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 :
Ministry of Supply achieved Climate Neutral Certification as part of 's certification process. 's measurement, offsetting and reduction plans fully account for Ministry of Supply's 2021 emissions
01 Measure
Ministry of Supply measured Scope 1, 2 and 3 cradle-to-customer emissions following categories and approaches established in the Climate Neutral standards.
GHG Protocol Scope 1
Emissions from energy used in buildings, fleets, and equipment.
1 tCO2e
GHG Protocol Scope 2
Emissions from electricity.
2 tCO2e
GHG Protocol Scope 3
Emissions from raw materials, manufacturing, shipping, air travel, and other activities in the supply chain.
848 tCO2e
Total Carbon Emissions
The sum of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.
851 tCO2e
02 Offset
Ministry of Supply 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 Ministry of Supply to take responsibility for historical emissions that can’t be reduced.
Total Investment in Carbon Credits
$10,382
Ministry of Supply's credits came from:
Avoided Deforestation ?
Avoided Deforestation
Projects that reduce the risk of deforestation in important forest ecosystems.
Solar ?
Solar
Projects that support solar power generation in order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
Reforestation ?
Reforestation
Projects that restore degraded or deforested ecosystems.
Improved Forest Management ?
Improved Forest Management
Projects focused on developing sustainable management and harvesting practices in forest ecosystems.
Wind ?
Wind
Projects that support wind energy generation in order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
Biomass ?
Biomass
Projects that support bioenergy generation in order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
Offset equivalency
For reference, reducing a footprint by 1000 tonnes is roughly equal to removing 230 passenger vehicles from the road for a year.
851 tCO2e
tCO2e
03 Reduce
Ministry of Supply has set targets and identified actions to reduce their emissions from operations and their supply chain. These actions will enable Ministry of Supply to emit fewer emissions in the future.
Mid Term Targets
Ministry of Supply 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
Ministry of Supply is implementing a Reduction Action Plan to reduce emissions from within its own operations and supply chain.
Current Year Reduction Actions
01
What We’re Reducing
We plan to continue reducing our virgin polyester consumption by transitioning more of our products to use our flagship fabric, Apollo, which is made from 66% recycle polyester.
How We'll Reduce It
We have set to have at least 50% of our product line be made of 50% or more recycled content by new styles launched.
02
What We’re Reducing
We seek to reduce our emissions associated with inbound freight, to 25%
How We'll Reduce It
We will reduce air freight which has 9x higher emissions than sea freight, and have moved our warehouse to the West Coat to reduce backwards shipping of product and longer lead times. Air Freight (2020) was 29%, (2021) was 27%.
03
What We’re Reducing
How We'll Reduce It
04
What We’re Reducing
How We'll Reduce It
We plan to continue reducing our virgin polyester consumption by transitioning more of our products to use our flagship fabric, Apollo, which is made from 66% recycle polyester.
We seek to reduce our emissions associated with inbound freight, to 25%
In Progress Reductions
01
100%
What We’re Reducing
Air Freight Shipments to Sea Freight. We've isolated this as one of our biggest opportunities where air freight was contributed 3.4KgCO2e per unit compared to 0.4 via sea.
How We'll Reduce It
Moving warehouses from US North East Coast to port of entry in LA, this will reduce backwards shipping, and cut lead times by 2 weeks, making sea-shipping more similar to air freight in terms of time to product launch.
02
2%
What We’re Reducing
Reduction in Virgin Polyester in products from 36% to 50% of all new products produced. This is our most carbon-intensive material.
How We'll Reduce It
We are redeveloping all of our polyester fabrics to contain more than 50% recycled material content. Based on production in Taiwan, this reduces emissions by over 50%.
03
72%
What We’re Reducing
Overall shipping emissions
How We'll Reduce It
Increase use of sea-freight
04
22%
What We’re Reducing
Emissions from fabric production
How We'll Reduce It
By using solar power in fabric manufacturing
We plan to continue reducing our virgin polyester consumption by transitioning more of our products to use our flagship fabric, Apollo, which is made from 66% recycle polyester.
We seek to reduce our emissions associated with inbound freight, to 25%
Completed Reductions
01
100%
What We’re Reducing
Air Freight Shipments to Sea Freight. We've isolated this as one of our biggest opportunities where air freight was contributed 3.4KgCO2e per unit compared to 0.4 via sea.
How We'll Reduce It
Moving warehouses from US North East Coast to port of entry in LA, this will reduce backwards shipping, and cut lead times by 2 weeks, making sea-shipping more similar to air freight in terms of time to product launch.
02
2%
What We’re Reducing
Reduction in Virgin Polyester in products from 36% to 50% of all new products produced. This is our most carbon-intensive material.
How We'll Reduce It
We are redeveloping all of our polyester fabrics to contain more than 50% recycled material content. Based on production in Taiwan, this reduces emissions by over 50%.
03
72%
What We’re Reducing
Overall shipping emissions
How We'll Reduce It
Increase use of sea-freight
04
22%
What We’re Reducing
Emissions from fabric production
How We'll Reduce It
By using solar power in fabric manufacturing
We plan to continue reducing our virgin polyester consumption by transitioning more of our products to use our flagship fabric, Apollo, which is made from 66% recycle polyester.
We seek to reduce our emissions associated with inbound freight, to 25%
Fashion + Apparel
2022
851
Measure
To become Climate Neutral Certified, Ministry of Supply has measured the greenhouse gases it emitted when making and delivering products to its customers.
Offset
Its carbon footprint of 851 metric tonnes of CO2e has been fully offset.
Reduce
The company is implementing plans to reduce its footprint in 2020.
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01 Measure
Ministry of Supply measured Scope 1, 2 and 3 cradle-to-customer emissions following categories and approaches established in the Climate Neutral standards.
02 Offset
Ministry of Supply 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 Ministry of Supply to take responsibility for historical emissions that can’t be reduced.
03 Reduce
Ministry of Supply is implementing a Reduction Action Plan to reduce emissions from within its own operations and supply chain.
Fashion + Apparel
2022
851
Measure
To become Climate Neutral Certified, Ministry of Supply has measured the greenhouse gases it emitted when making and delivering products to its customers.
Offset
Its carbon footprint of 851 metric tonnes of CO2e has been fully offset.
Reduce
The company is implementing plans to reduce its footprint in 2020.
View Certificate
