# ZeroWasteStore

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025
**Certified since:** 2024 (most recent: 2025)
**Industry:** Everyday essentials
**Website:** https://zerowastestore.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://zerowastestore.com/

## Sustainability story

ZWS began with a simple mission: to help people rethink the way they consume.
Founder Sarah, a lifelong advocate for wildlife & the environment, became increasingly aware of the challenges facing our planet—and felt compelled to make a change. What started as a personal passion soon grew into a purpose-driven brand.

Over the years, ZWS has empowered thousands to reduce waste, live more sustainably, and be part of something bigger. With a growing line of sustainable essentials & a commitment to plastic and carbon offsetting, ZWS is committed to making sustainability accessible and impactful.

Now proudly Climate Neutral Certified, ZWS is working to deepen its sustainability efforts and build a waste-free future. This is just the beginning!

## Emissions (2025)

**Methodology:** ZeroWasteStore's inventory uses spending data to estimate GHG emissions. ZeroWasteStore 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): 4 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 4 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 1,173 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 1,173 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 1,178 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 1,178 tCO2e**

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

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 | Scope 3 | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2023 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2.63 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 1,173 | 1.06 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — We will create and implement a work from home option for employees by Q2 2023. (source: Employee commuting, target: Q2 2023, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to communicate and work with our manufacturing and wholesale partners to reduce the amount of packaging used in our shipments by 10% or more (product dividers, padding, tape, any additional unnecessary packaging). (source: Packaging, target: Q1 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce waste from plastic shipping material from suppliers by 50% by recycling via Terracycle in the ZWS warehouse and office. (source: Operational waste, target: Q3 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Invest in a cardboard shredder to reuse 75% of cardboard from incoming shipments for outgoing packaging. (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2025, completion: 10%)
- **Scope 3** — Redesign and optimize product packaging across ZWS items to reduce product weight by 25% (source: Packaging, target: 2026, completion: 25%)
- **Scope 3** — Transition 25-50% of shipments to combined ocean freight shipping across all overseas orders (source: Upstream shipping, target: 2026, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2025)

**Total funding:** $17,679.8

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $10,700
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $2,284.8
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [VCA] Switched to Electric Forklift (Electrification, Efficiency & Electrification): $10,700
- [OC] Private Recycling Services (Reduce demand for raw materials (e.g. circularity), Market Transformation Initiatives): $2,284.8
- [BVC] SeaTrees Carbon Credit (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $4,695 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2024, location: Cambodia, provider: SeaTrees

## Child brands

- [EarthHero](https://explore.changeclimate.org/brand/earthhero)

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Source: https://explore.changeclimate.org/brand/zerowastestore
API documentation: https://api-docs.changeclimate.org/certified-brands.html