to our partner production system to utilize waste power (i.e. excess unused geothermal energy), thus reducing our production process by 10-20% and the per piece energy consumption accordingly. (source: Raw materials, target: Q2 2025, completion: 75%)
- **Scope 3** — Work with manufacturers to transition plastic salt jar lids to recycled ocean plastic lids across all salt jars (source: Raw materials, target: 2026, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce flight-based business travel by 20% for all employees by strategically evaluating trade show attendance and hiring local brand ambassadors to represent when show status does not merit Icelandic-based employee attendance (source: Business travel, target: 2025, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2025)

**Total funding:** $55,731

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $55,731
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $0
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [VCA] Evaporator installation to reduce per product energy use (Energy efficiency, Efficiency & Electrification): $55,731

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