The Good Pencil Company

Sustainability Story

Our goal is to leave as small of a footprint as possible while supporting our communities and stakeholders. Climate Neutral is one way that we do this, but we also partner with 1% for the planet and other like minded brands to reduce our impact and to su

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

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01 Measure

The Good Pencil Company 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.

1 tCO2e

Total Emissions

Total Carbon Emissions

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

1 tCO2e

02 Offset

The Good Pencil Company 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 The Good Pencil Company to take responsibility for historical emissions that can’t be reduced.

Total Investment in Carbon Credits

$13.50

The Good Pencil Company'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.

1 tCO2e

Lifetime Emissions Offsets

tCO2e

03 Reduce

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

Mid Term Targets

The Good Pencil Company 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

The Good Pencil Company 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 the use of company vehicles.

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to use our company EV for all deliveries, business travel, and employee ride sharing.

What We’re Reducing

We will prioritize purchasing from companies that show similar values and goals.

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to partnered with like minded companies to work together on ways to make our planet better.

What We’re Reducing

We plan to reduce emissions associated with business travel.

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to attend any external meeting remotely whenever possible.

What We’re Reducing

How We'll Reduce It

We plan to reduce emissions from the use of company vehicles.
We will prioritize purchasing from companies that show similar values and goals.
We plan to reduce emissions associated with business travel.

In Progress Reductions

100%

What We’re Reducing

We continue to look for ways to lower our waste. Recently we released a fully compostable pencil without the metal tip or eraser. This will significantly lower our waste when our pencils reach end of life.

How We'll Reduce It

We will continue to increase the amount of eraser free pencils options along with other products we can identify to reduce our waste.

What We’re Reducing

Overal energy use

How We'll Reduce It

Create and implement solar transition for external packs usable in the field.

100%

What We’re Reducing

We plan to continue to integrate fellow Climate Neutral brand Boox shipping boxes so that we can replace our one time use packaging with these reusable shipping box options.

How We'll Reduce It

By using these reusable shippers we will reduce our dependance on single use shippers and packaging materials associated with shipping to our customers.

What We’re Reducing

Overall manufacturing emissions

How We'll Reduce It

We are expanding product lines. Work with future manufacturing partners to help offset their impact from expansion.

We plan to reduce emissions from the use of company vehicles.
We will prioritize purchasing from companies that show similar values and goals.
We plan to reduce emissions associated with business travel.

Completed Reductions