Sustainability Story
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 :
Sterling Rope achieved Climate Neutral Certification as part of 's certification process. 's measurement, offsetting and reduction plans fully account for Sterling Rope's 2021 emissions
01 Measure
Sterling Rope 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.
116 tCO2e
GHG Protocol Scope 2
Emissions from electricity.
461 tCO2e
GHG Protocol Scope 3
Emissions from raw materials, manufacturing, shipping, air travel, and other activities in the supply chain.
2379 tCO2e
Total Carbon Emissions
The sum of Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.
2957 tCO2e
02 Offset
Sterling Rope 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 Sterling Rope to take responsibility for historical emissions that can’t be reduced.
Total Investment in Carbon Credits
$16,382
Sterling Rope's credits came from:
Forestry ?
Forestry
There are many types of forestry projects. Some protect forests from deforestation, while others to plant new trees to restore existing forests. Many projects do both.
Cookstoves ?
Cookstoves
Projects that help communities replace inefficient wood-burning cookstoves with more efficient, safer models.
Renewable Energy ?
Renewable Energy
Projects that help catalyze the development of renewable energy 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.
2957 tCO2e
tCO2e
03 Reduce
Sterling Rope has set targets and identified actions to reduce their emissions from operations and their supply chain. These actions will enable Sterling Rope to emit fewer emissions in the future.
Mid Term Targets
Sterling Rope 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
Sterling Rope 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 purchase renewable energy from Maine Green Power.
How We'll Reduce It
We will sign an agreement with Maine Green Power to match 75,000 kilowatt hours every month with renewable energy produced in Maine.
02
What We’re Reducing
We plan to reduce energy usage from our manufacturing operations.
How We'll Reduce It
We will update our manufacturing operations (proprietary technology/process) to reduce energy use by 136 kWhs per day.
03
What We’re Reducing
We plan to reduce our emissions from electricity by purchasing solar power energy from one or more community solar projects that are currently under development in Maine through a company called Community Solar.
How We'll Reduce It
We will sign an agreement with Community Solar to purchase our power from local solar farms.
04
What We’re Reducing
How We'll Reduce It
We plan to purchase renewable energy from Maine Green Power.
We plan to reduce energy usage from our manufacturing operations.
We plan to reduce our emissions from electricity by purchasing solar power energy from one or more community solar projects that are currently under development in Maine through a company called Community Solar.
In Progress Reductions
01
What We’re Reducing
How We'll Reduce It
02
What We’re Reducing
How We'll Reduce It
03
What We’re Reducing
How We'll Reduce It
04
What We’re Reducing
How We'll Reduce It
We plan to purchase renewable energy from Maine Green Power.
We plan to reduce energy usage from our manufacturing operations.
We plan to reduce our emissions from electricity by purchasing solar power energy from one or more community solar projects that are currently under development in Maine through a company called Community Solar.
Completed Reductions
01
What We’re Reducing
How We'll Reduce It
02
What We’re Reducing
How We'll Reduce It
03
What We’re Reducing
How We'll Reduce It
04
What We’re Reducing
How We'll Reduce It
We plan to purchase renewable energy from Maine Green Power.
We plan to reduce energy usage from our manufacturing operations.
We plan to reduce our emissions from electricity by purchasing solar power energy from one or more community solar projects that are currently under development in Maine through a company called Community Solar.
Gear + Lifestyle
2020
2957
Measure
To become Climate Neutral Certified, Sterling Rope has measured the greenhouse gases it emitted when making and delivering products to its customers.
Offset
Its carbon footprint of 2957 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
Sterling Rope measured Scope 1, 2 and 3 cradle-to-customer emissions following categories and approaches established in the Climate Neutral standards.
02 Offset
Sterling Rope 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 Sterling Rope to take responsibility for historical emissions that can’t be reduced.
03 Reduce
Sterling Rope is implementing a Reduction Action Plan to reduce emissions from within its own operations and supply chain.
Gear + Lifestyle
2020
2957
Measure
To become Climate Neutral Certified, Sterling Rope has measured the greenhouse gases it emitted when making and delivering products to its customers.
Offset
Its carbon footprint of 2957 metric tonnes of CO2e has been fully offset.
Reduce
The company is implementing plans to reduce its footprint in 2020.

View Certificate