Crap Eyewear

Sustainability Story

We're an independent sunglass brand designed & tested beachside in Los Angeles, CA. As lifelong surfers and beachgoers, we believe it is our and every brand's responsibility to treat our planet kinder. We make our sunglasses with bioacetate, a biodegradable and petroleum-free frame material. Our packaging is single-use plastic free. We're committed to ongoing improvement in this space (please @ us if you have ideas!). We'll always strive to lessen our footprint with innovative design and materials, but we hold no illusion about our environmental impact. As such, we are taking responsibility for our business and products' carbon emissions, working with Climate Neutral to measure and fully offset our total carbon footprint.

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What is Climate Neutrality

A state in which human activities result in no net effect on the climate system. Requires balancing of residual greenhouse gas emissions with reductions or removals. All Climate Neutral Certified brands must meet climate neutrality standards for measuring, offsetting, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from making and delivering products and services.

This certification covers business activities and operations for the following brands :

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Crap Eyewear achieved Climate Neutral Certification as part of 's certification process. 's measurement, offsetting and reduction plans fully account for Crap Eyewear's 2021 emissions

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01 Measure

Crap Eyewear measured Scope 1, 2 and 3 cradle-to-customer emissions following categories and approaches established in the Climate Neutral standards.

GHG Scope 1

GHG Protocol Scope 1

Emissions from energy used in buildings, fleets, and equipment.

0 tCO2e

278 tCO2e

GHG Scope 3

GHG Protocol Scope 3

Emissions from raw materials, manufacturing, shipping, air travel, and other activities in the supply chain.

2,234 tCO2e

Total Emissions

Total Carbon Emissions

The sum of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.

2,511 tCO2e

02 Offset

Crap Eyewear invested in projects outside of their value chain to compensate for all of their measured carbon emissions. This step supports their climate neutrality designation, and enables Crap Eyewear to take responsibility for historical emissions that can’t be reduced.

Total Investment in Carbon Credits

$30,634

Crap Eyewear's credits came from:

Emissions Offset

Offset equivalency

For reference, reducing a footprint by 1000 tonnes is roughly equal to removing 230 passenger vehicles from the road for a year.

2,511 tCO2e

Lifetime Emissions Offsets

tCO2e

03 Reduce

Crap Eyewear has set targets and identified actions to reduce their emissions from operations and their supply chain. These actions will enable Crap Eyewear to emit fewer emissions in the future.

Mid Term Targets

Crap Eyewear has committed to reducing 2021 emissions 50% by 2030.

This target is aligned with global trajectories to limit climate warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Mid Term Targets

This target is aligned with global trajectories to limit climate warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Reduction Actions

Crap Eyewear is implementing a Reduction Action Plan to reduce emissions from within its own operations and supply chain.

Current Year Reduction Actions

What We’re Reducing

We plan to reduce emissions from purchased case materials by increasing the use of recycled and/or upcycled alternatives such as recycled PET fabric, recycled PU, regenerated paper and eco-leather.

How We'll Reduce It

We will first research and understand various alternative materials that are available in the market, and develop updated products (cases) accodingly. Then we will incorporate the alternative materials in future purchase orders.

What We’re Reducing

We plan to reduce emissions from manufacturing suppliers by selecting and allocating production volume to sustainability certified suppliers.

How We'll Reduce It

We will vet suppliers that have demonstrated good sustainability practices by achieving credible certifications such as ISCC. We will then allocate production volume to the new suppliers.

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to reduce emissions from purchased case materials by increasing the use of recycled and/or upcycled alternatives such as recycled PET fabric, recycled PU, regenerated paper and eco-leather.
We plan to reduce emissions from manufacturing suppliers by selecting and allocating production volume to sustainability certified suppliers.

In Progress Reductions

100%

What We’re Reducing

Eliminate single-use plastic from our supply chain.

How We'll Reduce It

We are packing lens cloths in paper envelopes instead of plastic sleeves, and we?ve redesigned our sunglass cases to utilize cardboard-based support for structure instead of traditional plastic inserts.

100%

What We’re Reducing

We are transitioning our entire product line to bioacetate in 2021. Bioacetate is a biodegradable and petroleum-free version of acetate, the industry-standard material for optical-grade frames.

How We'll Reduce It

We have been redesigning/relaunching all of our products traditionally made with acetate to utilize bioacetate. Additionally, all new products are being developed and made with bioacetate.

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to reduce emissions from purchased case materials by increasing the use of recycled and/or upcycled alternatives such as recycled PET fabric, recycled PU, regenerated paper and eco-leather.
We plan to reduce emissions from manufacturing suppliers by selecting and allocating production volume to sustainability certified suppliers.

Completed Reductions