# Sozy

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed (expired), 2024
**Certified since:** 2020 (most recent: 2024)
**Industry:** Fashion + Apparel
**Website:** https://livesozy.com
**Sustainability page:** https://livesozy.com/pages/about-us

## Sustainability story

Sozy is a small female-founded clothing brand based in Encinitas, California that supports women in every part of the business. Styles are designed by women, for women, with 10% of profit supporting survivors of sexual violence. Our styles are patterned, cut, and sewn by hand in Los Angeles, CA as well as carbon neutral. Feel good and look good with every purchase.

## Emissions (2024)

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

- Scope 1: 2 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 117 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 101 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 0 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 220 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 |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2019 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 6.85 |
| 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 16.86 |
| 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 9.28 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 101 | 5.82 |

## Reduction plans

### Science-aligned targets
- We commit to reducing 2022 Scope 1 & 2 emissions 50% by 2030 (completion: 0%)

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — Reduce the packaging that comes from our manufacturers (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2021, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Transition to 10% of our goods to be made in sustainable fabrics (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce the amount of defective styles that get thrown away in production. (source: Operational waste, target: Q4 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to trasition to making 20% of our products with sustainable fabrics. (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce the packaging that comes from our manufacturers (source: Operational waste, target: Q4 2021, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce waste from defective items by upcycling them in popup shops. (source: Operational waste, target: Q1 2021, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Switch all our packaging over to sustainable options (source: Packaging, target: Q1 2021, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Eliminate flight-based business travel for all employees by moving to strictly remote teams with no international travel. (source: Business travel, target: Q4 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Transition plastic used in packaging to recycled paper across all our orders. (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 2** — Implement motion sensor lights to reduce electricity use in our office. (source: Electricity, target: Q4 2024, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Update office furniture that needs to be replaced with sustainable alternatives. (source: Capital expenditures, target: Q4 2024, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2024)

**Total funding:** $1,100

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

### Projects
- [BVC] Mai Ndombe REDD+ (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $1,100 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2020, location: Democratic Republic of the Congo, provider: Patch

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