# Wild Rye

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed (expired), 2024
**Certified since:** 2021 (most recent: 2024)
**Industry:** Fashion + Apparel
**Website:** https://wild-rye.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://wild-rye.com/pages/impact

## Sustainability story

At Wild Rye, we are dedicated to an ethical and sustainable supply chain. We use only premium materials so your apparel lasts a lifetime, and doesn't end up in a landfill. As we look ahead, we are incorporating more recycled materials into each of our products. We've transitioned to using recycled and recyclable mailers, as well as recycled poly bags. We also offer our customers the option to further offset their carbon use with each purchase and continually seek opportunities to care for our planet.

## Emissions (2024)

**Methodology:** Wild Rye's inventory uses spending data to estimate GHG emissions. Wild Rye 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): 3 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 1,877 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 0 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 1,880 tCO2e**

**Emissions intensity:** Per dollar of revenue — dollar of revenue

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 (loc) | Scope 2 (mkt) | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 243 | n/a |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 376 | 0.48 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1,595 | 0.89 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1,877 | 0.76 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 2** — We will research renewable energy options in our community. (source: Electricity, target: Q3 2021, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce the amount of fuel our team consumes to commute to work. (source: Employee commuting, target: Q3 2021, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to work toward increasing our recycled and/or natural fiber content in all of our products. (source: Raw materials, target: Q2 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions associated with our packaging. (source: Packaging, target: Q3 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Eliminate all single-use materials & plastics across consumer shipments & factory packaging. (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2023, completion: 50%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce total business travel for all employees by developing a plan and guidelines for low carbon travel for all employees. (source: Business travel, target: Q1 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Redesign hang tags across all products to reduce size and include recycled materials. (source: Packaging, target: Q1 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce overages and waste in our fabrics by fine tuning the forecasting process to ensure we are leaving very little room for overages and surplus fabric. (source: Operational waste, target: Q1 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Develop a new target 90% of styles to be made with preffered materials to reduce emissions associated with materials across all apparel (source: Raw materials, target: 2025, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Wild Rye will audit all packaging in order to develop a strategy to reduce the weight of packaging used by 10% in 2026. Special emphasis will be placed on cardboard cartons for our factory shipments to reduce weight and materials and optimize shipping. (source: Packaging, target: 2026, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2024)

**Total funding:** $15,356.5

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

### Projects
- [BVC] Massachusetts Tri-city Project (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $5,220 — type: Forestry, registry: American Carbon Registry, vintage: 2020, location: USA, provider: Ecocart
- [BVC] Ningxia Xiangshan Wind Farm (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $5,214 — type: Renewable Energy, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2021, location: China, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)
- [BVC] Akres Wind Power Project (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $4,922.5 — type: Renewable Energy, registry: Gold Standard, vintage: 2022, location: Turkey, provider: Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)

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