Kala & Mata

Sustainability Story

Climate change has had a large impact on everyone but with every harvest, as farmers, we notice it even more. In the last few years Kala & Mata has ramped up commitments toward sustainability. As a family-run business that is immediately affected by

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

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01 Measure

Kala & Mata 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

GHG Scope 3

GHG Protocol Scope 3

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

168 tCO2e

Total Emissions

Total Carbon Emissions

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

168 tCO2e

02 Offset

Kala & Mata 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 Kala & Mata to take responsibility for historical emissions that can’t be reduced.

Total Investment in Carbon Credits

$2,268.00

Kala & Mata'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.

168 tCO2e

Lifetime Emissions Offsets

tCO2e

03 Reduce

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

Mid Term Targets

Kala & Mata 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

Kala & Mata 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 local transport within Sweden.

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to exclusively use electric vehicles for local transportation purpuses within Sweden.

What We’re Reducing

We plan to reduce the use of plastic in our packaging and shipping materials

How We'll Reduce It

We will remove plastic lids from our packaging and transition from plastic tape to paper for our boxes.

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to reduce emissions from local transport within Sweden.
We plan to reduce the use of plastic in our packaging and shipping materials

In Progress Reductions

40%

What We’re Reducing

We plan on changing out all of our paper packaging to post-consumer products.

How We'll Reduce It

We will source paper product manufacturers who offer recycled paper packaging products within Greece.

100%

What We’re Reducing

We plan to reduce air-travel emissions related to employee business travel.

How We'll Reduce It

We will reduce business travel through a heavier reliance on video conferencing tools.

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to reduce emissions from local transport within Sweden.
We plan to reduce the use of plastic in our packaging and shipping materials

Completed Reductions