Ombraz

Sustainability Story

We plant 20 mangrove trees for every pair of Ombraz that we sell. With the help of our partners at Eden Reforestation Projects, we sequester 1383x more carbon than is emitted to produce and deliver each pair of Ombraz - making a pair of Ombraz the most carbon negative product currently available on the market. Our tree planting initiatives provide meaningful employment to impoverished areas in Madagascar. 20 trees absorb over 13,600 pounds of Carbon Dioxide per year, prevent soil erosion, and provide habitat critical for diverse ecosystems. We calculate our personal carbon output and plant additional mangrove trees to offset all carbon emitted for Ombraz staff travel. All of our backend shipping materials are strategically reused.

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

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01 Measure

Ombraz 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.

816 tCO2e

Total Emissions

Total Carbon Emissions

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

817 tCO2e

02 Offset

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

Total Investment in Carbon Credits

$11,030

Ombraz'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.

817 tCO2e

Lifetime Emissions Offsets

tCO2e

03 Reduce

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

Mid Term Targets

Ombraz 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

Ombraz 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 waste generated from production.

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to move from using acetate for our frame materials to injection mold. Acetate frames are carved out of a block of acetate, resulting in quite a lot of waste whereas injection molding reduces that waste.

What We’re Reducing

We plan on reducing our home-office energy consumption costs by 5-10%.

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to offer employees subsidies to improve energy efficiency in their homes - which have become their offices.

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to reduce waste generated from production.
We plan on reducing our home-office energy consumption costs by 5-10%.

In Progress Reductions

10%

What We’re Reducing

We plan to use Injection Molding to reduce excess acetate usage.

How We'll Reduce It

By switching from our current hand carved acetate model to the use of injection molding, Ombraz will now be shaped using a method that uses more precise measurements and reduces the amount of waste. Excess plant based acetate will be re-used in the mold.

100%

What We’re Reducing

We plan to do Remote Team Building as the Ombraz team expands from three full time employees into a 5+ person staff.

How We'll Reduce It

We will hire remote staff to avoid daily carbon emissions from commuting or plane travel on a quarterly basis. The individual footprint of each employee will be offset through our tree planting initiatives and travel offset tokens

75%

What We’re Reducing

Reduce waste from production process

How We'll Reduce It

Convert from acetate to recycled-TE-90 injection molded material.

20%

What We’re Reducing

Single-use plastic across supply chain

How We'll Reduce It

Remove or recycle single-use plastics in supply chain

We plan to reduce waste generated from production.
We plan on reducing our home-office energy consumption costs by 5-10%.

Completed Reductions