# Zusa

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2025
**Certified since:** 2022 (most recent: 2025)
**Industry:** Fashion + Apparel
**Website:** https://zusa.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://zusa.com/pages/sustainability

## Sustainability story

We are all responsible for the health of the planet we live on, and we vote with both our dollars and actions today for the world we want to live in tomorrow. At Zusa, we wanted a better way to make high-quality apparel and goods, so we created one. Offering 100% sustainably made and ethically sourced products from WRAP-certified factories around the globe, Zusa wants to help you and your team make an impact, just not on the environment. As a GRS-certified company and a 1% for the Planet member, Zusa creates high-quality sustainable corporate clothing and gear that can drive your business and our planet towards a better future.

## Emissions (2025)

**Methodology:** Zusa's inventory uses spending data to estimate GHG emissions. Zusa 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): 0 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 92 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 92 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 92 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 92 tCO2e**

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

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 | Scope 3 | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.02 |
| 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.03 |
| 2023 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 0.02 |

## Reduction plans

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from upstream shipping by consolidating bulk overseas shipments. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q2 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from employee commuting to and from the office. (source: Employee commuting, target: Q2 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions associated with our products by increasing the amount of recycled material used in our product line. (source: Raw materials, target: Q2 2024, completion: 90%)
- **Scope 3** — Eliminate all polybags across shipments from the factories we source from. (source: Packaging, target: Q4 2024, completion: 50%)
- **Scope 3** — Transition trucks to rail across all ports of entry shipments. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q4 2024, completion: 25%)
- **Scope 3** — We will partnering with factories to consolidate 100% of partial upstream shipments. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q3 2026, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Calculated production lead times to ensure enough time is allotted for shipping, without having to expedite anything either from overseas or once it hits the US port. (source: Upstream shipping, target: Q3 2026, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — reducing the amount of packaging per garment and changing to 100% recycled paper changing to soy or water based ink (source: Packaging, target: 2026, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — re-sourcing fabric content on our Brisk Quarter Zip to contain more recycled fibers and less virgin fibers (source: Raw materials, target: 2026, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2025)

**Total funding:** $6,600

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $6,600
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $0
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [VCA] Recycled Backpack Components. (Low-carbon material purchase, Materials & Manufacturing): $6,600

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