Hitch

Sustainability Story

We believe in making a positive impact beyond the products that empower our customers to live zero-waste. We're funding the restoration of forest and marine ecosystems damaged by the production and disposal of single-use paper and plastic. To date, we've planted over 30,000 trees and removed the equivalent of over 2.6 million plastic water bottles from the ocean through our nonprofit partners. We're also working towards a more closed-loop, sustainable future by designing out the waste from our packaging, extending our products lifespan through modularity, and running a take-back program to ensure products are recycled at the end of life.

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

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01 Measure

Hitch 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

1 tCO2e

GHG Scope 3

GHG Protocol Scope 3

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

109 tCO2e

Total Emissions

Total Carbon Emissions

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

110 tCO2e

02 Offset

Hitch 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 Hitch to take responsibility for historical emissions that can’t be reduced.

Total Investment in Carbon Credits

$1,320.00

Hitch'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.

110 tCO2e

Lifetime Emissions Offsets

tCO2e

03 Reduce

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

Mid Term Targets

Hitch has committed to reducing emissions by .

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

Hitch 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 product shipments to the consumer.

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to transition more of our inventory shipments to global markets via optimized ocean freight routes.

What We’re Reducing

We plan to reduce the amount of non-recycled steel in our product.

How We'll Reduce It

We will work with our manufacturer and customers to test and integrate higher recycled steel content in our products.

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to reduce emissions from product shipments to the consumer.
We plan to reduce the amount of non-recycled steel in our product.

In Progress Reductions

50%

What We’re Reducing

Gas and electricity use at the office

How We'll Reduce It

Install smart thermometers and energy saving devices in the office

100%

What We’re Reducing

Non-renewable energy use at office

How We'll Reduce It

Work w/ a utility company to purchase 50% renewable energy for office

10%

What We’re Reducing

Emissions from purchased plastics

How We'll Reduce It

Seek sustainable materials to swap for PP and HDPE

What We’re Reducing

We plan to reduce emissions from product shipments to the consumer.

How We'll Reduce It

We will optimize freight routes to the consumer.

We plan to reduce emissions from product shipments to the consumer.
We plan to reduce the amount of non-recycled steel in our product.

Completed Reductions