# YAMA Mountain Gear

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025
**Certified since:** 2023 (most recent: 2025)
**Industry:** Gear + Lifestyle
**Website:** https://yamamountaingear.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://yamamountaingear.com/pages/climate

## Sustainability story

The issues facing our planet require urgent action. That's why we're building awareness and consideration of our environmental impacts into the foundation of how we make gear.

YAMA Mountain Gear was a founding member of the Climate Action Corps and a member of 1% For the Planet from 2019 - 2022. We first estimated our greenhouse gas emissions for Scopes 1, 2 & 3 in 2021 and purchased Verified Carbon Offsets to balance those emissions.

We are focused on reducing Scope 3 emissions per unit of value added.

## Emissions (2025)

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

- Scope 1: 1 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 3 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 3 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 66 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 66 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 71 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 71 tCO2e**

**Emissions intensity:** Per dollar of value added — dollar of value added

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 (loc) | Scope 2 (mkt) | Scope 3 (loc) | Scope 3 (mkt) | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0.39 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 0.32 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 66 | 1.05 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — Implement a policy for low-carbon commuting to incentivize public transit, running, biking, and carpooling for the YAMA Workshop. (source: Employee commuting, target: Q4 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We will reduce waste from cut/sew offcuts at the YAMA Workshop by providing fabric scraps to DIY makers for upcycling. (source: Operational waste, target: Q3 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We will expand the use of recycled materials in our sewn products by transitioning the fabrics used to make our products’ floors from virgin polyester to recycled polyester. (source: Raw materials, target: Q4 2024, completion: 25%)
- **Scope 3** — We will transition 100% of our foreign-sourced nylon webbing to recycled nylon across all of our products. (source: Raw materials, target: Q1 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Eliminate all rubber bands from the packaging of our tents and tarps. (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2024, completion: 100%)
- **** — Transition all thermal shipping labels to labels with a release liner that is made of 100% recycled content and is curbside recyclable with a recycle-friendly adhesive across domestic shipments. (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2025, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — Eliminate all upstream shipments via expedited shipping across domestic sourcing (source: Upstream shipping, target: 2025, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2025)

**Total funding:** $1,081.75

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $350
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $159.75
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [OC] Climate Smart Missoula (Just transition initiatives, Market Transformation Initiatives): $159.75
- [VCA] Recycled Silpoly (Low-carbon material purchase, Materials & Manufacturing): $350
- [BVC] Southern Cardamom REDD+ (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $572 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2021, location: Cambodia, provider: SeaTrees

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Source: https://explore.changeclimate.org/brand/yama-mountain-gear
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