# salty aura

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025
**Certified since:** 2021 (most recent: 2025)
**Industry:** Design + Home
**Website:** https://saltyaura.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://saltyaura.com/pages/sustainability

## Sustainability story

Salty Aura was created to not only design and create beautiful useful products to treasure, but also inspire people to adventure, appreciate nature and be more sustainable. We have always had a sustainable outlook, with our products being made of 100% recycled or natural organic materials. 10% of profits are donated to tree planting and humanitarian projects. We have always been plastic-free, and love sharing ways to be more sustainable with our community.

## Emissions (2025)

**Methodology:** salty aura's inventory uses spending data to estimate GHG emissions. salty aura 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): 325 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 325 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 325 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 325 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 |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 433 | 40.35 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 724 | 54.35 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 18.28 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 25.98 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 325 | 325 | 33.37 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 2** — We plan to reduce emissions from purchased electricity at our office by installing on-site solar panels. (source: Electricity, target: Q2 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce transit delivery emissions by moving our warehouse to the city, to be closer to the Australia post & DHL sorting facilities. (source: Downstream shipping, target: Q1 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 2** — We plan to use a green power accredited energy provider to suply us with 100% renewable energy while we wait to install solar panels. (source: Electricity, target: Q1 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce the shipment of products from China to Australia by ordering in bulk and filling an entire shipping container at a time. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q1 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce employee commuting emissions by 50% for all employees by incentivizing remote working, and riding bikes to the office whenever possible. (source: Employee commuting, target: Q3 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce flight-based business travel by 50% for all employees by incentivize virtual meetings and only travel by plane to a location for photoshoots once a year. (source: Business travel, target: Q3 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce waste from cut/sew offcuts by 50% by using them to create new products from the materials. (source: Operational waste, target: Q4 2024, completion: 90%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce employee commuting emissions by 50% for 2 executive team members by having them visit the warehouse only once a month. (source: Employee commuting, target: Q4 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We will only use 100% cotton or organic materials (not polyester) in our new clothing line. (source: Raw materials, target: Q3 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Salty Aura will eliminate the purchase of single-use company swag by December, 2026. (source: Packaging, target: 2025, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — By December 2026 Salty Aura  will switch to purchasing all office materials from a green supplier ever 6 months, rather than overnighting new materials every once a month when we get low. (source: Create a sustainable purchasing strategy, target: 2026, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2025)

**Total funding:** $5,687.64

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $3,777.08
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $0
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [VCA] Compostable Garment Bags (Low-carbon material purchase, Materials & Manufacturing): $965
- [VCA] Compostable mailers vs poly mailers (Low-carbon material purchase, Materials & Manufacturing): $2,812.08
- [BVC] Southern Cardamom REDD+ (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $1,111.06 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2021, location: Cambodia, provider: SeaTrees
- [BVC] Kootznoowoo Forestry Project (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $799.5 — type: Forestry, registry: American Carbon Registry, vintage: 2022, location: USA, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)

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