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True North Gear

Climate Neutral Certified Label

category

Gear + Lifestyle

first certified

2022

current certification year

2024

About Climate Neutral Certification

Wherever you see the Climate Neutral Certified label, it means the company is accountable for its greenhouse gas emissions. To earn the label, a company must annually measure cradle-to-customer emissions, implement specific action plans to reduce emissions, and invest in high quality, verified carbon credits.

The certification requirements are detailed in the rigorous, peer-reviewed Climate Neutral Certified Standard. Each company’s application is reviewed for compliance by Change Climate’s certification team.

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Emissions

True North Gear's emissions inventory uses a mix of spend- and activity-based data. True North Gear attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with our Standard.

2,174 tCO2e

Roughly equal to driving 485 gas-powered cars for one year

8.62 kgCO2e per unit of product

Emissions intensity

Emissions over time

Emissions year

Emissions Intensity (kgCO2e per unit of product)

02

Reduction Plans

True North Gear has adopted near-term action plans to reduce GHG emissions within the next 12-24 months.

Active

Source of emissions

Raw materials

Action

We plan to reduce emissions from our nylon consumption by reducing the weight of the nylon fabric used in our bags.

Status

In progress

Complete By

Q2 2023

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Business travel

Action

True North Gear will assess current business travel and implement a policy for optimizing business trips by Q2 2024

Status

In progress

Complete By

Q2 2024

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Supply chain energy use

Action

True North Gear will work to produce more of our products locally in the PNW by Q4 2024

Status

In progress

Complete By

Q4 2024

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Upstream shipping

Action

In 2024, we will reduce container deliveries by 33% by requiring less semi-truck movements between port to dock.

Status

Newly set

Complete By

Q4 2024

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Operational waste

Action

Reduce waste from cut materials and over produced inventory by 25% through producing based on demand versus stocking inventory in all US fac ...read more

Status

Newly set

Complete By

Q4 2025

Scope

Scope 3

Completed

Source of emissions

Energy at offices or controlled facilities

Action

We plan to reduce emissions from our natural gas office heating by auditing and improving our office’s heating efficiency.

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q1 2023

Scope

Scope 1

Emissions reduction targets

True North Gear has set a long-term commitment aligned with climate science.

Active

Target

We commit to reducing 2021 Scope 1 and 2 emissions 50% by 2030.

03

Compensation

True North Gear addressed last year’s emissions by buying and retiring an equal amount of high quality, verified carbon and clean energy credits.

Emissions accounted for

2,174 tCO2e

Roughly equal to keeping 2,434,880 pounds of carbon in the ground

Total investment

$21,740

Project types

Landfill gas

Type

Landfill gas

Description

Projects that capture methane gas from landfills to reduce emissions. The gas is then used to power local homes, providing a reliable local ...read more

At True North, starting out as a small company that made recreational packs and moving to creating functional fire packs for wildland firefighters, being in — and protecting the outdoors has always been a core belief of our organization, and a necessity for its culture. Our sustainability approach involves applying innovative ways to reduce, and recycle materials used for our products to help close the loop. We also donate 1% of our profits to American Forests and help plant tens-of-thousands of trees across North America each year which vastly improves the ecosystems they’re in. In the words of our founder Alyx Fier – “Being Climate Neutral means being a good steward for our planet and for its future generations.”

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