# Sunday Afternoons

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed (expired), 2024
**Certified since:** 2022 (most recent: 2024)
**Industry:** Fashion + Apparel
**Website:** https://sundayafternoons.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://sundayafternoons.com/pages/beyond-the-brim

## Sustainability story

For over 30 years, our family-owned company has been pushing the boundaries of hat-making. From responsible design and ethical treatment of people to meaningful conservation, we're always challenging ourselves to go Beyond the Brim. Every day we are taking steps to make our hats more durable, sustainable, and socially responsible — so we feel good making them and you feel good wearing them.

## Emissions (2024)

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

- Scope 1: 19 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 61 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 2,389 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 0 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 2,470 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 |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2021 | 25 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 4,797 | 5.87 |
| 2022 | 25 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 4,114 | 2.38 |
| 2023 | 19 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 2,389 | 0.82 |

## Reduction plans

### Science-aligned targets
- We commit to reducing 2021 Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions 30% by 2030. (completion: 100%)

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — At Sunday Afternoons, we plan to reduce our footprint through changing our approach on purchased hangtags attached to our hats. (source: Packaging, target: Q2 2024, completion: 30%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to further reduce our footprint by removing marketing stickers from our products. (source: Packaging, target: Q2 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce our material footprint by transitioning 75% of the sweatbands used in our hats from conventional fabrics to recycled fabrics by Spring/Summer 2024. (source: Raw materials, target: Q2 2024, completion: 38%)
- **Scope 3** — Sunday Afternoons strives to reduce air shipments in upstream shipping 30% by Q3 of 2024. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q3 2024, completion: 90%)
- **Scope 3** — Sunday Afternoons will audit all packaging in our supply chain and develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce the packaging used by at least 10% by Q3 2024. (source: Packaging, target: Q3 2024, completion: 75%)
- **Scope 3** — Sunday Afternoons will change the factory packaging on our Artist Series Kids' and Adult truckers. We will remove 6 internal cartons resulting in a 5.4 CuFt decrease and the external carton size from 6.57 CuFt to 3 CuFt which will be a 3.57 CuFt decrease. (source: Packaging, target: Q2 2026, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Redesign Polyester across Printed Kids' Play hat to Sunday Afternoons will transition all printed Kids' Play hats to 100% recycled polyester by FW26. (source: Raw materials, target: Q2 2026, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2024)

**Total funding:** $12,769.9

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

### Projects
- [BVC] Thai Hoa Wind Power Project (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $12,769.9 — type: Renewable Energy, registry: Gold Standard, vintage: 2021, location: Vietnam, provider: South Pole

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